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Title: Anyone else see these HHRs?
Post by: 20th anny 5.o on September 04, 2005, 06:17:14 PM
Why does this remind me of the pt cruiser mixed with the rear of a liberty.
Title: Re: Anyone else see these HHRs?
Post by: slamedcat on September 04, 2005, 06:21:40 PM
Ya chevys a little late on that one that was so mid 90's.

 :yuck:
Title: Re: Anyone else see these HHRs?
Post by: 5.0willgo on September 04, 2005, 06:22:09 PM
Quote from: 20th anny 5.o
Why does this remind me of the pt cruiser mixed with the rear of a liberty.

That's because GM can't think for themselves ;)
Title: Re: Anyone else see these HHRs?
Post by: SSX on September 04, 2005, 07:19:52 PM
Beleive me, that picture does not do justice to their uglyness in person.
Title: Re: Anyone else see these HHRs?
Post by: Thunder Chicken on September 04, 2005, 07:33:53 PM
Quote from: 5.0willgo
That's because GM can't think for themselves ;)

It's actually got a lot more to do with the fact that the guy that designed the PT Cruiser jumped over to GM and designed the HHR.

Personally i like it more than the PT - it looks more masculine. If I was looking for a people mover I'd hit it, especially before hitting any SUV...
Title: Re: Anyone else see these HHRs?
Post by: cougarpower51 on September 04, 2005, 07:48:22 PM
Im with thunder chicken it looks better than the pt cruiser :america:
Title: Re: Anyone else see these HHRs?
Post by: slamedcat on September 04, 2005, 08:46:41 PM
Whats with the fart can exhaust tip?
Title: Re: Anyone else see these HHRs?
Post by: 20th anny 5.o on September 04, 2005, 09:07:44 PM
Quote from: SSX
Beleive me, that picture does not do justice to their uglyness in person.



Oh believe me i know i saw 3 of em on friday  :yuck:
Title: Re: Anyone else see these HHRs?
Post by: cougrrr302 on September 04, 2005, 09:57:09 PM
I started working at a chevy dealership in the body shop and they just sold one. They dont look half bad. 10 times better than a PT anyday
Title: Re: Anyone else see these HHRs?
Post by: CougarSE on September 04, 2005, 10:33:12 PM
Looks kinda like this.  (http://www.dealsonwheels.com/database/cars/000007-200404-000014_7big.jpg)
Title: Re: Anyone else see these HHRs?
Post by: ipsd on September 05, 2005, 11:40:08 AM
I think GM is whacked any how so this is about normal for them. I had a guy driveing one of these come in to the parts store where I work and told me he needed a filter so being the only car in the lot I tought PT cruser and looked up the filter before any thing else he said that is not a pt crusier. He pulled another gag on the dealer counter guys told them he had a chevy pt crusier and they had to go look at it. I think Oh shiznit another shiznit rbox on wheels. If it where a real car like the CouarSE shows it ould be koo but that is just wrong.
Title: Re: Anyone else see these HHRs?
Post by: pro-five-oh on September 05, 2005, 01:12:04 PM
Yeah, the guy who made this did a much better job with the HHR compared to the PT.  It actually is a decent car inside and out, one of GMs better products to date. As long as they don't make too many of them they might actually turn out a profit too.
Title: Re: Anyone else see these HHRs?
Post by: Haystack on September 05, 2005, 02:42:49 PM
yeah like the escalade/avalanch/suburban/tahoe/yukon. They are all compleately diffrent and origonal in every way.
Title: Re: Anyone else see these HHRs?
Post by: Thunder Chicken on September 05, 2005, 03:08:49 PM
What do the GMT800 fullsize trucks have to do with the HHR? That thing's based on the Cobalt, not a truck.

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I think GM is whacked any how so this is about normal for them.


Actually this is completely out of normal for GM, and the upcoming Solstice is even more abnormal. GM has become known for makking cars that lack even the slightest bit of character, style or "soul". I'm no GM fan, but I'm glad to see all of the big three producing desirable mainstream cars again. Ford has the new Mustang, Chrysler has the Magnum/300/Charger and now GM has the HHR and Solstice (which, BTW, has a base price under $20k). The Ford Fusion looks poised to be the hit that the Five Hundred wasn't, and the Milan and Zephyr actually look like decent cars as well (though the Zephyr is an embarrassment to the Lincoln name it still isn't as bad as the 89-94 Continental). The slightly upgraded Impala may still be wrong-wheel-drive but it's got a 303-horse V8 available now. The full-size GM's (Pontiac GXP, etc) now have Northstar power. Yes, the domestics are finally starting to take cars seriously again. Now, in 15 years, I'll have interesting $500 cars to chose from :D
Title: Re: Anyone else see these HHRs?
Post by: pro-five-oh on September 05, 2005, 03:40:44 PM
Quote from: Thunder Chicken
(though the Zephyr is an embarrassment to the Lincoln name it still isn't as bad as the 89-94 Continental).


Mark my word, the Zephyr will never sell as well as the Conti did.  At least the Conti "struck while the iron was hot" and had a lot of unique technology in suspension, brakes, and rode the gravy train that the Taurus made...ya know, back when FWD was considered to be more advanced.