We had about all we were going to see in the HHR anyway. It will get a few small changes and I expect it to go away in after 2011.

 

"Well" I hope after that point it becomes a classic/collectible and starts to increase in value again

 

Chevy mgr, please don't remind me of the 70's..... oh.... I threw up in my mouth a little bit!
I really think this is the execs at GM pacifying our new administration... hopefully....

 

Man that is terrible. I am sure most of the Performance Division guys loved their jobs. Back to good old fashioned hot rodding on older cars I guess. Wonder what that means regarding all the crate motors etc? Continue selling until they are out of stock? The Z06 and CTS/V look very tempting to buy and hold onto now. After being very supportive of all my auto ventures, my wife might actually question that purchase though.

 

Don't confuse Collectable with Value. THis too often happens.

30 years from now there might be a little interest Just like the 80'S GN, Montie SS or Fiero. You might have a car worth $10,000 or you might just have an old car.

 

While I do think that's a shame, I must say GM's gotta do what they gotta do if you will. If it helps them survive, I guess that's fine. A shame to see them go, but other than you guys here....I don't see many SS cars on the road at all.

 

As long as GM is viable parts will be available including engines.

Don't get oo hung up on this. If you want a Z06 buy one but don't buy one because it may be worth something in the future. I have met too many who bought the last Caddy Convertible, The last Fiero, The last perfromance car [pick what era you recall] only to end up with a car that is not worth that much and not a great as the cars that followed it.

We will see fun GM cars again.

 

Crate motors are part of the Goodwrench parts division. This has only affected the performance engineering group and I'm willing to bet they've known this was coming. GM does not want to lose those engineers to other companies and they've been clearing out other engineers so they can keep the performance guys in the company. Most of those engineers are pure home-grown GMI/Kettering people and they have too much money invested in their career and education not to keep them in Detroit.

Corvette will still be around and the C6 will become the new C3/C4 for longevity. I don't see a C7 coming out until at least 2018-19.

 

NO more gm performance for the time being....

http://www.autoblog.com/2009/02/18/b...le-operations/

Now the question is will the stage kit still come out for the 09's...

 

I think all current line like the hhr ss cobalt ss etc , the money is already spent on r and d so might as well sell what you already made, but nothing NEW is going to come out for the time being. When the first cobalt ss came out (mine supercharged) out of all cobalts produced the ss model only acounted for less then 10% i think more like 3-5 % but not sure, BUt only 5 percent of all cobalts are ss's , you dont make money off that...