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Article: Chevy SSR is lots of fun.(AUTO WEEKEND)
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- The Washington Times (Washington, DC)
- Article date:
- November 28, 2003
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Byline: Henny Hemmes, SPECIAL TO THE WASHINGTON TIMES
MILAN, Mich. - Like so many other people I was immediately taken by the good looks of the Chevrolet SSR concept truck that was introduced in 2000 at the Detroit auto show.
The idea for the SSR developed a year earlier, when design chief Wayne Cherry wanted to explore retro design in a truck. He thought of the earlier successful Chevrolet pickups and the final design was based on Chevrolet's 1947-1952 Advanced Design pickup trucks.
But the concept also had to be a roadster with a retractable hard top, even though it would restrict luggage space and would be hard to produce. But when GM ...