First Five Silverado SS Pilot vehicles being built today!
06-20-2002, 01:14 PM
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Z28Wilson:
My question is, who are the perspective buyers? It's a half-a$$ed attempt at a performance truck so I doubt it will steal Lightning/SRT-10 sales. Basically, a Silverado with a bit more powerful engine and a body kit. Which will cost more than the other Silverados which people buy for more conventional reasons. Follow me? It's basically too little for the performance truck crowd and too much for everyone else.
Darth, I agree that performance pickups are an oxymoron. I am not very interested in them, but that isn't the point. If Chevy is going to get into the sport-truck segment, it should COMPETE!
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My question is, who are the perspective buyers? It's a half-a$$ed attempt at a performance truck so I doubt it will steal Lightning/SRT-10 sales. Basically, a Silverado with a bit more powerful engine and a body kit. Which will cost more than the other Silverados which people buy for more conventional reasons. Follow me? It's basically too little for the performance truck crowd and too much for everyone else.
Darth, I agree that performance pickups are an oxymoron. I am not very interested in them, but that isn't the point. If Chevy is going to get into the sport-truck segment, it should COMPETE!
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06-20-2002, 01:19 PM
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Z28Wilson:
My question is, who are the perspective buyers?
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My question is, who are the perspective buyers?
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Hey, don't ask me. I am not into this "performance truck" thing at all.
Trucks make good work vehicles, tow vehicles and parts chasers...why anyone would think a fast 3 ton truck is fun to drive is beyond me.
06-20-2002, 02:20 PM
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Z28Wilson:
My question is, who are the perspective buyers? It's a half-a$$ed attempt at a performance truck so I doubt it will steal Lightning/SRT-10 sales. Basically, a Silverado with a bit more powerful engine and a body kit. Which will cost more than the other Silverados which people buy for more conventional reasons. Follow me? It's basically too little for the performance truck crowd and too much for everyone else.
Darth, I agree that performance pickups are an oxymoron. I am not very interested in them, but that isn't the point. If Chevy is going to get into the sport-truck segment, it should COMPETE!
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My question is, who are the perspective buyers? It's a half-a$$ed attempt at a performance truck so I doubt it will steal Lightning/SRT-10 sales. Basically, a Silverado with a bit more powerful engine and a body kit. Which will cost more than the other Silverados which people buy for more conventional reasons. Follow me? It's basically too little for the performance truck crowd and too much for everyone else.
Darth, I agree that performance pickups are an oxymoron. I am not very interested in them, but that isn't the point. If Chevy is going to get into the sport-truck segment, it should COMPETE!
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06-20-2002, 02:30 PM
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Maybe it has a Ram Air kit like the Extended Cab concept in "Sport Truck" magazine.
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06-20-2002, 02:57 PM
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The extreme doesn't have competition like the ranger, it has a solid market where the younger kids buy those pickups and keep it for the looks, the SS is supposed to beat the L in performance, that is the reason it gets the "SS" moniker, if it was design it should have been the Silverado RS. I/'m from Texas and all we see are trcusk, everyday I see at least two L's on the street and they look good, If only Chevy came out with BOTH a Single cab config with a HD tranny and a pumped engine to take on the L and an ext. cab for the people that need AWD and 20's (BTW 20-s ads even more weight to the body kit and the AWD system, so i'm sure performance is not the goal here....
06-20-2002, 05:45 PM
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At the Chicago auto show they had a black stepside reg cab with understated flames stuffed with a 502 GMPP crate engine (A John Moss creation perhaps?) . I remember saying to myself that this would kick some serious L___ and SRT @ss. GM, give us something to win with, we know you can.
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06-20-2002, 08:56 PM
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Hey Did anyone see that Dodge ( i hate to say that word!) on I think Car and Driver? It had a Viper V10 in it and was a regular cab with 5 or 6 on the floor! It also had I think 22 or 23 inch rims. I hate to say it but that truck was Bad ****! I think that it was just a prototype but they said something similar would probably come from it, But I still won't buy a dodge! I just traded in my 2001 reg cab, pewter Z71 with the 5.3 for my SS. I always wanted one, but I think I'll buy a truck again when I can afford both!! If anyone knows what I'm talking about, mabey they can give more insight about the Dodge I saw. Later
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06-20-2002, 10:39 PM
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White2000SS...the Ram you saw is the SRT/10, shown on the auto circuit last year, and it IS going into production with the Viper's 500 HP V10.
The Xtreme S10 is a good point. The Xtreme S10 was also a John Moss creation that in concept form had a nice small block in it. In production form it boasts the whopping 2.2 which pushes it down the 1/4 in about 18 seconds. Do you sense a re-occuring theme here? One of my biggest complaints the last few years is the fact that Moss and Co. have come up with some awesome stuff that is dumbed down to the point where you can't take anything seriously anymore. Funny you don't see Ford or even Dodge "dumbing down" their concepts....
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The Xtreme S10 is a good point. The Xtreme S10 was also a John Moss creation that in concept form had a nice small block in it. In production form it boasts the whopping 2.2 which pushes it down the 1/4 in about 18 seconds. Do you sense a re-occuring theme here? One of my biggest complaints the last few years is the fact that Moss and Co. have come up with some awesome stuff that is dumbed down to the point where you can't take anything seriously anymore. Funny you don't see Ford or even Dodge "dumbing down" their concepts....
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(Hey, I'm a college boy I can't afford gobs of bolt-ons!)
Best time: 14.658 @ 95.1
with SES light on and Driver off! (First and only time at track)
The F-body will NEVER die.
06-21-2002, 03:44 PM
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I'd honestly say that Lightning is the only truck I'd consider driving. It's extremely fast for an automatic anything (let alone a truck), and it looks great inside & out.
But I value handling as much as acceleration, so I never got one. But though I considered Lightning, Silverado SS just doesn't seem interesting.
Now, if Chevrolet came out with a modern LS1 powered, 6 speed ElCamino, that would be a very very different story.
But I value handling as much as acceleration, so I never got one. But though I considered Lightning, Silverado SS just doesn't seem interesting.
Now, if Chevrolet came out with a modern LS1 powered, 6 speed ElCamino, that would be a very very different story.
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