Is the SSR designed to be a "hotrod" or a "streetrod?"

In my opinion, it seems to be aimed towards the street rodder crowd, at least when I think about the street rods I see at car shows - they've evolved into sleeker versions of the originals with modern day amenities and mild, quiet engines for cruising (I'm seeing a lot of stock LS1's). At least, that's how I perceive the modern day street rod - more show than go.

Today's street rods also seem to be getting almost cookie cutter - you can get kit coupes with most of the "standard" mods done, and a lot of the creativity and originality has become standard. If you've got the money, get a pre-built frame, pre-built body, drop in a crate motor, paint it and go.

Chevy is extending that cookie cutter concept and making it easy for someone to have an "individual" car, just like Dodge did with the Prowler and PT Cruiser and Ford did with the T-bird, and Volkswagen did with the Beetle (although I thought Volkswagen should've taken it a step farther, make it 4WD like the old dune buggies and call it the 'Dung Beetle' - I sent an e-mail with my idea to Volkswagen but they never replied). So, I'm not so sure if it's designed to give SVT a run for it's money or just look good at the local drive thru.

Either way, to me, these modern day retrorods take half the fun of having a street rod out of the equation - building it and taking pride in every part is half the fun. But, there will be plenty of folks hot rodding 'em so there's still hope...

That's just my spewing forth of my nonsense for the day...

Travis