The rear bar was on the concept truck, and was eliminated from the production unit by the GM Design team.
They wanted to keep the back end clean. For what it's worth, I really like the clean back end - others have posted that they would prefer the bar.
The original design had upper and lower taillights, and recesses in the metal for the bar.
I would recommend checking old posts for the book "SSR - An American Original" - put out by Automotive Quarterly, and available from them or, as others have posted, from Amazon. It's a great history of how the SSR came to exist, and makes you appreciate just how lucky we are that this coolest of toys made it to production.
Ray
They wanted to keep the back end clean. For what it's worth, I really like the clean back end - others have posted that they would prefer the bar.
The original design had upper and lower taillights, and recesses in the metal for the bar.
I would recommend checking old posts for the book "SSR - An American Original" - put out by Automotive Quarterly, and available from them or, as others have posted, from Amazon. It's a great history of how the SSR came to exist, and makes you appreciate just how lucky we are that this coolest of toys made it to production.
Ray
