Officially Official: Saturn's dead.

**Goodspeed** · 09-30-2009, 10:51 PM

http://www.autoblog.com/2009/09/30/pensk...ure-produ/

Actually kinda saddened by this one. Given that they were essentially an experiment from the beginning, they were always kind of innovative, they taught GM how to sell cars and make a better product. Definitely not one of those "deserving" brands, IMO.

ScottyB · 10-01-2009, 08:22 AM

pour one out for the lunchbox.

some that i thought were neat:

[Image: 2006-saturn-ion-red-line-with-competitio...88x441.jpg]

[Image: 0610_z_2007_saturn_sky_redline+front.jpg]

BLINGMW · 10-01-2009, 09:24 AM

A completely unnecessary brand now IMHO. Saturns used to be fairly different than the rest of the line, now they're all just rebadged, reskinned versions of something else. A good call.

REED · 10-01-2009, 09:30 AM

BLINGMW Wrote:A completely unnecessary brand now IMHO. Saturns used to be fairly different than the rest of the line, now they're all just rebadged, reskinned versions of something else. A good call.

I was definitely an opponent of the GM "sell the same car under 4 brands" mindset, and I agree with you that Saturn's were "just rebadged, reskinned versions of something else" but at least recently some of them were rebadged versions of stuff we don't normally get HERE. I'm ok with GM rebadging a Vauxhall as a Saturn.

BLINGMW · 10-01-2009, 09:37 AM

REED Wrote:
BLINGMW Wrote:I'm ok with GM rebadging a Vauxhall as a Saturn.

Good point. But couldn't they just rebadge the same Vauxhall as a GM or one of their other brands if it's selling well? Then they don't have to drag around and promote another brand.

REED · 10-01-2009, 09:41 AM

yeah I see your point there - no need to have another entire brand just to import cars under.

.RJ · 10-01-2009, 09:48 AM

Damn. I want a turbo Sky Sad

**JustinG** · 10-01-2009, 12:31 PM

i was hoping they would have made a hardtop sky.....SEX

BLINGMW · 10-01-2009, 01:08 PM

white97dsm Wrote:i was hoping they would have made a hardtop sky.....SEX

....um, isn't that.... this?

[Image: pontiac-solstice-coupe-2009.jpg]

D_Eclipse9916 · 10-01-2009, 01:56 PM

Thats a targa Sky, not a hardtop.

ScottyB · 10-01-2009, 02:22 PM

targa solstice (the more you know...)

plus, they built like....8 of them. Sad

i was really hoping to scour the classifieds for one in a few years. they'll all be collectors cars now.

**JustinG** · 10-01-2009, 02:27 PM

and that thing is FUGLY IMO, sky is mo betta

Dave · 10-01-2009, 09:10 PM

white97dsm Wrote:and that thing is FUGLY IMO, sky is mo betta

I wouldn't go so far as to call the Solstic fugly, but Sky is definitely hawt.

fiveoh2go · 10-01-2009, 11:04 PM

ScottyB Wrote:they'll all be collectors cars now.

:lol:

ScottyB · 10-02-2009, 09:01 AM

fiveoh2go Wrote::lol:

rare, pretty decent sports car from defunct american brand? no? well, give it 30 years anyway....

***Jake*** · 10-02-2009, 09:41 AM

ScottyB Wrote:
fiveoh2go Wrote::lol:

rare, pretty decent sports car from defunct american brand? no? well, give it 30 years anyway....

I mean, the interior is no 1993 Honda Civic DX, but... :wink:

.RJ · 10-02-2009, 09:46 AM

go lunchbox!

[Image: saturn-sky-red-line-002.jpg]

[Image: saturn-sky_red_line_2007_800x600_wallpaper_04.jpg]

BLINGMW · 10-02-2009, 09:48 AM

I dunno, the front of that sky never did anything for me, the Pontiac looks much cleaner. :dunno:

Anyway, they clearly made the right decision, obviously it didn't look nice enough that anyone here bought one Tongue

.RJ · 10-02-2009, 09:55 AM

^ Ban him.

**JustinG** · 10-02-2009, 10:05 AM

the solstice looks like a frog....and now that I have said that you will never be able to look at a solstice without seeing the face of a frog

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