What happened to the HHR?
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What happened to the HHR?
I remember this thing was going to be unveiled at Detriot but its sorta disappeared. It was going to be a retro small car thing like the PT Cruiser. Was is canned? (I hope so)
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Re: What happened to the HHR?
Originally posted by Burmite
I remember this thing was going to be unveiled at Detriot but its sorta disappeared. It was going to be a retro small car thing like the PT Cruiser. Was is canned? (I hope so)
I remember this thing was going to be unveiled at Detriot but its sorta disappeared. It was going to be a retro small car thing like the PT Cruiser. Was is canned? (I hope so)
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Re: Re: What happened to the HHR?
Originally posted by IZ28
I think its called the SSR.
I think its called the SSR.
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Originally posted by Burmite
Not the SSR. The HHR. A FWD Retro Suburban inspired car to go against the PT Cruizer. I haven't heard much about it but the idea of it is completely stupid. With it not showing up at Detroit, I was thrilled that it was going to be canned but now I guess that's not the case. I would think that Lutz being the smart, anti-retro man he is would have cancelled it by now.
Not the SSR. The HHR. A FWD Retro Suburban inspired car to go against the PT Cruizer. I haven't heard much about it but the idea of it is completely stupid. With it not showing up at Detroit, I was thrilled that it was going to be canned but now I guess that's not the case. I would think that Lutz being the smart, anti-retro man he is would have cancelled it by now.
If Lutz is still a good business man, he should put resources into bringing a PT-clone to market before the Solstice concept. With the right pricing, the HHR would go alot farther as a volume model.
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Originally posted by redzed
Like it or not, the PT Cruiser was a smart move on the part of Chrysler. It sells well, and serves to improve D-C's CAFE average
Like it or not, the PT Cruiser was a smart move on the part of Chrysler. It sells well, and serves to improve D-C's CAFE average
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No, The PT Cruiser STILL sells well. The only reason it doesn't seem like it does is because it's sales for the 1st couple of years were insane! Trying to find one was like a needle in a haystack, dealers were gouging the living daylights out of it, and the waiting list simply was unbelievable. Now, the PT sells at about the rate Chrysler predicted in the very begining.
A note of irony, the PT is basically a rebodied, more expensive, more profitable Neon. Yet it actually slams the Neon in sales. Also, it's sales volume and classification as a truck enables Chrysler to produce huge 10 cylinder pickup trucks for the public in almost the quanity they want.
A note of irony, the PT is basically a rebodied, more expensive, more profitable Neon. Yet it actually slams the Neon in sales. Also, it's sales volume and classification as a truck enables Chrysler to produce huge 10 cylinder pickup trucks for the public in almost the quanity they want.
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Originally posted by IZ28
No it sold well. That only lasted for a little while as it always does when cars are styled that way.
No it sold well. That only lasted for a little while as it always does when cars are styled that way.
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Originally posted by guionM
No, The PT Cruiser STILL sells well. The only reason it doesn't seem like it does is because it's sales for the 1st couple of years were insane! Trying to find one was like a needle in a haystack, dealers were gouging the living daylights out of it, and the waiting list simply was unbelievable. Now, the PT sells at about the rate Chrysler predicted in the very begining.
A note of irony, the PT is basically a rebodied, more expensive, more profitable Neon. Yet it actually slams the Neon in sales. Also, it's sales volume and classification as a truck enables Chrysler to produce huge 10 cylinder pickup trucks for the public in almost the quanity they want.
No, The PT Cruiser STILL sells well. The only reason it doesn't seem like it does is because it's sales for the 1st couple of years were insane! Trying to find one was like a needle in a haystack, dealers were gouging the living daylights out of it, and the waiting list simply was unbelievable. Now, the PT sells at about the rate Chrysler predicted in the very begining.
A note of irony, the PT is basically a rebodied, more expensive, more profitable Neon. Yet it actually slams the Neon in sales. Also, it's sales volume and classification as a truck enables Chrysler to produce huge 10 cylinder pickup trucks for the public in almost the quanity they want.