SSR Hard Top Model?

Scott 0168 · 01-07-2006, 11:46 AM

Does anyone feel that maybe the drop top on our SSR's could have been offered as an option and the hard top as standard equipment for say maybe 15k less? I have had people tell me they like the SSR with the top up. Maybe more so here in the northern climate. Could this have helped sales with a lower price option?
Just a thought,

Scott 0168

Flassh · 01-07-2006, 12:08 PM

I also like the looks with the top up, but without the drop top, I wouldn not have been interested.

Ray

PocoToro · 01-07-2006, 12:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Scott 0168

Does anyone feel that maybe the drop top on our SSR's could have been offered as an option and the hard top as standard equipment for say maybe 15k less? I have had people tell me they like the SSR with the top up. Maybe more so here in the northern climate. Could this have helped sales with a lower price option?
Just a thought,

Scott 0168

KySSR · 01-07-2006, 12:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Flassh

I also like the looks with the top up, but without the drop top, I wouldn not have been interested.

Ray

Marc NY · 01-07-2006, 01:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Scott 0168

Does anyone feel that maybe the drop top on our SSR's could have been offered as an option and the hard top as standard equipment for say maybe 15k less? Scott 0168

Scott I do love the look with the top up but what really made me want the SSR was it's "retractable" hard top feature the most.

Peaches · 01-07-2006, 02:14 PM

My .02 - I would NEVER have even considered this vehicle without the drop top.

DavidN · 01-07-2006, 02:19 PM

sheldon young · 01-07-2006, 02:32 PM

I beg to disagree! The Ford Ranchero and Chevy El Camino were both huge successes. A hardtop SSR would have been considerably less weight (arguably the biggest issue with the vehicle). Every road reveiw I've ever read criticizes the ridiculous weight of this vehicle. I drive a Ford Triton V8 Dual-Axle Stahl walk-in box truck with tool drawers outside for work and it weighs less! There's a particular local bridge that is closed to vehicles with an excessive GVW, I laugh every day to work that I can drive across, but on weekends I cannot in my SSR.

At last year's televised Barrett-Jackson Arizona auction, Brock Yates was asked his opinion of a black El Camino on the block and would it be succesful to reserrect as a modern vehicle - he said Chevy has with the SSR, but it's downfall was the "crazy hydraulic roof", which at the time I thought was an ignorant response, but in hindsight, I'd have to agree... I just would have used a little more class in how I said it.

WearyEagle · 01-07-2006, 02:33 PM

If GM would option the hardtop, use that space to store it as part of the bed giving close to 6' 5" with the gate down, drop in a dependable and efficient V-6, drop the price to $35k, they'd sell like hot cakes to the people that originally made the El Camino such a hit - Constuction Workers, wannabee ranchers, and Contractors ! !

But NO ! ! , they'd prefer to go down in flames.

Gary (WearyEagle)

sheldon young · 01-07-2006, 02:43 PM

Hey weary-eagle is that a veiled reference to the hood of my SSR?

Ha, ha, ha...

Gina · 01-07-2006, 04:42 PM

The drop top made the vehicle for me

SSRENITY · 01-07-2006, 04:46 PM

Would not have even gone to the showroom to see it if it didn't have the retractable roof.

REBEL · 01-07-2006, 05:30 PM

Yes the hard top would be enough for me.

Ricochet · 01-07-2006, 05:44 PM

I admit I would not have purchased the Truck without the top the way it is. HOWEVER, depending on the price point it could have been made as a Hard Top and could have been very popular. I also think sales would have been better if GM could have made the truck a little lower and sleeker looking kind of more ElCamino than Truck. The H/T version could have also had a larger cab as a selling feature of its own.
I also think the Truck in any form should have been named ElCamino SS for better brand awareness

HotRodGirl · 01-07-2006, 07:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Gina

The drop top made the vehicle for me

100%

2005SSR6Speed · 01-07-2006, 08:08 PM

The benefit of the weight savings alone not to mention the extra room in the cab would be hard not to consider even here in Southern California where you can go top down 99% of the year.

DavidN · 01-07-2006, 08:20 PM

SSR with the fixed roof would be a S-10 not a SSR

blueroadster06 · 01-07-2006, 08:36 PM

a fixed top would be just a S 10 or worst

blueeyes · 01-07-2006, 08:41 PM

The "if only" and "what if" musings make me wonder. We bought these as a finished vehicle that fit a need we all had - or want, if you don't want to be needy! IF GM had done it differently, would you have wanted one? You can alter it all you want - your choice after you buy it - but to play "what if" at this point really confuses me as to what your expectations were (or are). Just me $.02 - go ahead and take your shots....

mikepowell · 01-07-2006, 08:43 PM

trail blaaze er

Mueggelhopper · 01-07-2006, 08:55 PM

The SSR is intended for a different market segment than the El Camino was.
I think that El Camino's are great, especially the 66 and 68 models. But the SSR is different and way cooler than a Camino. The SSR retractable roof is a major point
for me. Without it I would have not really had enough interest to buy. If Chevrolet
had been able to bring the SSR to market at around $32000., they would have been able to sell a whole bunch more of them. I wish that I could have 2 SSR's!http://www.ssrfanatic.com/forum/imag...ies/SSRrx5.gif

01-08-2006, 11:11 AM

I would have picked up one with the convertible top, and one with the permanent hard top.

SA13355 · 01-08-2006, 12:44 PM

I found the rumor of an SSR Panel something that I would have been interested in.

I would have purchased the SSR with a fixed roof if had been available that way.

Maybe it will come back in a couple of years (like the T-Bird did) with options.

I'll drive mine until then.

Life is short
Drive a Hot Rod

Skip

pherrley · 01-08-2006, 02:56 PM

I like the Idea of a hard top but if there were 90,000 of them on the road then I guess it would turn into more or less an ordinary vehicle. I wouldnt of bought one without the convertible.

oharrell2 · 01-08-2006, 04:28 PM

If GM would have offered the LS7 in a hardtop version only, I would say "goodbye drop top, hello 500HP".

REBEL · 01-08-2006, 04:58 PM

Hell ................. O!

RaticalSSR · 01-10-2006, 08:28 AM

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Originally Posted by pherrley

I like the Idea of a hard top but if there were 90,000 of them on the road then I guess it would turn into more or less an ordinary vehicle. I wouldnt of bought one without the convertible.

WearyEagle · 01-10-2006, 11:26 PM

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Originally Posted by DavidN

SSR with the fixed roof would be a S-10 not a SSR

I would hate to think that I bought a truck that listed for $48,864 that was JUST an S-10 with a convertible top! ! (that would be the inverse of what you stated)

The retractable top is most likely what got me also. Hmmmmm, I thought, a work truck with a convertible top. Looks neat. I was just musing and playing "what might have been" from GM's standpoint (share value declined 53% last year) when I suggested using the retractable top space for bed space and putting a reliable efficient (remember gas prices several months ago) engine in them.

Gary (WearyEagle)

houtex · 01-11-2006, 02:44 PM

January 11th - went to lunch today - sun out, temp in the low 70's - top down - can't beat it - If it came with a permanent roof I'd have to buy a large can opener. Don't give a rat's patoot how much it weighs and, if you think the weight's ridiculous, then buy a Mustang. But I just don't think 10 Mustangs lined up on the Bolivar Ferry would have rated a second glance -

PocoToro · 01-11-2006, 04:53 PM

Ditto