Saturn Sky: Sneak Peek

Somebody at General Motors must love Saturn. One hundred years ago was killed off Oldsmobile in favor of bringing the Saturn brand in-house. Until the beginning of this decade, Saturn was a separate car manufacturers, wholly owned by GM. Well, as a bonafide Division GM, the Saturn line is finally some much-needed new models, including the Sky roadster, the focus of this preview.
In the early 1990s, polymer dent cars with the S " " to roll began naming a factory of a new plant in Spring Hill, Tennessee. Several things were about the unusual project. The first was the company: Saturn. As a wholly owned but separately managed GM, the GM Saturn initially escaped often overbearing culture, and began with the production of cars on their own far away from Detroit. The second unusual item on the company was the car itself: compact, import-fighting models designed to the attacks from Japan of low-cost, high-quality cars. Available in coupe, sedan, station wagon and the car quickly caught on and some of their technical as well as their " no hassle, no haggle pricing ". The sticker on the car was the price customers paid a visit to the room Saturn show a pleasure and not a chore.
As time passed, the S-series grew old and was replaced by the compact ION series. In addition, a medium-sized sedan and wagon, the L-series, just as larger " " car in Saturn& 39;s & 39; extremely limited line up starting in the late 1990s. The L-series, based on an Opel platform that was retired in 2004 and replaced by a 7-passenger crossover vehicle, the RELAY. Moreover, Saturn had introduced an SUV, the VUE, which is still in production today.
All this translates into a limited line up, in fact too limited to compete successfully with other car lines. Enter the Sky.
The Saturn Saturn Sky, similar to the existing Pontiac Solstice is a two-seat roadster. Based on GM & 39; s new Delta Series-2007 as a model does something that no other Saturn has ever done: generate excitement.
Similar in size and appearance to Honda S2000 roadster, the Sky comes with 18-inch alloy wheels, a manually operated soft top, a reverse-opening grab hood, leather bucket seats seats, and four wheel anti-lock brakes. Standard engine is a 2.4 170hp I4 paired with either a 5-or 5-speed automatic transmission.
Prices for the new Sky come in several thousand dollars higher than the Pontiac Solstice in the Sky is a targeted and slightly higher. MSRP from approximately 25 thousand US dollars is expected to only 10-12000 models produced annually.
Other models are planned for Saturn, but the Sky represents a new departure from what has long been seen by many as calmly. After judging, many published reports, the Sky is a step in the right direction, and we can only hope that the other new models planned for the Saturn generate at least half the hype of the sky. kate millie



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