You know, and I could be wrong ……again, I think that stripe option information is misleading and is not available on the SS, I don’t think it is choice on the US or Canadian GM “ build your car “ page.

 

Well, I WAS disappointed in finding I wasn't going to get arm rests in the stick car I ordered, but I am happy to see that the trade off might be a matching passenger seat. That does look better.

 

I agree. I think it looks pretty nice like this, when matched.

 

Now we have a mystery: Winding Road mag Mar 08 article shows a pic of a stick HHRSS, with the noticably different "rounded front" passenger seat, while the pics above show the "square front" passenger seat. Is there a mix out there, are they updating the seats to more closely match on newer HHRSS's or what?

 

Ya, I think the one with the passenger side "performance" seat cushion may be a GM development vehicle flook. I wish you could actually get one like this though... with the matching performance seat cushions on both sides.

We'll have to see how others here respond, and hopefully we can sort out the details.

Also, another mystery is if the performance driver's cushion can be had on the ebony/gray interior... it seems there is mention that this is not a possible combination.

 

Does anybody have a good picture of an Imperial Blue Metallic HHR SS? The only one I could find has chrome door handles and skull caps, which are not options on the HHR SS. I want to have a more "factory" picture for better comparisons.

 

I've seen pictures of the ebony/grey, its a pretty light grey, but don't know if that was an owners car, or a prototype car that the pic was taken in.

 

I wonder if this is a pre-production vehicle. Very possible since GM is great for removing nicer features once the car goes to production.

 

I think you're right. Does anybody have good production picture I can post?

 

Ok, here's

- Ebony/Gray
- Performance Driver's seat
- 5-spd
- (Imperial Blue)

Note that this is a Canadian vehicle, so ebony/gray + performance driver's seat is at least a possibility in Canada... not sure why GM US site references that ebony/gray + performance driver's seat is not possible... maybe it's just a website mistake.

Note 1: I haven't been a fan of the ebony/gray from pictures I've seen but, in person, it looks quite nice.

Note 2: Canadian vehicle has boost gauge reading in kPa instead of psi. I suppose I should have expected this but... d'oh!