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View Poll Results: Would You Buy One?
In a heartbeat of America! 17 25.00%
No Way Evah 42 61.76%
Only if it came with a 500+ hp option 9 13.24%
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Old 07-11-2011, 02:51 PM   #1
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If Chevy Made It Would You Buy It?

I'm just curious...
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No, makes no sense to me.
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In a heartbeat. I know quite a few people who would as well.
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only if it has a V8
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only if it has a V8
That's like your attitude towards life man
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hell yea
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Not digging it at all. The SSR had more retro styling, and that wasn't enough to keep it around more than 3 years.

If Chevrolet wants to capitalize on such a body style, it might sell better reduxing the El Camino and its enthusiasts - sport and utility merged.
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Apparently it's do-able to swap out the front clip:
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Not even the V8 saved the SSR. Just sayin'.
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Not digging it at all. The SSR had more retro styling, and that wasn't enough to keep it around more than 3 years.

If Chevrolet wants to capitalize on such a body style, it might sell better reduxing the El Camino and its enthusiasts - sport and utility merged.
Because the SSR was completely impractical and cost too much.

They actually use these in place of trucks in Australia. I know a bunch of people who need a useable truck bed but not the size or power of a full size or even midsize truck.

Price, option, and market it right, and it would sell fairly well.
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Not if it looked like that.
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Technically didn't chevy make it? I know GM designed one for the Pontiac G8
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Because the SSR was completely impractical and cost too much.

They actually use these in place of trucks in Australia. I know a bunch of people who need a useable truck bed but not the size or power of a full size or even midsize truck.

Price, option, and market it right, and it would sell fairly well.
Camaro is relatively impractical from a general perspective - it's all sport. But, it certainly has the fan base, winning style, and the marketing to keep it going. Price is not factored in so much. I believe Neiman Marcus' 100 editions sold out before they were even built - at $75k per copy!

But would you not agree that winning the consumer base, as it stands now, has more to do with style and marketing more than price? Sure the economy is rough, but people are getting tired of pinching pennies and still driving Smart Cars. Eventually they will spend the money to move into something better, but not if it makes them look out of place. Americans still have a strong ideal and spirit regarding the style of what moves them. The current economy might be breaking this country into a new shoe as it were. Australians and Europeans have a more practical outlook on what they expect from their vehicles, and have had so for a while. But it will take us Americans a bit longer before we start to embrace that same perspective.
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