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"Something with reclining leather seats that goes really fast and gets really shitty gas mileage!"

Ron Miller[src]

6000sux

A 6000 SUX advertisement

The 6000 SUX was a large 4-door, executive type car with reclining leather seats, cruise control, and a Blaupunkt radio. The car was proudly advertised with a fuel economy rating of 8.2 miles per gallon.

The 6000 SUX was one of the demands of former city council worker Ron Miller if he was to release his captives. It was also used at one point by Joe P. Cox and blown up by Clarence Boddicker by his Cobra Assault Cannon. Mayor Kuzak's niece, Melissa Kuzak, owned a blue 6000 SUX. However, it was stolen by a worker named Scott, who was under pressure from a local gang. RoboCop later recovered it, and depending on RoboCop's decision, Scott could return it to Melissa and presumably be pardoned, or the car would wind up in police custody and Scott would be arrested.

Behind the scenes[]

6000SUX

The 6000 SUX car.

Although the 6000 SUX is intended as a dig at the Pontiac 6000 ("the 6000 sucks"), it is reminiscent of the real-life Rover SD1 and to an extent the Citroen CX or Saab 900 Turbo.

Two complete, fully operational SUX cars were built with parts for a third one that the pro­duction people blew up in Dallas. From the beginning they wanted a large four-door saloon, one that could be modernized to make it look more futuristic, so for the basic body they chose a '77 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme, mainly because it had an interesting door window line.

The front section was removable as one piece and had a large air intake at the front and covers the whole front bonnet and headlights. The actual auto bodies themselves were made from fiberglass components. They mocked up the SUX in metal, foam and plastic, and then took fiberglass molds of it and made fiberglass parts. The wing mirrors were also made specially for the car.

The rear fiberglass section of the car is unusual in many ways. It has two upper air intakes behind the door at the rear, a large triple exhaust in the center and higher above the ground than usual, and rear brake lights (the left side that is shaped like "IL") that also don't appear to have indicators. The rear window has a windscreen wiper. Much like the front section, it was made of fiberglass molds that lifted up like a hatchback.

The engine and interior were left unchanged from the original Oldsmobile.

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