Article: Back to the future: the 2006 Chevy SSR marks the end of a grand automotive experiment. The upshot? Now's the time to get a convertible sports car pickup truck--cheap.(CARS)(Super Sport Roadster)(Product/service evaluation)

If you think the Toyota Camry is America's best car simply based on popularity, fair enough. Personally, I like a machine with something more to say for itself than "toaster"--something like the Chevrolet SSR.

When it first arrived on the market in 2003, General Motors' two-seat hardtop convertible pickup truck, styled with a Corvette engine, was greeted with a resounding huh? But the SSR is a many-splendored, um, thing, and now, with the last SSR made, it's a good time to buy one.

The SSR's biggest problem was always its price--once as high as $45,000. Of course, that presumes you even bothered to consider cost. Let's face it, the SSR is not everyone's ...

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