article thumbnail

Penske Seeking to Buy Saturn

Green Car Congress

and Penske Automotive Group confirmed details of a proposed transaction under which Penske would acquire the Saturn brand. If completed, the deal would save more than 350 dealerships and 13,000 jobs at Saturn and its retailers in the United States, and would preserve the Saturn brand. General Motors Corp. Earlier post.)

Saturn 150
article thumbnail

Junkyard Find: 1996 Saturn SC2

The Truth About Cars

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. This car has neither.

Saturn 105
article thumbnail

2022 GMC Hummer EV: the biggest, baddest, butchest EV to hit the market?

Charged EVs

The Hummer SUV sat silently behind Doug Parks, GM’s executive vice president of global product development, during his segments. The brand died in 2009 as GM declared bankruptcy, restructured with US government backing, and jettisoned not only Hummer but also Pontiac, Saab and Saturn. Everything old is new again.

Hummer 104
article thumbnail

ISU study finds large potential for biobased materials in auto industry, but with challenges

Green Car Congress

The ability to market the use of biobased in automotive manufacturing is important in having the customer accept or appreciate the use of biobased materials without sacrificing performance or characteristics of the automotive vehicle they choose to buy. Examples of biobased parts in production. General Motors.

article thumbnail

AMP Unveils Electric Version of GM Equinox; Secret Sauce is the Drivetrain

Green Car Congress

Ohio-based Advanced Mechanical Products, Inc. ( AMP, which currently up fits Saturn Sky and Pontiac Solstice vehicles, is targeting the Nissan Leaf, with its 100 mile range, as its closest rival. AMP’s drivetrain for the electric Equinox. Click to enlarge. Steve Burns. AMP CEO Steve Burns announcing the 150-mile range Electric Equinox.

GM 199
article thumbnail

My Tesla arrives in Los Angeles!

Revenge of the Electric Car

The first 100 orders paid upfront - and thankfully so because the few stocks I sold to buy the car are worth far less today - and then we waited and waited as Tesla sped, lurched, detoured, veered and hurtled through the incredible complex labyrinth of building cars. I am very very lucky!

article thumbnail

Perspective: A View Into the New GM

Green Car Congress

The Saturn version of the two-mode plug-in hybrid at the Milford Proving Grounds. GM also gave a tour of the pre-production area where we could see production-intent Chevy Volts being assembled. Build better products. by Bill Cooke. Click to enlarge. Click to enlarge.

GM 262