Saturn is dead, Penske backs out of deal with GM [Archive]

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Cryptic

09-30-2009, 04:23 PM

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/09/30/AR2009093003637.html

Please try to contain yourselves. :goof

Exitspeed

09-30-2009, 04:27 PM

Damn, beat me to it.

MoCkiN U

09-30-2009, 04:48 PM

My wife really likes saturn and wants one of their suvs pretty bad right now. Should I wait a bit to buy or is this a good time? Anyone here sell saturn?

That_Guy

09-30-2009, 05:30 PM

i really like the sky redline.. and the ion redline "killed off" was pretty cool to. the aura "sp" is a really nice car and the astra has so much potential .. other then that.. i wont miss the line.

Got Boost

09-30-2009, 06:20 PM

More people out of a job ......:mad:

GTSLOW

09-30-2009, 07:33 PM

Didn't see this coming.

TransAm12sec

09-30-2009, 09:48 PM

My wife really likes saturn and wants one of their suvs pretty bad right now. Should I wait a bit to buy or is this a good time? Anyone here sell saturn?

There's an 07 Outlook at Sommers, it's nice to drive around, seats 8.

http://www.cdmdata.com/CDMDIGITALLOT/VehicleDetails.aspx?DealerID=29043&vin=5GZER13767J114940&did=29043&listlink=noparams

Avoid the 02-07 Vue, their vti trans fail at 40,000 miles.

Beagle

10-01-2009, 01:09 AM

Time for SLOLS1 to buy Saturn!!!!!!!!!

DirtyMax

10-01-2009, 09:47 AM

My folks bought a loaded up Outlook earlier this year and it's a really nice SUV.. soon to be a collector too, LOL.

Exitspeed

10-01-2009, 09:48 AM

Saturn does have a nice line-up of cars. GM did a great job with bringing the successful Opel cars over here, but they did some things wrong in the process. For one the Astra being built in Germany made the thing too expensive to be competitive like they have been able to do with recent successful models.

The Sky is just rad, and it's a shame that the Kappa platform won't live on in any form. They did a quit well on their first effort making a Miata competitor. If they could have had a second gen they easily could have worked out some of the kinks with the car. Namely the interior.

07ROUSHSTG3

10-01-2009, 10:15 AM

i personally think that saturns are junk and that penske is doing the right thing.

Exitspeed

10-01-2009, 01:52 PM

Good read from John McElroy.

http://www.autoblog.com/2009/10/01/autoline-on-autoblog-with-john-mcelroy/#continued

MoCkiN U

10-01-2009, 02:16 PM

There's an 07 Outlook at Sommers, it's nice to drive around, seats 8.

http://www.cdmdata.com/CDMDIGITALLOT/VehicleDetails.aspx?DealerID=29043&vin=5GZER13767J114940&did=29043&listlink=noparams

Avoid the 02-07 Vue, their vti trans fail at 40,000 miles.

DUDE!! Thanks for that link and the info on the vue!!!! :headbang

88Nightmare

10-01-2009, 02:20 PM

I liked the new line of Saturn cars.

The Aura was great. 2007 North American car of the year. Looked agressive, handling to match. Decent acceleration out of the 3.6 DOHC (Aura XR model). The 4 cylinder model was rated to get up to 33mpg on the freeway I believe. Which is great out of a midsize car. The new Astra is a great little car too. I had the opportunity to test drive one, and it was like a mini Aura. It also handled well. The new Vues are based on the new Equinox's, which is a great vehicle. The Outlook (same as the Traverse, Acadia, Enclave) is a very nice cross-over suv. Saturns latest vehicle line is definitely nice, just seems like it was too little too late....

Exitspeed

10-01-2009, 02:26 PM

I wish we woulda got the Astra OPC Nurburgring Edition. 240hp Turbo 4. I'd buy that over any Civic, Acura, or Toyota on the market.

http://www.automobilesreview.com/img_loader.php?show_image=opel-astra-opc-nurburgring%2Fopel-astra-opc-nuerburgring-01.jpg

http://cdn-www.rsportscars.com/images/opel/2008-opel-astra-opc-nurburgring-edition/astranr08_031600_w800.jpg

88Nightmare

10-01-2009, 02:31 PM

that looks pretty cool Mel. Even the Astra's we got ain't half bad. The 5 speed moves on out pretty well.

Exitspeed

10-01-2009, 02:36 PM

that looks pretty cool Mel. Even the Astra's we got ain't half bad. The 5 speed moves on out pretty well.

They totally shoulda put the EcoBoost in the Astra and did a Astra Redline. If GM knew they weren't going to get rid of them I'm sure we'd see a hot hatch.

I hope we get the next gen version as a Chevy. If I wasn't at work I'd do a little Photoshop and put Chevy's corporate grill on it to see how it looks. (I'm sure it would look cool. But I'm not sure it'll work. 1, it'll be expensive like the Current Astra unless they build it here, and 2, I see them putting all their eggs in the Cruze's basket.

http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/03/2010-opel-astra-white-580.jpg

http://www.autodescuento.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/precio_opel_astra_2010.jpg

Karps TA

10-01-2009, 02:57 PM

For the life of me I never understood how this was going to work. I thought at best Penske just wanted the name and established dealer base so in a couple years he could bring in Chinese cars under the Saturn name.

stealthy1ss

10-01-2009, 03:04 PM

Exitspeed

10-01-2009, 03:17 PM

There's nothing I don't like about the Astra 3 door.

That_Guy

10-01-2009, 06:08 PM

I agree 100%. Its one of the best looking hatchbacks that I have ever seen. Aren't the headlights bad ass.

i know a guy who posted in this thread who has a set on his cobalt :goof

if they made an astra redline that would be forsure my next car. where they going to put the lnf in it or that 1.8 engine..

stealthy1ss

10-01-2009, 08:27 PM

i know a guy who posted in this thread who has a set on his cobalt :goof

if they made an astra redline that would be forsure my next car. where they going to put the lnf in it or that 1.8 engine..

I have no idea what their future intentions were with the car but I think that you could easily put a LNF in that thing.

CPonyGo

10-02-2009, 02:29 PM

My dad owns a Aura ..everything in it..Car rides handles and drives nice..good looking as well...