{"id":17205,"date":"2015-09-18T12:40:08","date_gmt":"2015-09-18T16:40:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/henrypayne.com\/?p=17205"},"modified":"2015-09-18T12:40:08","modified_gmt":"2015-09-18T16:40:08","slug":"chevy-ss-gets-ss-nazzier","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/2015\/09\/chevy-ss-gets-ss-nazzier","title":{"rendered":"Chevy SS gets SS-nazzier"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"2016-Chevrolet-SS-017\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/-mm-\/966c46f35bb30a0239abd9b855e4e1602574bd21\/c=166-0-2833-2000&amp;r=x404&amp;c=534x401\/local\/-\/media\/2015\/09\/16\/DetroitNews\/B99306035Z.1_20150916195322_000_GNNJCS6F.1-0.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Australia-manufactured Chevrolet SS may soon be gone, but it won\u2019t be ignored.<\/p>\n<p>Due to cease production when the sun sets Down Under on Holden\u2019s sister Commodore in 2017, Chevy\u2019s flagship sedan gets a design update for the 2016 model year. But the minor changes won\u2019t change its reputation as the market\u2019s stealthiest muscle car. Curbside, the SS still looks like an oversized Chevy Cruze \u2014 until the driver turns the key and shatters the facade with the roar of its 415-horsepower V-8 engine.<\/p>\n<p>The rear-wheel drive SS gets minor plastic surgery with vertical ducts that improve front-end aerodynamics, functional hood vents, LED-signature lighting, and fresh, 19-inch cast-aluminum wheels.<\/p>\n<p>Unchanged is the SS\u2019s ferocious power plant \u2014 the legendary LS3 small-block V-8 that the sedan shares with the last-generation Corvette C6 and the Camaro SS. However, Chevy boasts that a new, dual-mode exhaust system will make for an even stealthier, low-RPM purr and a throatier howl at full throttle.<\/p>\n<p>Only Dodge\u2019s Charger SRT Hellcat sedan can play in the SS\u2019s performance league, yet the $46,740 SS also features remarkable .97 G-load skid-pad performance and a luxurious, standard leather interior that brings flattering comparisons to BMW\u2019s luxury M5 performance sedan.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe 2016 SS design changes more fully express the true driving character of the sedan while further enhancing the car\u2019s overall performance,\u201d says Todd Christensen, Chevy Performance Car marketing manager.<\/p>\n<p>The design changes 2015 performance upgrades including a manual transmission and magnetic ride shocks. The SS will remain as Chevy\u2019s NASCAR Sprint Cup car in 2016<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; The Australia-manufactured Chevrolet SS may soon be gone, but it won\u2019t be ignored. Due to cease production when the sun sets Down Under on Holden\u2019s sister Commodore in 2017, Chevy\u2019s flagship sedan gets a design update for the 2016 model year. But the minor changes won\u2019t change its reputation as the market\u2019s stealthiest muscle [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,87],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17205"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17205"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17205\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17206,"href":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17205\/revisions\/17206"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17205"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17205"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17205"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}