Super Sport (Chevrolet)

Super Sport
SS 396 logo on a Chevrolet Chevelle
Product typePerformance cars
OwnerGeneral Motors
Produced byGeneral Motors
CountryUnited States
Introduced1956; 68 years ago (1956)
MarketsAmericas, Australia

Super Sport, or SS, is the signature performance option package offered by the Chevrolet division of General Motors on a limited number of its vehicles. All SS models come with distinctive "SS" markings on their exterior. The SS package was first made available for the 1961 Impala.[1] Some of the other models bearing the SS badge include the Camaro, Chevelle, El Camino, Impala, Monte Carlo, Nova and Chevrolet Pickup Trucks. Current SS models are produced by the GM Performance Division.

General Motors's also offered SS models through its Australian subsidiary Holden in its range of Holden Commodore sedans and sportwagons,[2] and also in the Holden Ute range of two-door coupé utilities.[3]

  1. ^ "Musclecarclub.com - Muscle Cars - Chevrolet Impala SS - History - 1958-1969". Archived from the original on 2013-10-23. Retrieved 2014-05-08.
  2. ^ Commodore, www.holden.com.au Retrieved 10 January 2017
  3. ^ Ute, www.holden.com.au Retrieved 10 January 2017