Hot Box: 2008 Chevrolet HHR SS Test Drive
By consistently selling more than 100,000 units annually, Chevrolet’s diminutive HHR has defied the critics—and there were plenty of them—who brushed it aside as a Chrysler PT Cruiser rip-off that offered too little, too late. The vehicle’s retro styling, wagon-derived practicality, and user-friendly MSRP that starts at just a pinch more than $17,000 are what have driven sales to this point, but now Chevy has given a whole new class of buyers a whole new reason to consider the HHR. They’ve infused it with a liberal dose of SS, as in Super Sport, including a turbocharger, chassis tweaks, optional Brembo brakes, tuner boy body mods, and spiffy SS interior cues.
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Oollyoumn
Surprisingly the HHR has not hurt sales of the PT Cruiser. These two vehicles are too close in size and technology or lack there of. Evidently there is a sizable group of loyalist who will not cross shop.
Jeff
The HHR gets nearly 30mpg hwy. I'm considering buying one.
Rex
I have to give Props to GM for doing the HHR right!
Especially the panel van option. I which one thing they offered was a rear seat option in the panel van. That would be so sweet!
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