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Article: SSR drops its top, along with onlookers' jaws.
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- Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL)
- Article date:
- August 7, 2003
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Byline: Jim Mateja
It's not easy to be inconspicuous in a purple vehicle.
It's impossible, in fact, when the purple machine is a Chevrolet SSR, or super-sport roadster, which bowed three years ago as a concept and is now arriving in production version at dealerships.
SSR is a roadster truck with a metal top that retracts and stacks in hiding behind the seats to transform the vehicle into a convertible with an enclosed pickup bed.
"With an SSR, people will hunt you down," warned SSR marketing manager Bob Walczyk only seconds before a pair of automotive sightseers blocked access to the machine outside the diner.
The SSR is ...