When the Chevrolet SS first arrive on the scene via the Holden VF Commodore, exterior color options seemed to not be a priority for Chevy’s first rear-wheel drive sedan since the seventh-generation Impala. At introduction, only five exterior colors were offered on the 2014 SS that covered the mere basics: Silver Ice Metallic, Red Hot, Phantom Black Metallic, Heron White and the apparent favorite of press shoots, Mystic Green Metallic. For some, the colors left a lot to be desired, since none truly matched the sporting personality of the car.
That has all changed for the 2015 model year SS, as we told you last summer. Besides the addition of a proper six-speed gearbox (finally!) and GM’s amazing Magnetic Ride Control, five new decidedly more expressive colors have been added to the car’s color list. The best part is, they’re the oddball hues straight from Australia.
Customers looking to purchase a Chevrolet SS now have the option to order their vehicle in Perfect Blue, Some Like it Hot Red, Alchemy Purple, Jungle Green and Regal Peacock Green. Not only do these new colors finally breathe some life into the car’s sporting exterior, but it also puts it on par with the colorful choices offered by rival Dodge in the Charger.
Our favorites are Alchemy Purple and Regal Peacock Green, though, Jungle Green is a fantastic shade to really set the SS apart from the crowd. Now we’re hoping GM will appease us and make available a 1LE handling package for good measure.
How do you like the added selection of hues for the SS? Talk to us in the comments.
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The problem with the SS, much like the VF, is it’s coming out in drips. ’15 gets MagnaRide & M6, ’17 may get 1LE, and ’18 may even get 8 speed auto as a sendoff.
What I don’t understand is the post-2018 play. Take it stateside and run production alongside CTS? Move it to Omega and have an SS, Avenir, and CT6 play?
One of the two is going to happen, but this drip-drip-drip play is hurting the case. It would actually help SS sales to say this is the final configuration now, and tell current buyer prospects to vote with their wallets if they want RWD Chevy sedans to see 2020.
Yeah, I don’t know if the drip-drip-drip approach is affecting sales or not. Would love to see some market or consumer opinion data that would suggest any one of these scenarios.
Here’s my take post-2018 play: if there is a RWD Chevy sedan past the SS/Zeta, it won’t be on Omega. It just won’t make sense financially. The only possibility I can see is that such a vehicle would share the LWB Alpha platform. As you know, a variant of it will also be used for the 2016 Camaro. So there have to be some “synergies” there.
Exactly…the LWB Alpha makes perfect sense. I’m just so saddened by the circumstances of this vehicle overall. I love everything it represents…understated, RWD, V8 powered, manual option, room for the family…but I go to NAIAS and they don’t even have one on display. I just don’t understand that. As a former G8 owner I would also love to see a version starting in the mid-30k range but I think that’ll only be possible if production moves to NA.
Oh it will be possible. It’s not that expensive to make vehicles in North America. Australia is actually more expensive, and the shipping cost adds to the final price of the SS. If the next-gen Camaro will be on Alpha and made in Michigan and start in the low $20,000s, there’s no reason the same can’t be done for the sedan.
What you blokes failed to mention is that Perfect Blue – it’s a colour that originally came from the 1985 Holden Dealer Team SS Group A developed by touring car great Peter Brock for Group A competition
Aaron,
Very cool bit of information I, personally, was unaware of! You learn something new every day.
Cheers,
Sean
one comment i read on forums is people could only see pictures of the new colours which are not accurate to the vehicle when viewed on screen,
by the time cars showed up on US shores and customers could eyeball the colours and pass on their opion the order window closed,
alchemy has received very few orders but heaps of praise for those who orded it.
don’t know if alpha will be wide enough to replace zeta, how many US RWD cars can fit three child seats in the back, caddy CTS can’t.
The SS sedan what a name!!, why would Chevy come up with a name like “SS sedan”, lets see its not a Chevelle SS, Camaro SS, Nova SS, Impala SS. that is the worst sales pitch ever for GM
You can barely even google it. Search “Chevrolet SS” and see if you actually get the SS Sedan or 1000 others.