Upcoming Chevy performance.....anyone excited?
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Originally posted by JC Z28
Well as far as a targeted market is concerned the Silverado SS is gonna pick up where the Lightning left off. Not everyone wants a 400HP 2 seat truck; sales will show you ext. cabs are the best thing since sliced bread and chevy is giving the buyer a truck that looks good, has nice appealing 20'' wheels, has space for up to 5 people, and can handle a northeast winter. This is what sells and this is why trucks are so popular. In my opinion chevy has abandoned raw power for good, i think they're focus is torward a more refined product much like BMW. Impalla SS does not have to mean 500HP of tire smoking power, it can mean refinment like a 5series BMW ,a combination of all things that make a great car. The SSR is a direct attack at Chrysler's PT cruiser segment which by the way lets not forget the PT only has a 4banger, no performance competition for the SSR there. Before totally bashing GM try to figure out what they are doing, a better product image is more important then bieng known for making incredibly quick cars that rattle after 10,000miles. After the GM rep for quality goes up then they can worry about raw performance auto's. Just a 1:30am thought after reading about 10 negative comments about GM. All i can say is give it some time its not easy to restructure such a huge cookie cutter industry.
Well as far as a targeted market is concerned the Silverado SS is gonna pick up where the Lightning left off. Not everyone wants a 400HP 2 seat truck; sales will show you ext. cabs are the best thing since sliced bread and chevy is giving the buyer a truck that looks good, has nice appealing 20'' wheels, has space for up to 5 people, and can handle a northeast winter. This is what sells and this is why trucks are so popular. In my opinion chevy has abandoned raw power for good, i think they're focus is torward a more refined product much like BMW. Impalla SS does not have to mean 500HP of tire smoking power, it can mean refinment like a 5series BMW ,a combination of all things that make a great car. The SSR is a direct attack at Chrysler's PT cruiser segment which by the way lets not forget the PT only has a 4banger, no performance competition for the SSR there. Before totally bashing GM try to figure out what they are doing, a better product image is more important then bieng known for making incredibly quick cars that rattle after 10,000miles. After the GM rep for quality goes up then they can worry about raw performance auto's. Just a 1:30am thought after reading about 10 negative comments about GM. All i can say is give it some time its not easy to restructure such a huge cookie cutter industry.
Well, I pretty much agree with most of what you said.
All except the part about the Impala SS being as refined as a 5series BMW.
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SinisterSyclone don't forget about the CTSv, probably the best thing to come from GM since the C5. also the SSR will get a 6 speed and more HP in it's 2nd year. Only problem is "why should we have to wait for the second year of it?" the SSR should have the 345HP 6.0L Silverado engineand optional M6. I also bet the Silverado SS will get more HP in 2004.
Oh well, I can't wait to see 7.0L SSR or Silverado SS from Lingenfelter!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Oh well, I can't wait to see 7.0L SSR or Silverado SS from Lingenfelter!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Originally posted by JC Z28
Well as far as a targeted market is concerned the Silverado SS is gonna pick up where the Lightning left off. Not everyone wants a 400HP 2 seat truck; sales will show you ext. cabs are the best thing since sliced bread and chevy is giving the buyer a truck that looks good, has nice appealing 20'' wheels, has space for up to 5 people, and can handle a northeast winter. This is what sells and this is why trucks are so popular. In my opinion chevy has abandoned raw power for good, i think they're focus is torward a more refined product much like BMW. Impalla SS does not have to mean 500HP of tire smoking power, it can mean refinment like a 5series BMW ,a combination of all things that make a great car. The SSR is a direct attack at Chrysler's PT cruiser segment which by the way lets not forget the PT only has a 4banger, no performance competition for the SSR there. Before totally bashing GM try to figure out what they are doing, a better product image is more important then bieng known for making incredibly quick cars that rattle after 10,000miles. After the GM rep for quality goes up then they can worry about raw performance auto's. Just a 1:30am thought after reading about 10 negative comments about GM. All i can say is give it some time its not easy to restructure such a huge cookie cutter industry.
Well as far as a targeted market is concerned the Silverado SS is gonna pick up where the Lightning left off. Not everyone wants a 400HP 2 seat truck; sales will show you ext. cabs are the best thing since sliced bread and chevy is giving the buyer a truck that looks good, has nice appealing 20'' wheels, has space for up to 5 people, and can handle a northeast winter. This is what sells and this is why trucks are so popular. In my opinion chevy has abandoned raw power for good, i think they're focus is torward a more refined product much like BMW. Impalla SS does not have to mean 500HP of tire smoking power, it can mean refinment like a 5series BMW ,a combination of all things that make a great car. The SSR is a direct attack at Chrysler's PT cruiser segment which by the way lets not forget the PT only has a 4banger, no performance competition for the SSR there. Before totally bashing GM try to figure out what they are doing, a better product image is more important then bieng known for making incredibly quick cars that rattle after 10,000miles. After the GM rep for quality goes up then they can worry about raw performance auto's. Just a 1:30am thought after reading about 10 negative comments about GM. All i can say is give it some time its not easy to restructure such a huge cookie cutter industry.
Impala and the 5 Series...both have four wheels. The "SS" trim level isn't going to refine it so it can take on BMW. They're having enough trouble with Toyota, Nissan, and Honda.
SSR is more an answer and alternative to the retro T-Bird than PT Cruiser. And you're comparing performance on the SSR which costs nearly $40k to the $20k PT Cruiser?? Unfortunately the Turbo PT Cruiser will be right in the neighborhood of the SSR.
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