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Chevrolet HHR

The Chevrolet HHR (for Heritage High Roof) is a small retro

Retro

Retro is a term used to describe, denote or classify culturally outdated or aged trends, modes, or fashions, from the overall postmodern past, but have since that time become functionally or superficially the norm once again....
-styled compact

Compact car

A compact , small family or c-segment car is a car classification of automobile which are larger than a supermini car and smaller than a large family car....
station wagon

Station wagon

A station wagon in American English, Australian English, Canadian English and New Zealand English usage and an estate car in British English usage, is a passenger automobile with a car body style similar to a sedan but with the roofline following the full, sometimes extended rear cargo area, i.e. ending with a more vertical door...
launched by the Chevrolet

Chevrolet

Chevrolet is a brand of automobile, produced by General Motors . It is the top selling GM marque, with "Chevrolet" or "Chevy" being at times synonymous with GM....
division of American automaker General Motors

General Motors

General Motors Corporation , founded in 1908, is the world's second-largest automaker after Toyota, ranked by 2008 global unit sales. GM was the global sales leader for 77 consecutive calendar years from 1931 to 2008....
at the 2005 Los Angeles Auto Show as a 2006 model

Model year

The model year of a product is a number used in North America to describe approximately when a product was produced.The model year and the actual calendar year of production do not always coincide....
. Designed to slot below the Equinox

Chevrolet Equinox

The Chevrolet Equinox is a mid-size crossover SUV from Chevrolet based on on GM's GM Theta platform unibody platform, manufactured at CAMI Automotive General Motors/Suzuki joint venture plant in Ingersoll, Ontario, Canada, and introduced in 2004 for the 2005 model year....
, it shares the GM Delta platform

GM Delta platform

Delta is General Motors' compact car front-wheel drive automobile and crossover SUV automobile platform, a successor to the GM T platform; it also replaced GM J platform and the GM Z platform used by the Saturn S-Series....
with the Chevrolet Cobalt

Chevrolet Cobalt

The Chevrolet Cobalt is a compact car introduced by Chevrolet in 2004 for the 2005 model year. The Cobalt replaced the Chevrolet Cavalier and the Chevrolet Prizm as Chevrolet's compact car....
, Pontiac G5

Pontiac G5

The Pontiac G5 is a badge-engineering Chevrolet Cobalt compact car marketed by the Pontiac division of General Motors. It was first introduced in 2004 for the 2005 model year....
, Saturn Ion

Saturn ION

The Saturn Ion was a compact car sold by the Saturn Corporation marque of United States automaker General Motors between the 2003 and 2007 model years....
, and Saturn Astra. In Mexico

Mexico

The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federalism constitutionalism republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of Mexico....
, it's sold alongside its predecessor, the Opel

Opel

Adam Opel Gesellschaft mit beschr?nkter Haftung is a Germany automaker, part of General Motors.The company was founded on 21 January, 1863, and began making automobiles in 1899....
-sourced Chevrolet Zafira compact MPV

Compact MPV

A Compact MPV is a car classification used in Europe to describe multi-purpose vehicle versions of small family cars , fitting between the mini MPV and large MPV sub-segments....
.

Design
The vehicle's design is inspired by the mid-1940s Chevrolet cars and trucks, specifically the 1949 Chevrolet Suburban

Chevrolet Suburban

The Chevrolet Suburban is a large sport utility vehicle from Chevrolet. It is the longest-lived continuous automobile nameplate still in production, dating from 1935 and is likely to be produced under this name for the foreseeable future....
, with large, square fender flares and a hemispherical grille.

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The Chevrolet HHR (for Heritage High Roof) is a small retro

Retro

Compact car

A compact , small family or c-segment car is a car classification of automobile which are larger than a supermini car and smaller than a large family car....
station wagon

Station wagon

Chevrolet

General Motors

Model year

Chevrolet Equinox

GM Delta platform

Chevrolet Cobalt

Pontiac G5

The Pontiac G5 is a badge-engineering Chevrolet Cobalt compact car marketed by the Pontiac division of General Motors. It was first introduced in 2004 for the 2005 model year....
, Saturn Ion

Saturn ION

The Saturn Ion was a compact car sold by the Saturn Corporation marque of United States automaker General Motors between the 2003 and 2007 model years....
, and Saturn Astra. In Mexico

Mexico

Opel

Compact MPV

A Compact MPV is a car classification used in Europe to describe multi-purpose vehicle versions of small family cars , fitting between the mini MPV and large MPV sub-segments....
.

