Chevrolet SSR

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Chevrolet SSR

The Chevrolet SSR (Super Sport Roadster) was a retractable hardtop convertible pickup truck

Pickup truck

A pickup truck is a light motor vehicle with an open-top rear cargo area which is almost always separated from the cab to allow for chassis flex when carrying or pulling heavy loads....
manufactured by Chevrolet

Chevrolet

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between 2003 and 2006.

The truck was based on the long-wheelbase Chevrolet TrailBlazer

Chevrolet TrailBlazer

The Chevrolet TrailBlazer is a mid-size Sport utility vehicle produced by the Chevrolet division of United States automaker General Motors. It was introduced in 1999 as an upscale trim line of the Chevrolet S-10 Blazer....
EXT's platform, and featured "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Retro is a term used to describe, denote or classify culturally outdated or aged trends, modes, or fashions, from the overall postmodern past, but have since that time become functionally or superficially the norm once again....
" styling and a steel retractable hardtop designed by ASC

American Specialty Cars

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. The production model was based on the SuperSport Roadster concept car

Concept car

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shown at the 2000 Detroit Auto Show.

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The Chevrolet SSR (Super Sport Roadster) was a retractable hardtop convertible pickup truck

Pickup truck

Chevrolet

Chevrolet TrailBlazer

Retro

American Specialty Cars

Concept car

Indianapolis 500

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auto race

Auto racing

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.

The 2003 and 2004 models used General Motors' Vortec 5300
GM Vortec engine

Vortec is a trademarked name for a line of piston engines for General Motors Corporation trucks. The name first appeared in 1986 on a 4.3 L V6 but is now used on a wide range of different engines....
engine

Internal combustion engine

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, a 5.3 L

Litér

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300 hp

Horsepower

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V8. Performance was not spectacular at 7.7 s to with a 15.9 s/86.4 mph quarter mile run. The 2005 SSR used the LS2
GM LS engine

The LS series is a new design intended as the only V-8 engine utilized in General Motors Corporation' line of RWD cars and trucks. The LS series was a clean sheet design with little in common with the classic Chevrolet Small-Block engine....
V8 also found in the C6 Corvette

Chevrolet Corvette C6

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and Pontiac GTO

Pontiac GTO

The Pontiac GTO is an automobile built by Pontiac in the United States from 1964 to 1974, and by Holden in Australia from 2004 to 2006. It is often considered the first true muscle car....
, and also offered a manual transmission (the six-speed Tremec) for the first time, as an option. For the 2006 model year, the LS2 engine featured minor modifications that boosted its output to 395 hp (automatic transmission

Automatic transmission

An automatic transmission is an automobile gearbox that can change gear ratios automatically as the vehicle moves, freeing the driver from having to shift gears manual transmission....
) and 400 hp (manual transmission

Manual transmission

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), respectively.

Sales

The 2004 model sold below expectations with under 9,000 sales at US$42,000 each. Citing a 301-day supply of SSRs, 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....
in December of that year announced five weeks of layoffs at Lansing Craft Center, the factory that made the SSR. On November 21, 2005, GM announced that it would close the Craft Center in mid-2006, spelling the end for the SSR. The final SSR, a unique black-on-silver model (Highest VIN 1GCES14H06B124112), was built on March 17, 2006. Analysts estimate that 24,150 SSRs were produced in total. Of the total production, 24,112 were available for sale to the public.

Marketing

The SSR was introduced for its market debut in a 60 second television advertisement that first appeared on New Year's Eve 2003, created by the firm of Campbell-Ewald

Campbell-Ewald

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, directed by Michael Bay

Michael Bay

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and featuring the song Magic Carpet Ride

Magic Carpet Ride

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by Steppenwolf

Steppenwolf (band)

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. The advertisement was titled "An American Revolution, Car Carrier"

An American Revolution

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and featured six yet to be introduced cars and trucks boarding a car carrier as it traversed the United States

United States

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. It featured the Aveo

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descending the Twin Peaks of San Francisco and making an airborne leap highly reminiscent of Steve McQueen's Ford Mustang

Ford Mustang

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in the movie Bullitt

Bullitt

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, before boarding the car carrier, to the yellow SSR boarding the carrier in reverse before a group of young boys watching from behind a chain link fence.