Ravenwood - 02/15/04 10:00 AM
For those pickup lovers out there who think they are being left out of the retro revolution, take a look at the 2004 Chevy SSR. Retro styling has been all the rage this year, and the SSR is full of it. Modeled after their 1947 to 1953 pickup the SSR will definitely turn some heads. As a pickup though, it may leave a bit to be desired.
(click to supersize)
The Chevy SSR makes 300 horses and 331 ft-lbs of torque out of it's 5.3 liter V8. Cruising around town to show it off, you'll only get about 15 to 19 miles to the gallon, which is sure to make the enviroweenies cry. The compact pickup isn't exactly a workhorse though, with a truck bed that's only about 3 ft by 5 ft. With 300hp under the hood, it should be somewhat quick. But keep in mind that the tiny vehicle also weighs over 5000 lbs, so it isn't exactly the corvette of pickups like some reviewers have claimed.
Also, with a pretty steep base price of over $41,000, it is getting mixed reviews.
Category: Toys for Grownups
Comments (7) top link me
I'll have to add to those mixed reviews, RW. I saw one in red last Friday and while it does look cool and sound cool, it unfortunately cannot be done at the same time with this truck.
You see, it only looks good standing still. Sit a person in it and it looks like it ate them. While it may be a compact truck, it sits people down low and makes a near six footer look like a near five footer.
And there is no excuse for the performance gap. My 97 F150 with the 4.6 puts out 265/315 with very little tweaking. So I'm just counting the bowtie R&D guys as lazy.
Call me crazy, but I would like a truck that moves as well as it sounds when leaving a stoplight.
Posted by: Analog Kid at February 15, 2004 1:50 PMThose are awesome. Too bad there's not a 4 seater. BTW, can i hot link that pic? :^)
Posted by: SayUncle at February 15, 2004 4:31 PMHar de har har..
You're free to d/l it and upload it on yer server, and you know that.
Posted by: Ravenwood at February 15, 2004 4:56 PMI was just being smarmy.
Posted by: SayUncle at February 15, 2004 9:33 PM41k base? Forget it...I'd rather have a loaded SVT Lightning for 33. Think of all the beer one could buy with 8 grand.
Posted by: MMW at February 16, 2004 9:06 AMVery pretty. Someone near where I work has one in canary yellow.
But I'd rather have an SVT Lightning, too.
Posted by: Kevin Baker at February 16, 2004 3:25 PMI sat in one at the DC auto show, and my question is: how do you make something that size (very small for a truck) weigh 5000 lbs? Is the frame lined with lead? That is ridiculous.
Posted by: Jeffro at February 16, 2004 10:55 PM(c) Ravenwood and Associates, 1990 - 2014
