A mint-condition Chevy SSR with just 4,700 miles on the odometer has appeared for sale on Bring-A-Trailer, giving fans of this oddball convertible pickup truck the rather rare opportunity to put a like-new example in their garage.
As some GM Authority readers will already know, the Chevy SSR was based on a modified version of the GMT360 platform that underpinned the first-generation Chevy Trailblazer and pulled styling inspiration from the Chevy Advance Design series of pickup trucks. It also featured a naturally aspirated 6.0L LS2 V8 engine, which was equipped in the Trailblazer SS at the time as well, sending power to the rear wheels through a Tremec T56 six-speed manual transmission or an available four-speed automatic. For the 2006 model year, the SSR was officially rated at 400 horsepower and 400 pound-feet of torque when equipped with the six-speed manual, enabling a zero to 60 mph sprint of 5.3 seconds.
This particular Chevy SSR was acquired by the current seller in July 2022 and has been registered in Wisconsin since new. It’s bone stock, featuring the factory staggered alloy wheels wrapped in Goodyear Eagle tires, factory disc brakes, an unmodified 6.0L LS2 and the T56 six-speed manual. It was ordered in Smokin Asphalt gloss black and features a black leather interior with the factory four-spoke steering wheel and Bose stereo. It has two previous owners and is offered with a full CarFax report and service records. Exterior blemishes are limited to some minor underbody corrosion, while the cabin is virtually new with clean chrome trim and relatively well-kept leather upholstery.
Check out the listing at this link before the gavel falls on this Chevy SSR auction next week. It currently has a high bid of $20,000 from only a single bidder as of this writing.
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I has an LS powered, manual SSR. I don’t know why I sold it. It was a great cruiser, was reasonably fast and had the pop top. Sure wish I still had it. A very satisfying ride IMHO.
Didn’t the SSR windup being a compromise from the original design? Something like moving to different chassis from what was planned? It turned out okay but, wound up being a limited edition high priced deal. Wasn’t the anyone can get one as a daily driver like the el camino was. Bring back the elco on the Camaro.
The SSR was definitely an interesting piece at the time. You do not see too many out there (even at car shows), but the retro styling is an eyecatcher. The problem at the time they were built was that GM was hemorrhaging money, the SSR was quite expensive (in the early 2000’s) and it was only going to sell in very, very limited numbers.
The biggest problem with the SSR was a common one at GM. Initially, it started out with a 5.3L and an automatic as the only available powertrain. Nice looking but below expectations on performance. Same problem that the Reatta had. Any one interested in a vehicle of this type – special styling – expects it to have the performance to back up the looks. Not so here, until the 6.0L and 6 speed came along. To late. It was already doomed. Like the Reatta as all set to have a 3800 Supercharged engine for 1992 but the plug got pulled. A common GM screwup.
ACZ the other problem with the SSR at the time was OLD GM wanted this to replace the Fbody Camaro/Firebird Transam… I didn’t like the way it looked then although the front end is growing on me that awful rear end had got to go along with that engine make a C7 engine swap please.
that is the weirdest looking and the most beautiful truck I’ve ever seen…………….
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Same color mine was. A fun ride.
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