Design

The vehicle's design is inspired by the mid-1940s Chevrolet cars and trucks, specifically the 1949 Chevrolet Suburban

Chevrolet Suburban

Bryan Nesbitt

Bryan Nesbitt is an automobile designer. Currently working for General Motors Corporation, Nesbitt designed the Chevrolet HHR and has been criticized for the similarity of that vehicle to his previous Chrysler PT Cruiser design for Chrysler Corporation....
who was a former designer at Chrysler

Chrysler

Chrysler LLC is an American automobile manufacturer that has manufactured automobiles since 1925. From 1998 to 2007, Chrysler and its subsidiaries were part of the German based DaimlerChrysler ....
where he was the lead designer of the Chrysler PT Cruiser

Chrysler PT Cruiser

The Chrysler PT Cruiser was launched by Chrysler as a retro-styled station wagon in 2000 and as a convertible in 2005. Originally conceived as a Plymouth automobile model, the PT Cruiser received the Chrysler nameplate on introduction — in anticipation of the 2001 discontinuation of the Plymouth brand....
. Nesbitt was recruited by GM to join its design staff and served for a time as the chief designer of the Chevrolet brand. The HHR has a large cargo-carrying capacity for a car of its size with 57.7 cubic feet in the passenger version and 62.7 cubic feet in the panel. It has a flat-load floor and fold-flat front passenger seat. For the 2007 model year, it's available in four trim levels; LS, LT, 2LT, and Special Edition. A panel van

Panel van

A panel van is a form of van; in some national usages it is distinct from a purpose-designed van in that it is based on a family automobile chassis; elsewhere in the world it applies to any solid van, smaller than a lorry or truck , without rear side windows — in this usage the term is fairly interchangeable with simply "van"....
variant was also made available in 2007 for only the LT trim and became available on all trim levels in 2008.

Assembly and sales

The HHR is assembled in Ramos Arizpe

Ramos Arizpe

Ramos Arizpe is a city and seat of the Ramos Arizpe in the Mexican state of Coahuila. Ramos Arizpe is located 11 km from the state capital of Saltillo....
, Mexico

Mexico

Japan

Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, People's Republic of China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south....
by way of the motor vehicles business unit of Mitsui

Mitsui

is one of the largest corporate Conglomerate_ in Japan and one of the largest publicly traded companies in the world....
. First year sales exceeded 93,000 through June 2006.

SS Turbocharged

In October 2006, Cheryl Catton, director of car marketing and retail integration for Chevy, confirmed that a high performance variant of the HHR would be built. The vehicle was expected to be released with SS moniker for the 2008 model year and use the Ecotec LNF

GM Family II engine

The Family II is a straight-4 piston engine that was originally developed by Opel in late 1970s for use in the Opel Ascona B and Opel Kadett#Kadett D....
turbocharged

Turbocharger

A turbocharger, or turbo, is a gas compressor used for forced induction of an internal combustion engine. Like a supercharger, the purpose of a turbocharger is to increase the mass of air entering the engine to create more power....
engine found in the Pontiac Solstice

Pontiac Solstice

The Pontiac Solstice is a small sports car from the Pontiac division of General Motors. Introduced at the 2004 North American International Auto Show, the Solstice roadster began mass production in Wilmington, Delaware, starting in mid-2005 for the 2006 model year....
GXP and Saturn Sky

Saturn Sky

The Saturn Sky is the first ever sports car from the Saturn Corporation marque of United States automaker General Motors. It was released in the first quarter of 2006 as a 2007 model....
Red Line. The vehicle had been photographed testing by a spy photographer several times since June 2006. Digital scans of the HHR SS Turbocharged dealer brochure were leaked on a fan forum site on 13 July, 2007 before any official announcement.

