OK, so I haven't posted in awhile

Just dropped by my local dealer to check out the HHRs they had out front. Not bad, but I think it'd look much nicer with only two doors.

I also happened to notice they had an '06 SS (not supercharged). Looks about the same, 17" rims instead of 18s, smaller spoiler, nifty new GM badges (though they really screwed up the placement of those things, IMHO - and I think they'd look nicer in blue).

One thing I noticed on both the HHR and the SS was the fuel economy. 28 city, 40+ highway! Seems to be a huge improvement over the '05 ecotecs. Anyone know what GM tweaked to bring up the fuel economy like that?

 

I don't believe that 40+ MPG for a second.

Also, what's with Chevrolet.com not allowing you to look up info on 2006 models? I mean, some of them are on the lots already!

 

wow im goin to the dealership tomorrow lol, i want to see an hhr

 

I got 37.5mpg coming back from Indy. Of course thats with a RV driving right in front of me.

 

The official window sticker says 30 city 43 hwy (Canada). That's unreal. Once again like all my posts, i'll take a picture of it when I take delivery (this weekend at the latest).

 

what is that kmpg, or whatever it is in Canada?

 

i'm sure its metric, or not, kinda weird (see link below)
yeah they introduced the new 2.4 ecotec engine for 2006. more hp with less emissions. gas milage stays the same from the 2.2 (24, 32 mpg from what i saw). the vvt helps with the consumption of the fuel and draws more hp and a bit more torq. i'm happy about the lower smog it emits b/c im a tree hugger. I drove the first 2.4 cobalt that came into stl. Wasnt impressed with the low end, doesnt even move till it reaches 2500 rmp, but damn once it gets going, it keeps wanting to go. BTW it was an auto.
heres what he is probably talking about
gas milage

 

GM usually takes awhile to update the websites. I think it's August or September when they usually update them. I'm really surprised they don't have pages for the HHR yet, since they're on lots. Chevy's site says "Coming late Summer"

I guess better early than late, the way the Cobalt was

 

In metric, they use Liters per 100 KMs, which means the lower the number, the better. I can't stand the measurement, so I look for mpg instead (our stickers list both).

One other thing I noticed - the SS badges on the '06 were lower on the door - similar to the preproduction models.

 

I think what it was that it was a w/o a Supercharger, is why the gas mileage is different

 

By "he" did you mean my post? I'm getting the number from the window sticker on my 06 SS that I have still yet to pick up. 30/43 I believe is metric but i've never really payed attention to how GM Canada set it up. Some people say metric some don't. The Canadian fule capacity is 51 litres by the way.

I don't pay attention to that L/100K crap that they put on there as well, but yeah the lower that figure the better. (I don't remember what it said on the sticker for that though).

 

duh...?