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Article: Chevy's 2005 SSR shows improvement over last year's model.
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- The Orlando Sentinel (Orlando, FL)
- Article date:
- May 6, 2005
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Byline: Steven Cole Smith
Customers who bought a 2004 Pontiac GTO or Chevrolet SSR had good reason to be annoyed when General Motors introduced the 2005 versions of the two vehicles.
The V-8 engine in the GTO grew from 5.7 liters and 350 horsepower in `04, to 6.0 liters and 400 horsepower for `05. But the performance difference in the SSR, Chevy's retro-looking pickup truck, was even greater: The 5.3-liter, 300-horsepower V-8 had become a 390-horsepower, 6.0-liter V-8.
Essentially, the SSR's engine in 2004 was a regular V-8 from the pickup line. But for 2005, the SSR got the same engine as the all-new 2005 Chevrolet Corvette, though Chevy ...