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May sound dumb but...WHAT dose SSEi even mean?

Posted: Sat Jul 09, 2011 9:02 pm
by InfiniteRiddles
Just kinda curious. Tried to google it and got nothing.

Re: May sound dumb but...WHAT dose SSEi even mean?

Posted: Sat Jul 09, 2011 9:09 pm
by 01bonneSC
Doesnt mean anything.

Re: May sound dumb but...WHAT dose SSEi even mean?

Posted: Sat Jul 09, 2011 9:18 pm
by SSEiMan01

Re: May sound dumb but...WHAT dose SSEi even mean?

Posted: Sat Jul 09, 2011 9:21 pm
by petraman
Insert an "x" between the "e" and the "i" and you have your answer :mrgreen:

JK, it doesn't mean anything. In fact, none of the trim levels mean anything, except SLE which is "Sport Luxury Edition"

Re: May sound dumb but...WHAT dose SSEi even mean?

Posted: Sun Jul 10, 2011 2:51 am
by InfiniteRiddles
Haha petraman thats silly ima usay that when asked lol

Re: May sound dumb but...WHAT dose SSEi even mean?

Posted: Sun Jul 10, 2011 10:28 am
by wake
i always felt, Super Sport Edition and the lil I stands for the forced induction (supercharger) :banana:

Re: May sound dumb but...WHAT dose SSEi even mean?

Posted: Sun Jul 10, 2011 11:40 am
by 99BonnevilleSE
wake wrote:i always felt, Super Sport Edition and the lil I stands for the forced induction (supercharger) :banana:
I believe this is correct also. As the old Grand Am SE's said Sport Edition under the SE symbol.

Re: May sound dumb but...WHAT dose SSEi even mean?

Posted: Sun Jul 10, 2011 12:29 pm
by Jrs3800
Yeah its a shame but they are simply trim level designations... SE, SLE( has a meaning, for whatever reason )... SSE, SSEi, GXP.... :roll: LOL

Re: May sound dumb but...WHAT dose SSEi even mean?

Posted: Sun Jul 10, 2011 3:12 pm
by InfiniteRiddles
If SE means Sport Edition than SSE prolly means Super Sport Edition, than SSEi left the F silent like some vowels and means Super Sport Edition forced Induction lol

Re: May sound dumb but...WHAT dose SSEi even mean?

Posted: Sun Jul 10, 2011 3:52 pm
by 01bonneSC
Guys it doesnt mean anything lol dont burn your squirrel cages out trying to make it mean something.

Re: May sound dumb but...WHAT dose SSEi even mean?

Posted: Sun Jul 10, 2011 10:39 pm
by InfiniteRiddles
Pfft I'm a squirrel always tryin to bust a new nut

Re: May sound dumb but...WHAT dose SSEi even mean?

Posted: Sun Jul 10, 2011 10:50 pm
by 00Beast
The "i" comes directly from BMW, which Pontiac was trying to go toe-to-toe with when it introduced the SSEi, and on the BMW it stood injected, and now that all BMW's are fuel injected, they all have an i, lol.

Re: May sound dumb but...WHAT dose SSEi even mean?

Posted: Sun Jul 10, 2011 11:08 pm
by BonneMe
It was pontiac going for the longest single acronym in terms of a car trim.

Used to be SE, LE, etc on lots of cars. They had to do one better with SSE. It looks cool!

Then they couldn't stop, and had to do a lowercase i. If only they had done iSSE back in the day, they could have sued apple for trillions!