Automotive News, Media & Press - Chevrolet HHR

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Not bad looking actually. Too bad it's about 5 years late and a blatant rip off of the PT Crusier. Way to go GM.

Just give us the Astra hatch and the Signum wagon for those of us who want more cargo room.

That thing is uglier than a PT Cruiser and that ain't saying much......

I think it looks kinda cool....kind of mix of the PT Cruiser and a Scion.

I can't see it, link dosen't work.

Think of a PT Cruiser with the front sawed off and big bug eyes, that 'll give you a fairly accurate mental picture of it.

it reminds me of a nissan armada

...please tell me that they're not actually going to produce that thing...it couldn't be any more of a blatent rip-off of the PT Cruiser. :bang:

Oh geez... thats really lame :nono:

Morons at GM it seems, some dealers still have 03 SSR's in there stock, what makes them think that they can sell that load of crap?!?!?! You guys should check out eBay on SSR's damn near giving those over priced useless trucks away:D

It really doesn't look that bad, and if it's priced like the PT Cruiser I can see them selling fairly well.

I also think hating on cars like the PT Cruiser, and now this is a stupid bandwagon. The PT is a cool, stylish, versatile, and cheap little car, it's no wonder they were so popular, and it sure beats the Hell out of having yet another SUV ruining our roads.

The HHR is going to bomb, that's a tough segment in which to carve marketshare and edgy styling is not what sells.

I've said this before, GM needs to get rid of the old guard and let some of the younger guys at the helm. Stuff like the SSR is someone's baby, and it's a turd.

As much I don't really care for compact cars, at least the Cobalt tries to look like a nicer car than what it replaces.

I think that Chevrolet is struggling in regards to leadership and changes need to be made.

I've said this before, GM needs to get rid of the old guard and let some of the younger guys at the helm. Stuff like the SSR is someone's baby, and it's a turd.
Yea this HHR makes think some Exec saw his first PT Cruiser 6 years ago and said "Thats cool I want one" and it's taken this long to make one with a Chevy badge.

Ok I see it now, I also hope they don't make it.

Lutz says the HHR will sell 80,000 to 100,000 a year. He is also staunchly defending this Retro SUV. Kinda makes me feel all warm inside since I love the retro looks and with all the talk about not doing retro and how Lutz is against retro... you get my point.

Here! Read a cuurent article from autoweek whre Lutz gets a bit hot headed defending the HHR (which IMO is much nicer than the SSR and will do what the SSR failed to do, SELL).

LINK TO ARTICLE (http://www.autoweek.com/news.cms?newsId=101560)

http://www.autoweek.com/images/news/101560

No Apologies: Angry Lutz defends Chevy HHR, says vehicle will be 'sensationally successful'

Well it's it's $15K it will sell well. :)

How much are they going to be?

How much are they going to be?

The pricing will be similar to the Cobalt. Meaning cheap.

I believe the HHR is about 24 thousand dollars..

I don't know how they expect this little truck to compete with the PT cruiser that starts at 14 grand....

80 to 100k units a year? Hard to see this happening...

well.. if my choice was a little compact car or this. I'd be in a HHR.

Other than that, I don't have much use for it.

oh yuck :barf:

Yeah, I say GM is screwed. I see more and more PTs on the road and I don't know why, I think they look like crap. They better lower the price a lot if they want to sell as many as they plan to.

I just read that stupid blog of Lutz's that was posted inthe Racer's lounge. http://www.ls1tech.com/forums/images/smilies/LS1Tech/gr_bs.gif!!!!!!! He dislikes the retro yet pushes the HHR .And misleading us about the Camaro or nixing it is one of the worst PR mistakes GM has made yet. This whole thing infuriates me. http://www.ls1tech.com/forums/images/smilies/LS1Tech/gr_mad.gif Damn , I hate to say this but there may be a new Mustang in my future.http://www.ls1tech.com/forums/images/smilies2/wave-finger.gif GM!

I am reading a current copy of "Oakland Tech News" and parts about the Detroit Auto show and such when I came across an interesting statistic.

"GM Halts Lansing Production" meaning that the SSR being built there had production stopped because they had only sold 8,538 SSr's priced with MSRP of $42,555 and had already produced 15,055 units. So they shut the plant down for 5 weeks.

If the HHR is gonna be priced with a starting price above $35,000 I do not see sales even coming close to Lutz's projection of 80,000 to 100,000 a year. Pricing IMO would have to start around $20,000 to $25,000.

Great it’s the HHR..

Excuse me while I continue not to care. If the HHR was targeted at the Scion crowd I could see it sell. But if it was over 20K They are pitching to the wrong demograph. GM puts R&D money into something like this when we need an F-body replacement. If you cant call it the Camaro because the that name belongs to the now non-existent Canadian plant the call it the Camero and build it. Or hell Give us a new Chevelle and keep it under 30K.

:barf: Jesus Fucking Christ :barf:
The money wasted on that pile of donkey :turd: could have been used to design a Camaro, Chevelle, Firebird, Grand National etc :eyes: .
It is a sad time for Chevrolet design escept for the C6 and Z06.

It kinda reminds me of a 46-48 chev truck a mate had. I think it would make a neat family wagon.

Considering that the PT Cruiser is priced a lot less , it will fail and fail miserably. The PT Cruiser looks a lot better than the HHR, too.

It would have been better off built on the SSR platform with a LS-2 and 6 speed :)
but the 2.2 or 2.4 FWD what a turd!

ugly....stupid chevrolet

I think it's kinda neat, but it needs to start at less than 20K. Hell, the PT Cruiser starts at 14K.

GM is a bunch of fucking idiots. My god they suck. :bang:

They can't think of ANYTHING original. The vette is the only thing worth a shit.