0-60 in 5.5 and 260hp and 260 ft. lbs of torque
50/50 weight distribution
limited slip for $195

This car is under $30,000!

Amazing car for the amount of money.

Bill

 

looks like saturn finally has a winner!

 

It's gonna be a pretty sweet car but I still wish they brought the VX220 over instead. What's up with the lack of a water temp gauge?

 

i've seen the car..
vents on the hood and everything.. pretty neat, i thought. .

 

Huh? Why would Saturn bring over a VX220?

 

I have driven modded versions of this car.

the car is great and is way better than its cousin the pontiac solstice.

the only problem with this car is it has just as much cargo space as a lotus. not even enough for a weekend trip.

 

GM owns Vauxhall. Saturn is GM. GM had Vauxhall engineers design a front engined version of the VX220 which is now known as the Sky and Solstice.

 

Thanks, I didn't know about Vauxhall's connection with GM. Maybe GM could build it under one of their other marques. The VX220 is discontinued so it is not just a matter of bringing it in.

 

I would once again point out that this is a GM product. Regardless of the greatness of the concept the execution will inevitably fail. For those of you who wonder what I mean, I am referring to the quality short commings.

 

yep its true.. GM=Tranny Problems. My dad drives a 2005 GMC Yukon Denali and its been in the shop three times so far for different tranny related issues.

 

How many Mini Coopers have been in the shop for tranny problems?

 

Not sure.... almost 5 years with mine and no such problems (Knock on Wood)

 

as how chows said about Neons.... it's still a saturn.

 

207k miles and my Saturn is still on the original Tranny and clutch, my MCS blew through those to items in 48k and the parts I need are in INTERNATIONAL back order.

Bet I could still get a better deal on a 1 week old Lotus Elise though.

 

Hey ... A neon will always be a neon. However, given the choice between Pontiac and Saturn, I'd take saturn. I've actually never heard or read much bad about Saturn. New brand (in car years) ... no heritage but they seem to sell.

Yeah, but we all know MINIs have problems Maybe you should have got one of these Turbo thingies from Saturn?

 

Back in 95 when they were still "their own" car company they were big on no pressure for sales and friendly community type thing (often took part in waving like MINIs do, but then there just got to be too many.

 

But but that was supposed to be the nature of the forums and people saying everything runs great was a boring read. Besides what happened to its not an 02 so it must be reliable?




(Sorry the new tranny clutch thing is really straining my nerves, esp. since historically that means a new engine within 2 years based on what I've had multiple trusted indepent and dealer mechanics tell me relatives and friends.)

 

I learned to drive on a '93 SC2. Nice car. We sold it at 120k miles still running strong and passing emissions. Only routine maintenance and a fan motor was needed. The throwout bearing on the clutch was starting to give us problems, especially on hot days but other than that, strong as a rock. We actually considered the Sky when we were shopping for a new car but we needed something with four seats and could carry luggage.

 

We all stopped counting years ago......

....I do think, however, there is a thread where they are keeping count of the car fires.

 

International backorder?

You mean they just don't keep these stocked on the shelves like the wiring harnesses?

 

The used up the stock around the country and the factories can't keep up. If I had the money I'd drop off a Qualfie and Race clutch for them instead of the factory LSD and clutch.


(Same goes for oil drain plugs too)

 

Ah man, you had to remind me of that...going into limp home mode in rush hour traffic is not fun especially a week after the dealer says the last time it happened was a fluke and nothing's wrong

 

i see. im not very familiar with Saturn, but their brand image
is like a poorman's suzuki or something. (no offense to anyone, that's
just the image i felt from the media).

and we all know suzuki's are like japanese kia's...

 

Offense taken. (But doubt I'll ever buy one inthe future)

 

sorry, motoron! but its not my fault that they ended up with an
image like that. hope they recover with this new redline.