Used Car of the Day: 2005 Chevrolet SSR

by Tim Healey

Published: April 23rd, 2024

Today we have a 2005 Chevrolet SSR with about 60K miles for your perusal.

It's an automatic that just had the linkage repaired and upgraded.

Mods/features include a K&N filter, chrome wheels, chrome dual exhaust tips, tonneau cover, body-colored accent package with running boards, and more.

Our Texas-based seller is asking $28,500.

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Tim Healey

Tim Healey grew up around the auto-parts business and has always had a love for cars — his parents joke his first word was “‘Vette”. Despite this, he wanted to pursue a career in sports writing but he ended up falling semi-accidentally into the automotive-journalism industry, first at Consumer Guide Automotive and later at Web2Carz.com. He also worked as an industry analyst at Mintel Group and freelanced for About.com, CarFax, Vehix.com, High Gear Media, Torque News, FutureCar.com, Cars.com, among others, and of course Vertical Scope sites such as AutoGuide.com, Off-Road.com, and HybridCars.com. He’s an urbanite and as such, doesn’t need a daily driver, but if he had one, it would be compact, sporty, and have a manual transmission.

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Analoggrotto on Apr 24, 2024

GM is probably reinventing it as their next electric.

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- 1995 SC on Apr 24, 2024
  
  You know, if a company insists on electrifying a truck something like this that isn't intended to tow wouldn't be the dumbest option if you got rid of the top and other goofy bits. But by the time it got the required in 2024 Cab lengtheining and bed shortening it would end up even more ridiculous.
  
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- Lou_BC on Apr 24, 2024
  
  Something like this as an EV would make sense. There'd be no misconceptions as to it's ability to do "truck stuff".
  
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Wjtinfwb on Apr 25, 2024

My comment about "missing the mark" was directed at, of the mentioned cars, none created huge demand or excitement once they were introduced. All three had some cool aspects; Thunderbird was pretty good exterior, let down by the Lincoln LS dash and the fairly weak 3.9L V8 at launch. The Prowler was super cool and unique, only the little nerf bumpers spoiled the exterior and of course the V6 was a huge letdown. SSR had the beans, but in my opinion was spoiled by the tonneau cover over the bed. Remove the cover, finish the bed with some teak or walnut and I think it could have been more appealing. All three were targeting a very small market (expensive 2-seaters without a prestige badge) which probably contributed. The PT Cruiser succeeded in this space by being both more practical and cheap. Of the three, I'd still like to have a Thunderbird in my garage in a classic color like the silver/green metallic offered in the later years.

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