7K mile 2004 Redline Red Chevy SSR on BaT

[CobraBob]

Sold for $28,000.

 

[CobraBob]

So they made 24k of these IMO ugly trucks. BUT there were around 2k of them in a manual. Untill recently I had NO idea there were manual versions. One redeeming quality.

I didn't know there were manual, either.

 

[SolarYellow]

GM tried to hit it big with the retro craze hitting the auto market around that time but the SSR just never took off. Retro can be wonderful if the product is suitable and appealing.

I'd be curious to see what a 7k mile Marauder or TBird or even 3 valve from that retro era would bring.

 

[sonicx]

GM tried to hit it big with the retro craze hitting the auto market around that time but the SSR just never took off. Retro can be wonderful if the product is suitable and appealing.

I'd be curious to see what a 7k mile Marauder or TBird or even 3 valve from that retro era would bring.

The retro t-bird I think was a little before it’s time. If they brought it back with a eco engine & irs like in the mustang I think it’d do quite well. It’s have to have been marketed like the madza Miata is.

 

[C-Tidda]

Saw one the other day that was silver. I caught myself saying, it doesn't look that bad honestly. I had to snap out of it

 

[CobraBob]

Saw one the other day that was silver. I caught myself saying, it doesn't look that bad honestly. I had to snap out of it

Funny, but the more I come back to my own thread, the more my thinking landslides to "no way"! LOL.

 

[Steve@TF]

What could the goals have possibly been with such a monstrosity?

Diversity and inclusion. Its the first trans truck. Way ahead of its time.


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[kaz109]

 

[98 svt]

I bet the guy that bought this is double vaxxed and boosted 4x.

 

[CompOrange04GT]

I bet the guy that bought this is double vaxxed and boosted 4x.

GNBiden?

 

[CobraBob]

Apparently some of the SSR styling cues derived from the late '40 to early '50s Chevy trucks. Like the 1948 Chevy 5-window truck below. Especially the front grill and front/rear fenders. Unfortunately, the SSR wasn't a truck, nor was it a 2-passenger car. It was kind of in a classification all to its quirky self. A big reason why it had a short life before fading away.

The SSR was one heavy vehicle, too, at around 4,700 pounds. The weight killed any performance potential from both the 5.3L 300hp and 6.0L 390hp motors.

With the top down, the SSR is definitely, well, fugly.

With the top up, bearable and approaching nice if modded correctly.

This one, I have to say I like. Would I own one? No.

 

[Blown 89]

The owner of the Dealership I work at has a SSR with less than 1K miles on it. It is Purple...
Sits in the showroom.
Gets dusted every so often.


He also likes Saabs.
So there is that.

If I owned one I wouldn't want to drive it either.

 

[98 svt]

Apparently some of the SSR styling cues derived from the late '40 to early '50s Chevy trucks. Like the 1948 Chevy 5-window truck below. Especially the front grill and front/rear fenders. Unfortunately, the SSR wasn't a truck, nor was it a 2-passenger car. It was kind of in a classification all to its quirky self. A big reason why it had a short life before fading away.

The SSR was one heavy vehicle, too, at around 4,700 pounds. The weight killed any performance potential from both the 5.3L 300hp and 6.0L 390hp motors.

With the top down, the SSR is definitely, well, fugly.

With the top up, bearable and approaching nice if modded correctly.

This one, I have to say I like. Would I own one? No.

I'd straight up drive every one of those into a river.

 

[gimmie11s]

Walla!!! Zero inflation.

Infact deflation.

Yep.. that's GM's signature move lmao

 

[CobraBob]

I'd straight up drive every one of those into a river.