by "HammerheadFistpunch" (hammerheadfistpunch)
Published 04/23/2017 at 10:00
by "HammerheadFistpunch" (hammerheadfistpunch)
Published 04/23/2017 at 10:00
Tags: Cars I do hate
STARS: 2
This is more representative of the hate I feel towards the 90's retro movement more than anything but this car, more than any other, encapsulates this hate for me. I don’t actually hate very many cars so this week will be hard but this one was easy.
No, I don’t care it could be had with a 400 hp V8 and a 6 speed manual. It could have come with exhausts that convert smog into skittles...I would still hate this turd. Its a turd on the outside, its a turd on the inside, its based on a platform that was abandoned after a single generation. It was a sales flop and closed the plant it was made in because they had a years stock and didn’t know what to do with them.
This is a lesson of what not to do that will stand the test of time.
"gin-san - shitpost specialist" (gin-san-)
04/23/2017 at 10:13, STARS: 2
I hate that this is the closest we’ve got to the Aussie ute.
I think this was all around the time we had the PT Cruiser, Ford Thunderbird, and HHR all going for that niche “retro” styling that somehow worked for the PT. They’re all silly.
"PatBateman" (PatBateman)
04/23/2017 at 10:14, STARS: 1
I kind of like it with the LS2 and the six speed.
¯\_()_/¯
"Vicente Esteve" (vicente-esteve)
04/23/2017 at 10:18, STARS: 0
Fun fact, Mexicans for some reason think of this as an exotic/rare vehicle and are paying close to 25k USD for imported models. Some of them I’m 100% sure with salvage title.
"LongbowMkII" (longbowmkii)
04/23/2017 at 10:20, STARS: 2
I like that they built a concept vehicle. Terrible, but an effort was made.
Just kinda crazy.
"HammerheadFistpunch" (hammerheadfistpunch)
04/23/2017 at 10:23, STARS: 1
Interesting. The things some people would rather have than money...
"Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap" (ddadragon)
04/23/2017 at 10:25, STARS: 0
Over the past year I’ve done a complete 180 on these and I want one now.
"Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell." (oppisitelock)
04/23/2017 at 10:26, STARS: 3
I like this simply because they tried to be different. Its less cynical than the current trend of making things offensively ugly to stand out. Looking at you Toyota CHR.
"FSI - alcohol enthusiast with a car problem" (fuelstratifiedinjection)
04/23/2017 at 10:32, STARS: 0
The CHR is even fuglier irl.
"FSI - alcohol enthusiast with a car problem" (fuelstratifiedinjection)
04/23/2017 at 10:34, STARS: 1
It sucked at everything it was supposed to be but I like it more than the Thunderbird and Prowler of that era. Can you really hate a ute that much?
"Galileo Humpkins (aka MC Clap Yo Handz)" (galileo-humpkins)
04/23/2017 at 10:43, STARS: 0
Saw a yellow one driving the opposite way on the street a few days ago, all my wife said was (very strongly), “Oh no, oh holy fuck no! Why?” Made me both laugh, and love her a little more.
"sm70- why not Duesenberg?" (sm70-whynotduesenberg)
04/23/2017 at 10:43, STARS: 1
They actually go for even more here.
"xyzabc" (stackofoldwood)
04/23/2017 at 10:45, STARS: 0
Not so much “hate”, as a genuine sadness on how blind folks were in being lead to believe that this was thing was “cool”.
Disco has endured / aged better.
"The Snowman" (the-snowman)
04/23/2017 at 10:54, STARS: 0
This started as an SSR
"Chuckles" (chucklesw37)
04/23/2017 at 11:01, STARS: 2
I always loved that in the 2005 dystopian film The Island, they imagined that in the year 2019 Steve Buscemi (playing a janitor) would be driving a hot rodded SSR.
"Dusty Ventures" (dustyventures)
04/23/2017 at 11:08, STARS: 2
I like the idea of doing something odd and different and I applaud Chevy for that. Part of me even like the absurd concept they went with, “Let’s make a low, powerful, convertible pickup that’s terrible at being a pickup!” The execution and end product though...
Also what if the exhaust spat out peanut m&m’s?
"LongbowMkII" (longbowmkii)
04/23/2017 at 11:09, STARS: 1
Yes. It has zero ute. Max tow of 2500 and a carpeted/boxed bed.
"Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell." (oppisitelock)
04/23/2017 at 11:22, STARS: 0
It’s horrible.
"PS9" (PS9)
04/23/2017 at 11:27, STARS: 1
Well that thing definitely didn’t age well.
"FSI - alcohol enthusiast with a car problem" (fuelstratifiedinjection)
04/23/2017 at 11:29, STARS: 0
Ouch. The HSV Maloo can tow 3500 pounds or about 1600 kilos.
"FSI - alcohol enthusiast with a car problem" (fuelstratifiedinjection)
04/23/2017 at 11:30, STARS: 0
Toyota seems to be utterly desperate.
