The Truth About Cars

MARCH 4, 2024

The Saturn Division spent the first half of the 1990s printing money for The General with its no-haggle pricing policy and plastic-bodied cars that only rusted in areas you couldn't see easily, and all those cars were based on a single platform: the S Series. But we're not here to mourn Saturn.

Saturn 86

Saturn Colorado Isuzu GM 86

The Truth About Cars

MARCH 18, 2024

Honda beat everybody to the production gasoline-electric hybrid game in the United States, putting the Insight in showrooms in 1999. That car was the 2007 Saturn Vue Green Line, and I managed to find one in a Denver-area car graveyard recently. Geo and Oldsmobile were already gone, with Pontiac and Saturn following in 2010.

VUE 83

VUE Saturn 2007 Green 83

The Truth About Cars

MAY 20, 2024

The end came in 2005, when there were just two J-Cars remaining in production: the Chevrolet Cavalier and Pontiac Sunfire. By that time, all the GM divisions other than Chevrolet and Pontiac had stopped selling J-Bodies in the United States, with the Saturn S-Series taking their place. This one rolled off the line in September of 2004.

2005 91

2005 North Carolina Chevrolet South Carolina 91

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

In late 2008, BYD started selling the first production PHEV in China. Partnering with Alcoa, Duke Energy, Google.org, Johnson Controls Indiana startup plans to unveil vehicle May 2009 at EVS-24 in Norway; mass production in 2012. 1,000 pre-orders for small production runs in 2009 and 2010starting 4th quarter 2009.

Plug-in 45

Plug-in Plug Hybrid PHEV 45