Description: Convertible Mid-Size Coupe Pickup Truck
Base MSRP Range: $42,430
Invoice Price Range: $39,672
Where built: USA

It's a two-seat roadster and an airy convertible, although with that obvious truck box in back there's no doubt it's also a pickup. Chevrolet calls this unique vehicle the SSR -- Super Sport Roadster. Think of it as a cross between a truck and an open-top roadster, but don't expect to see anything else on the road quite like it. There's that bed in back like a truck, but also a retractable hardtop that converts the vehicle via power controls to a breezy convertible. The lid folds in two pieces and tucks vertically behind front seats.

Frame and chassis for SSR were lifted from Chevrolet's mid-size TrailBlazer SUV, and for 2005 the powertrain comes out of a new Corvette. The new 6.0-liter, LS2 V8 thunders with 390-hp and huge torque. To handle such muscle, SSR gets a heavy-duty Hydra-Matic 4L65-E HD 4-speed automatic transmission or optional Tremec T56 6-speed manual gearbox.

Wheels and tires are the largest stock rollers in the GM warehouse, with 19-inch alloy wheels in front and vast 20-inchers in back with Goodyear Eagle RS-A performance rubber (P255/45R19 for front and P295/40R20 at the rear).