I think I'm converted over to Pontiac!!!

 

Welcome to the club

 

Yes and no. Looks cool, but those colours are the reason I have never bought a Pontiac. I have difficulty clearly seeing the instrument panel with the red and blue.

Any vehicle that has blue in it's instrument panel is an automatic no-go for me.

Lots of folks around here have really nice blue Christmas lights up...to me they are blue blobs of light - badly out of focus.

 

Oops; sorry... it's my camera. The dash is actually red an white. It's quite warm / striking in person

 

Have to say here that the whole idea was to NOT look like everything else out there in the first place. The new Torrent looks damned near exactly like every other SUV out there. Sure you can nit pick but that silhouette or the one like the Murano is everywhere. I'd hang back and wait for the second draft which is always where the engineers get out of the way and the public reaction takes hold.

As for winters, I'm in Saskatchewan which has road conditions ranging from black ice to black ice with 40mph winds polishing the hell out of it and as of this one, I can tell you ye`ol HHR with Nokians for skins neatly swerves around SUV's on their "all season's" spinning and sliding around like curling rocks. Great skins = great winter driving.

 

Oh, you must mean like Subaru has done.

The Tribeca lost all of it's lines and now looks like any other minivan, or even the Impreza WRX. They took away the hood scoop and the rear wing and now it's nearly unidentifiable. Is there anything in their stable that looks different anymore?

If you like the looks of it now, get it! Whatever it may be.

 

I can't believe I'm looking at the HHR SS Forum. You're discussing the Torrent like it's in the same league with the HHR SS. They're nothing alike. Not anywhere near the same type of vehicle.

What are you guys doing with HHR SS cars anyway? The HHR SS is a sports car. It's like the Cadillac CTS V wagon. The Torrent is a mainstream SUV. It may be nice, but you're comparing apples with oranges here. My HHR SS will run with Porsches, on a country road, for God's sake. The Torrent is a grocery getter. Didn't anyone feel they should tell Mr. Jensen this?

If you guys are talking the pros and cons of SUV's, you should have pointed out that Subaru is the best by a country mile. Why? It has a full time all wheel drive system, not part time like the Torrent and almost all others. They're basically just front wheel drivers that start up the rear wheels ONLY when the front wheels slip.

Anyway, back to the point. The HHR SS is like nothing else that was for sale. Basically a sport wagon. Not an SUV.

If you guys want SUV's, with a little extra power, you need to buy another vehicle, not a Chevy HHR SS.

And regarding value, I'll bet the Torrent is now worth 1/2 what his HHR SS would have been worth. The HHR SS is VERY rare, VERY special, and obviously VERY misunderstood.

 

I will keep my SS, let's see who dies first.

 

Holy Thread Revival Batman!

4 1/2 years of dormancy, right out the window.

 

Viva Viagra !!!