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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
I don't doubt your ability to copy and paste stuff from the internet. That doesn't mean you know what you're talking about though.
Have you ever owned (or seen) a Saturn with a plastic hood or trunk lid? I've owned 2 Saturns (a SL2 and a Vue). Both had steel hoods, roofs, and trunks.
You can keep quoting the same "news" article, but I'm still not sure if any Saturns were ever made with plastic hoods, roofs, or trunk lids.
I don't doubt your ability to copy and paste stuff from the internet. That doesn't mean you know what you're talking about though.
Have you ever owned (or seen) a Saturn with a plastic hood or trunk lid? I've owned 2 Saturns (a SL2 and a Vue). Both had steel hoods, roofs, and trunks.
You can keep quoting the same "news" article, but I'm still not sure if any Saturns were ever made with plastic hoods, roofs, or trunk lids.
Anyone else?
I own a 2002 SL, and I can assure anyone who has doubts that the hood, trunk lid and roof ARE in fact made of metal, NOT plastic.
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.
Saturn did ok when they offered what people wanted in that market: inexpensive fuel misers. I had two Saturns, an SL base model, and an SL2. They cost next to nothing to fuel up, and would go 40 miles on a gallon of gas. Their downfall started when they got rid of the S-series and started to go for the mid-size car and SUV market—things they could already get from every other car maker.
If they ever wanted to make another S-series, I'd buy one in a heartbeat. Both of my Saturns went well over 200,000 miles. Cheap, reliable, and easy to work on. You can't ask for much better than that.
"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."
Exactly.
Will they become a classic? Yes. Some already are eligible for historic vehicle tags in certain states. The real question is, will they become collectible? I believe the Sky roadster, especially the Redline version, will one day be a collector's item, as well as its Pontiac cousin.
I think the old Saturn wagons might become popular with Hipsters, like the boxy Volvo wagons.
Maybe the Red Line versions of the Sky and Ion. It's hard to imagine anything else in the lineup having any features to set it apart from the rest of the bean-counter specials churned out by the millions in that era.
The original Saturn sedan was innovative in design and materials and production quality and one of the best affordable midsize cars on the market at the time.
We owned an Aura for a few years. Nothing remarkable really other than the V6. We go traded it in after the steering wheel started making noises when turned. There was no quick fix. The moment GM stopped selling them they also disappered from the roads. The 2007 model years are going for $5000, which is high if you ask me.
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