On 16 August, 2007, Chevrolet officially revealed the 2008 Chevrolet HHR SS Turbocharged at the Woodward Dream Cruise

Woodward Dream Cruise

The Woodward Dream Cruise is a classic car event held annually on the third Saturday of August. The WDC Event spans much of Woodward Avenue from Pontiac, Michigan through Ferndale, Michigan in Oakland County, Michigan, Michigan, all the way to the State Fair Grounds inside the Detroit city limits, just south of 8 Mile Road....
in Birmingham

Birmingham, Michigan

Birmingham is a city in Oakland County, Michigan of the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the United States Census, 2000, the total population was 19,291....
. It was introduced as a 2008 model in fall 2007. The SS Turbocharged features a turbocharged

Turbocharger

GM Family II engine

The Family II is a straight-4 piston engine that was originally developed by Opel in late 1970s for use in the Opel Ascona B and Opel Kadett#Kadett D....
I4

Straight-4

The straight-4 or inline-4 engine is a four cylinder internal combustion engine with all four cylinder mounted in a straight line along the crankcase....
engine

Internal combustion engine

The internal combustion engine is an engine in which the combustion of a fuel occurs in a combustion chamber inside and integral to the engine. In an internal combustion engine it is always the expansion of the high temperature and pressure gases that are produced by the combustion which apply force to the movable component of the engine, such as...
and intercooler that produces ( with the optional 4-speed automatic), race-tuned high-performance suspension, five-speed manual transmission

Manual transmission

A manual transmission is a type of Transmission used in automotive applications. It generally utilizes a driver-operated clutch operated by a pedal or lever, for regulating torque transfer from the engine to the transmission, and a gear-shift either operated by hand or by foot ....
with short-throw shifter, standard four-wheel antilock disc brakes, ground effects with unique front and rear fascias, aggressive black cross-mesh grille, liftgate-mounted aero spoiler, an analog A-pillar-mounted titanium boost gauge, leather-wrapped steering wheel with mounted audio controls, and unique high-polished aluminum wheels.

Chevrolet also introduced the HHR SS Panel Concept on 30 October 2007 at the 2007 SEMA

Sema

Sema or sama is a term that means hearing. It is used, as a borrowed word in Persian language, to refer to some of the ceremonies used by various Sufi orders and often involves prayer, song, dance, and other ritualistic activities....
Show. This was made into a production model for the 2009 model year.

Engines

Year	Trim	Engine	EPA (2008) City
2006	LS/LT	Ecotec L61 GM Family II engine The Family II is a straight-4 piston engine that was originally developed by Opel in late 1970s for use in the Opel Ascona B and Opel Kadett#Kadett D.... I4 Straight-4 The straight-4 or inline-4 engine is a four cylinder internal combustion engine with all four cylinder mounted in a straight line along the crankcase....
2006	LT/2LT	Ecotec LE5 GM Family II engine The Family II is a straight-4 piston engine that was originally developed by Opel in late 1970s for use in the Opel Ascona B and Opel Kadett#Kadett D.... I4
2007	LS/LT	Ecotec L61 I4
2007	LS/2LT	Ecotec LE5 I4
2008	LS/LT	Ecotec L61 I4
	LT/2LT	Ecotec LE5 I4
	SS	turbo Turbocharger A turbocharger, or turbo, is a gas compressor used for forced induction of an internal combustion engine. Like a supercharger, the purpose of a turbocharger is to increase the mass of air entering the engine to create more power.... Ecotec LNF GM Family II engine The Family II is a straight-4 piston engine that was originally developed by Opel in late 1970s for use in the Opel Ascona B and Opel Kadett#Kadett D.... I4	not listed

Safety

FlexFuel

Flexible-fuel vehicle

A flexible-fuel vehicle or dual-fuel vehicle is an alternative fuel vehicle with a internal combustion engine designed to run on more than one fuel, usually gasoline blended with either ethanol fuel or methanol fuel, and both fuels are stored in the same common tank....
Chevrolet HHR LS.]] In IIHS tests the HHR receives a Good overall score in the frontal offset crash test. And an Acceptable score in side impacts on models equipped with side curtain airbags. Side curtain airbags became standard for 2008 models.

Awards

2006 Golden Icon Award for "Best SUV"
2007 Golden Icon Award for "Best SUV"

External links

official site