Saturn dead

[goof2]

Originally Posted by 101lifts2

1 of them...Astra

RIP Saturn...the best company I've ever worked for...1994-2001.

Sorry, Opel seems to design almost all of them and builds some of them.

Vue = Opel Antara
Sky = Opel GT
Aura = Opel Vectra
Astra = Opel Astra

The Outlook is the only one that isn't also an Opel.

[Sean]

Originally Posted by goof2

Sorry, Opel seems to design almost all of them and builds some of them.

Vue = Opel Antara
Sky = Opel GT
Aura = Opel Vectra
Astra = Opel Astra

The Outlook is the only one that isn't also an Opel.

The Sky is a US design that was sent to Europe, not the other way around, and the Vue is a Daewoo design. Only the Astra and Aura are Opel designs.

[Rider]

Originally Posted by goof2

Sorry, Opel seems to design almost all of them and builds some of them.

Vue = Opel Antara
Sky = Opel GT
Aura = Opel Vectra
Astra = Opel Astra

The Outlook is the only one that isn't also an Opel.

The Sky is the Pontiac Soltice
The Vue is the Pontiac Torrent
The Aura is the Pontiac G6.
The Outlook is the GMC Acadia

I'm not sure if the Saturn models were designed by GM or Opel but either way those cars are redundant and we don't need them.

[Sean]

Originally Posted by Rider

The Aura is the Pontiac G6.

No it's not, it's an Opel Vectra...totally different car.

Come on, people...

[Rider]

Originally Posted by Sean

No it's not, it's an Opel Vectra...totally different car.

Come on, people...

It has a different engine, different sheet metal, and different interior but other than that its a G6 platform.

http://www.edmunds.com/insideline/au...aturnaura.html

[101lifts2]

Originally Posted by Sean

No it's not, it's an Opel Vectra...totally different car.

Come on, people...

The Aura was built on GM's Global Epsilon platform. It originated in Europe, but was redone in the states. I wouldn't call it the Vectra.

The Astra OTOH, is pretty much untouched from its European Opel Astra.

The Outlook is a rebadged Acadia.

The Vue is made by GM's Korean division Daewoo.

Sky is a Solstice rebadged.

Saturn lost its drive after 1998 when GM started to take it over.

Even though Saturn lost money each year, the money it lost was low in comparison to say GM's Cobalt or Ford's Focus. There is no OEM in the U.S that can engineer and manufacture a car under 15k and make a profit, without the aid of larger upscale vehicles. If you look at the Japanese cars, the cheap ones are predominantly made in foreign countries, whereas their trucks and midsize sedans here.


Saturn gave GM many many leading edge processes when it came to the dealership, service and parts aspect of the buisness. Saturn was the first to offer "Certified Used Cars", now used almost entirely by each OEM. Their Service Parts Operations and plant part on-time was the best in the industry in the 1990s. Their lean manufacturing and the use of the lost foam technology helped GM produce the variants of the 2.2 and 2.4L ECOTec.

[Homeslice]

Shoulda kept Olds.......the Aurora, Intrigue, and Alero were decent cars

[HokieDNA01]

Originally Posted by Homeslice

Shoulda kept Olds.......the Aurora, Intrigue, and Alero were decent cars

I had a 2001 alero and it didn't go 40,000 miles before the electrical system gave out just after my crappy warranty expired. TOTAL POS with horrible gas mileage.

[Amorok]

Originally Posted by Homeslice

Shoulda kept Olds.......the Aurora, Intrigue, and Alero were decent cars

I drove an Intrigue for the last few years, what a lemon. That car always had somehing wrong with it, and nothing you could chalk up to wear and tear. I regret ever buying it.

[Sean]

Originally Posted by 101lifts2

The Aura was built on GM's Global Epsilon platform. It originated in Europe, but was redone in the states. I wouldn't call it the Vectra.

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