"Steve is equipped with Electronic Fool Injection" (itsalwayssteve)
04/23/2017 at 11:38, STARS: 3
We have two years. There’s still time.
"MoCamino" (mocamino)
04/23/2017 at 11:38, STARS: 0
It pains me that they took a ‘59 El Camino, which are really hard to find in good shape, and made it as useless as an SSR. I mean great execution on the end product- it looks well built. But an El Camino you can’t haul anything in? No. Just no.
"WilliamsSW" (williamssw)
04/23/2017 at 11:44, STARS: 2
You could pick any of the half baked retro cars from this era, and I can’t argue with you. I hate this one slightly less because V8 manual, but it was half baked, too. Only positive thing I can say about those retro messes was that maybe they led to the current gen pony cars which are greatly improved?
"Galileo Humpkins (aka MC Clap Yo Handz)" (galileo-humpkins)
04/23/2017 at 12:08, STARS: 1
Also what if the exhaust spat out peanut m&m’s?
I longingly ask that question, or some variant, of almost every car I see.
"Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell." (oppisitelock)
04/23/2017 at 12:08, STARS: 0
They dont seem to do too well in the UK these days.
"Eric @ opposite-lock.com" (theyrerolling)
04/23/2017 at 12:09, STARS: 1
You hate this because it is peak baby boomer. They were passionate about the PT Cruiser, for example, because it embodies their essence - an obsession with the dreams of their youth, an obsession with appearances (which matter more than substance - this car flopping while the PT sold like crazy proves this point, although this was also a turd in every form), and a selfishness that permeates everything. The retro styling fad happened right as they were hitting their peak midlife crisis stage and these were greenlighted by boomers that drove their development and claimed they would be popular. They didn’t even care if it worked, because it stroked their collective egos.
"Eric @ opposite-lock.com" (theyrerolling)
04/23/2017 at 12:15, STARS: 0
Surprisingly, I think the CHR looks better than a lot of garbage they sell in the US...
"Eric @ opposite-lock.com" (theyrerolling)
04/23/2017 at 12:16, STARS: 1
I thought the Thunderbird was kind of cool. At the least, it was honest about what it was. Nobody expected it to win any races...
"FSI - alcohol enthusiast with a car problem" (fuelstratifiedinjection)
04/23/2017 at 12:21, STARS: 0
In the rest of Europe as well. Just like Honda and Mitsubishi. At least Mazda builds halfway decent cars and I see quite a fair share of Nissan Qashqais.
"Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell." (oppisitelock)
04/23/2017 at 12:26, STARS: 0
It’s just a less successful Juke in my eyes.
"HammerheadFistpunch" (hammerheadfistpunch)
04/23/2017 at 13:02, STARS: 2
It would help...A little
"HammerheadFistpunch" (hammerheadfistpunch)
04/23/2017 at 13:08, STARS: 0
I think I hate it because it’s crap all around
"LongbowMkII" (longbowmkii)
04/23/2017 at 13:15, STARS: 0
the GMT360 which these are based off can do some decent towing too (7k). A GMT360 El Camino with an Atlas would’ve been BAMF. probably give up some tow rating thanks to the suspension, but toss in a rhinolined bed and boom. Project lotus towpig.
Would buy now in 2017.
"FSI - alcohol enthusiast with a car problem" (fuelstratifiedinjection)
04/23/2017 at 13:22, STARS: 1
I have always had a thing for GMT360 suvs, especially for the homly Olds Bravada.
An inline 6 El Camino would be badass, but GM doesn’t have the balls.
"Eric @ opposite-lock.com" (theyrerolling)
04/23/2017 at 13:24, STARS: 2
And that’s why it’s crap all around. All show, no go, form over function.
I just realized that it’s like stock stance.
"Vicente Esteve" (vicente-esteve)
04/23/2017 at 15:12, STARS: 1
Wat.
"Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer" (smallbear94)
04/23/2017 at 15:18, STARS: 0
That’s OK, I’ll have yours.
"JR1" (type35bugatti)
04/23/2017 at 15:41, STARS: 0
Going to have to disagree. Any convertible with a 400hp manual is pretty cool in my book.
"NJAnon" (NJAnon)
04/23/2017 at 18:12, STARS: 0
A lesson in “sometimes you take things too far, this time you went too far”
(looking back at it now whats even going on with that front grille?)
"bhtooefr" (bhtooefr)
04/27/2017 at 11:30, STARS: 0
And an interesting counterpoint to the suckitude of the retro movement is the Miata, the first product of the retro movement that made it out of Japan - extremely good at its mission, to the point that it’s now entirely distanced itself from the retro styling of its previous generations, and successfully stands on its own.
"HammerheadFistpunch" (hammerheadfistpunch)
04/27/2017 at 11:32, STARS: 0
Was it retro styled though? or just Retro concept. I mean it was more a homage than retro.
"bhtooefr" (bhtooefr)
04/27/2017 at 11:42, STARS: 0
Styling was basically directly taken from the 1960s Lotus Elan.
That said, in role, it was more of a homage to the MG B than the Elan - much heavier, more modest power.