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No, the main issue was the relative lack of continual investment in the Saturn brand from GM that would lead to faster refreshes and new updated platforms for vehicles that would increase sales.
This is the reason GM was getting back to basics and shedding its other brands.
December 2, 2008, General Motors had announced its intentions to focus on their four core brands (Chevrolet, Cadillac, Buick, GMC), with the sale, consolidation, or closure of Saturn and the remaining brands (Pontiac, Hummer, and Saab).[10] General Motors chairman and former CEO Rick Wagoner announced during a news conference on February 17, 2009, that Saturn would remain in operation through the end of the planned life cycle for all Saturn products (2010–2011).
Perhaps in salted roads country a plastic generation Saturn could be a good winter heater vehicle. The engine of the first generation were exclusive to Saturn and were fairly reliable. Even so, I doubt they’d be a collector’s car. The Saturn Sky was the looked with sports car performance so this may be the only one to become a collector’s car
Perhaps in salted roads country a plastic generation Saturn could be a good winter heater vehicle. The engine of the first generation were exclusive to Saturn and were fairly reliable. Even so, I doubt they’d be a collector’s car. The Saturn Sky was the looked with sports car performance so this may be the only one to become a collector’s car
The Saturn Sky won’t because a collector car because you forget that GM had another 2 seat roadster the Pontiac Solstice it not a prized vehicle it uses the same 2.0 Ecotec engine that was engineered by Opel. They were hysterical a 4 banger vehicle. Now the Plymouth prowler is a more desirable roadster and has a 3.5 v6 motor, and is more of a eye catcher than the SKY or the Solstice.
The Saturn Sky won’t because a collector car because you forget that GM had another 2 seat roadster the Pontiac Solstice it not a prized vehicle it uses the same 2.0 Ecotec engine that was engineered by Opel. They were hysterical a 4 banger vehicle. Now the Plymouth prowler is a more desirable roadster and has a 3.5 v6 motor, and is more of a eye catcher than the SKY or the Solstice.
True. I thought about that after posting. Also remembered the Saturn Astra. Think it sold for only one year before Saturn was axed. This means there are a very limited number of “Saturn” Astras on the road today. The more desirable would be the XR with manual transmission. Too bad GM brought the Astra here without the European performance engine option.
No they were just a plastic panel sedan with a 4 banger engine, just like a Chevrolet cavalier, or a Pontiac sunbird nothing special about them. You can call Saturn a Roger Smith blunder one of the worst GM CEO’S GM ever had Saturn was one of GM divisions to go under because sales never took off as GM thought they would.
The original Saturns were much better than a Cavalier. They actually showed that Americans are capable of building a car that can compete with the Japanese, but in the end GM screwed it up. When they started taking those awful unreliable European cars and sticking a Saturn logo on them, they were done.
The Saturn Sky won’t because a collector car because you forget that GM had another 2 seat roadster the Pontiac Solstice it not a prized vehicle it uses the same 2.0 Ecotec engine that was engineered by Opel. They were hysterical a 4 banger vehicle. Now the Plymouth prowler is a more desirable roadster and has a 3.5 v6 motor, and is more of a eye catcher than the SKY or the Solstice.
I always liked the Solstice. It was comparable in performance to the Miata. I rented a Solstice once, and thought about buying one, but decided against it. It drove ok, but there was something about it that just felt chinzie, like many American cars. I think the Miata was tough to compete against.
Nope. The hood, roof, and trunk is steel. I don't know weather or not the very first Saturn's were different as the Chicago Tribune stated, but I'm pretty sure the vast majority of them (if not all) had steel hoods, roofs and fenders.
Nope. The hood, roof, and trunk is steel. I don't know weather or not the very first Saturn's were different as the Chicago Tribune stated, but I'm pretty sure the vast majority of them (if not all) had steel hoods, roofs and fenders.
Unlike conventional auto bodies, Saturn`s fenders, hood, trunk lid and door panels are made of a tough, yet lightweight, plastic. Saturn officials say there are a number of reasons they abandoned steel in favor of plastic.Nov 25, 1990
"A classic car is an older automobile; the exact definition varies around the world. The common theme is of an older car with enough historical interest to be collectable and worth preserving or restoring rather than scrapping. Cars 20 years and older typically fall into the classic class."
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