04ls1vette

umm you're the one with a goofy looking character with a cape on in your sig man..or should i say rotor man.

Texas 8

There is one at my local dealership. MSRP is $43,000+ the dealer added something like $14,000 for "local markup fee". Grand total of $57,000. You gotta be friggin kidding me. It's different, yes. $57, 000 worth, no... When the novelty wears off, the price they are going for will drop drastically.

cas2themoe

Looks are not all there. Neither is the performance for that much money! HELL NO

jonnyb

did you ever think that maybe it wasnt intended to do any of those things? its a "bling" car. its meant to bring people into the dealerships. people arent gonna save up and buy it for their primary car. theyre going to buy it as a second car to drive on the weekend for fun just like the people who own restored classic cars, hotrods, or other very rare exotic cars.

babylou

It is obvious you don't care what anyone else says because if you did care you might have discovered that the Chevy Tracker is actually a Suzuki. They still sucked, though.

I agree that the SSR will be a bust. I think I will wait for the new ZO6/7 Vette coming in about 18 months.

Winning_BlueRX8

riiiiiiiight because a $40,000 car/truck/el camino thing could be more fun on the weekends than a vette.

bubble

^ I hear you but not everyone is all about performance. Some people desire attention as well. You should understand this. You own an RX8.

Boozehound

I for one like the SSR. I see it as a 'cruiser' with plenty of potential - you already have a V-8 with plenty of performance potential (and an existing aftermarket), a slick convertible hardtop, and good style. If it was lowered 1-2" and the toneau cover lifted off, It'd be pretty slick - useful and good looking. It's pretty clear this vehicle is the Chevy prowler - there to attract people into the mundane cheby dealership to try and move more trailblazers and impalas.

BTW - for all those blowing the C-6's horn - it really doesn't look all that bada$$ in person. I love vettes, and I was all amped up to see the debut at Detroit in January, but in person (maybe their particular concept in flat-red for crying out loud) it was a letdown. Sure it'll be nicer than the C-5, look more evolutionary, but deserving it's own generation? Ha!

Winning_BlueRX8

I guess. I just can't understand tossing 40 Gs into a machine strictly for attention. But then again, 40K is a lot of money to me.

KC_Prelude

It looks like a big chunk of plastic, it drives like a big chunk of plastic, you see where this is going. Albeit its a $40,000 whatever car its still a piece of GM garbage.

Boozehound

Wow. Another person taking a big global dig at a manufacturer. So I guess GM doesn't or never has made a good car? Hummer H1? '63 Vette? '64 GTO? '04 Caddy XLR? Sure they've turned out some garbage over the years (vega, cavelier, grand-ams, etc) but with those they've also had very good vehicles and a few really stellar ones. I think it's pretty base to go using broad strokes like that to define manufacturers.

"I's only gonna ever own Fords!!! Yeeeaahh Haaw!"

KC_Prelude

If you have to look back to the 1960's to talk about a good car chevy has made don't you think that says something? Hummer? eh. Some of the caddy's are starting to get pretty nice but they are caddy's aren't they supposed to be nice? The crap GM produces far outweighs anything good that they have put out. The corvette is a great workingmans sports car. The caddy's are pretty sweet. Besides that, all of the pontiac, chevy, gm brand stuff is designed to make money and not to be good cars.

Aratinga

The SSR turns my head, I have to admit -- but so does a train wreck or a particularly messy roadkill. I certainly wouldn't spend that kind of money for one. What exactly is this thing trying to be? A convertible? A pickup truck? A retro cruisemobile? There are several other vehicles in each category that do the job better for less.

My bf has a '71 El Camino that I've been urging (well, maybe nagging) him to finish the restoration on. Now THAT thing'll be a blast to drive! Big ol' V8, plenty of torque, plenty of cargo space, and "the real deal" retro. Only thing the SSR has on it is that droptop... but we have three Miatae between us if we get the urge to go topless.

Boozehound

I personally think that as far as GM goes, the quality meter was getting pretty low in the 90s, but with Bob Lutz coming on board, GM is turning around product after product. So yeah, right now, there aren't a whole mess of GMs that I'd go sign up for, but I think their future looks bright and they already have some very nice vehicles that are starting to infiltrate the market. Caddy is almost all the way revamped, Hummer is a rediculous success (much to my chagrin), Chevy and Pontiac are getting rolling, Buick and Saturn are probably next, and...

...the Aztec is DEAD!!! :D

My beef is when people base their perception of an entire company on one product. My future in-laws have this problem pretty badly. They had a '94 Aerostar that had numerous problems and had some pretty poor quality. Now you can't get them to look at a Ford, nevermind that the 94 Aerostar was a stopgap until the Windstar showed up, and Ford has several brilliant products now (GT comes to mind...), but if I mention the word Ford around their house, here comes the "all they make is garbage, blah, blah, blah..." If people would only use a little context and look at a specific vehicle it might make a little more sense.

04ls1vette

In my opinion the Corvette is a great car as is the Camaro and Firebird. All cars with excellent engines, styling beauty, etc. Unfor they are gone but what is coming out is getting better

Baller

Right....... NOT

04ls1vette

^^Shouldn't you be in HS right now. Hmm 3rd period must be lunch there?

Elara

What is with you guys? Use the ignore feature. These childish insults are really stupid. Closing.