Same here. And with turbo upgrade...well its a sweet deal when your around 300hp and 30+mpg.

 

Feck em.... probably drives a mini van anyways... Power to the HHR's!

 

Ya know, I'd be ostracized if I ever said this on any other site.

But I can honestly say that I truly have a more exhilarating driving experience with my HHR SS than the car that it replaced, which was my Cadillac CTS.

Don't get me wrong. The CTS is one fine automobile and I love every minute of my 4 years of ownership (I bought it new in 2005).

At first I was concerned that I'd miss my Caddy, but after feeling the raw performance that the LNF Turbo offers, I've never looked back.

Call me an idiot (my wife does all the time so it's well worn), but it is first hand experience (not read in some magazing rag) and my personal opinion that is based upon that experience.

 

Attention to that guy that says the HHR does not deserve the SS badge. I don't normally do things like this but felt the need to test the HHR against a GTO 5.7L and we were neck and neck until we reached the stop light. Not too shabby for a 4-banger to keep up with a V8 if you ask me.

 

i have a feeling the hhr ss and normal hhr will return in later years. and will probably look badazz!!!!

 

i still to this day wish i knew there was an ss model when i got my hhr.
i didnt know till after

 

I never really cared for the HHR or a FWD 4 cylinder car. Then I drove the SS.

I bought this car more based on the engine and suspension. Now I love the whole HHR package. I do wish they had made better door panels though.

Most people who slam the Cobalt or HHR SS have never driven one. Not the all the reviews when it came out said it was the first reall SS in years.

 

Ive been around a while in the performance arena. Mostly motorcycles, but always loved the GM SS cars of the past. Mopars etc. as well. Have to say in earlier post by hyper, this HHR definantly earned the badge. Not since 1970 have I seen a GM wear the badge up to its name... util now. Not because we own one now, because its the reason we fell in love with it in the first place. My brothers SS Chevelle could not touch this car. Unbelievable out of a TC 2.0L. Like I said, it may take some time but this car should be a true collectors item in the future. Have no plans on ever selling this SS HHR

 

My brother has a 94 Impala SS with the lt1..its only rated at 250 hp.
He also has 68 Chevelle SS with the 396. I dont know the hp on it.
But my point is,,look at he HP they can get out of a 2.0 4 banger now days,,awesome.
It does deserve the SS badge.

 

I have owned a 68 SS Chevelle and a 72 GMS Sprint SP [a GMC version of a El Camino SS with a big block]. Both were fine cars but neither would turn stop or go like the HHR SS.

The key to the SS is not just the engine but the fact that the suspension was tunes so well. the GMPD group under John Heinrency turned a competent daily driver into a well tuned sporting vehicle.

I have owned many GM perfromace based cars to know the old formula of big bars, stiffer springs and bigger tires worked in the past but GM can no longer get away with that any longer. The SS has been tuned to the point here it performes well on smooth but also real roads like a car should. We do not get bounced off the road like a WS6 TA or other GM car from the past on anything but a billard table smooth surface.

We will see more of that in the future cars too now that the GMPD team is intergrated inot the production cars now not just the performance lines.