"Think about it," she said. "For a couple traveling it makes a lot of sense. We've never driven another two-seater that had any sort of decent trunk room, let alone a one with a hard-top. The Lexus SC430 had that tiny trunk, and the Chrysler Crossfire had space for, what, a couple of envelopes? Look at how much crap we could haul! We could raid every used book store from here to 'Frisco with room to spare. Even four-seat convertibles don't have this much trunk space."
I realized that, as always, Robin was right. The SSR is cheaper than the SC and the soft-top Corvette, and only $4000 more than the Crossfire.
Granted, the SSR doesn't have the refinement of the Crossfire, and it couldn't even get into the same country clubs as the SC430. And the latest Corvette is a serious road car; the SSR is more like a cartoon character. Buy the SSR and you'll trade refinement and track skill for pure muscle-car raucousness. Better, even, because the SSR gives you the thrill of a muscle car without the bad manners.
Thanks, Chevy, for pulling the SSR off the turntable and putting it on the road. That's where it belongs.
