[z28barnett]

Hi,

Is it just me or is this one of the worst cars they have ever built? The SSR was just as pointless but slight better looking rig.

The HHR is a stretched PT cruiser.

Andy Dick and a cast of losers wasted at least 15 minutes of the nations time with a lame stupid mega ad sketch thing.

Leno, whom I normally like, prosituted the Tonight show for the stupid ad sketch.

If you just build a car that doesn't suck, you don't need a 20million dollar ad to try and sell it. The group that produced the SSR and now the HHR needs to be fired now.

Toyota is likely laughing their ass off at this huge blunder.

How could the same company build the Z06 and this piece of crap?

Sorry just had to vent.

Z28

[Racer X]

I've seen several on the road and a particularly sharp sunset orange model up close on a dealer lot.

*shrug*

I personally like 'em and they seem to be selling quite well.


Some sales "TECH"...if you can call it tech.

I guess their appeal is just hit or miss with the "car guy" crowd. (IMG:http://www.frrax.com/rrforum/style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif)

Does Lutz Get Last Laugh on HHR?

It's become almost a cliché in the automotive media to criticize General Motors' new Chevrolet HHR. Even skeptical GM insiders have been known to refer to the retro-styled crossover as the "PT me-too," a reference to the similarly-styled Chrysler PT Cruiser. But if early sales are any indication, GM "car czar" Bob Lutz may get in the last laugh over the product he single-handedly shepherded through the product development process. "For those who doubted it, it's an absolute sell-out," he boasted, during a preview at the automaker's Warren, Michigan Technical Center. August sales totaled 8000, Lutz said, noting that the automaker has already ordered two increases in production capacity for the much-maligned HHR. And its early success, Lutz stressed, came even though the crossover was not included in GM's employee-pricing incentive program. Perhaps not, but analysts say the automaker certainly increased the car's appeal by holding its base price down to just $15,990, about $1000 more than the smaller Chrysler offering.

This post has been edited by Racer X: Sep 24 2005, 10:31 AM