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Junkyard Find: 2007 Saturn Vue Green Line

The Truth About Cars

That car was the 2007 Saturn Vue Green Line, and I managed to find one in a Denver-area car graveyard recently. The green paint has faded from this Green Line badge, but it was supposed to be the Gaia-loving counterpart to the planet-ravaging Saturn Ion Red Line. The Vue's platform outlived Saturn and still lives today, though.

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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.

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EcoCAR 3 competition to use Chevy Camaro as base vehicle

Green Car Congress

For EcoCAR 2: Plugging In to the Future, GM donated Chevrolet Malibus; for EcoCAR: The NeXt Challenge, GM donated Saturn Vues; and for Challenge X: Crossover to Sustainable Mobility, the company donated Chevrolet Equinoxes. Colorado State University. Schools selected for EcoCAR 3 are: Arizona State University. McMaster University.

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Junkyard Find: 2009 Suzuki Equator RWD Crew Cab

The Truth About Cars

It had dwindled to just the Axiom and Rodeo by 2004, then staggered on for a few more years selling hastily rebadged Chevy Trailblazers and Colorados. Saab dealers were issued rebadged Trailblazers and Subaru Imprezas , because what the hell, and Saturn offered Opels that few wanted. 2009 Suzuki Equator in Colorado wrecking yard.

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Cash for Clunkers Buoys US Auto Sales; Hybrid Sales Up 31.8% for Monthly New Vehicle Share of 3.55%

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Chevrolet truck sales increased 27%, led by increases by Silverado, Suburban, Avalanche, Colorado, HHR and Equinox. Non-core brand sales declined when compared with June as Pontiac dipped 7%; Saturn was down 21%, and HUMMER and Saab declined 26%. GMC sales increased 8%, led by Sierra, Canyon and Yukon XL.