The Truth About Cars

MARCH 18, 2024

That car was the 2007 Saturn Vue Green Line, and I managed to find one in a Denver-area car graveyard recently. The system replaced the starter motor and alternator with a belt-driven motor/generator rig that generated five horsepower and 48 pound-feet. The Vue's platform outlived Saturn and still lives today, though.

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VUE Saturn 2007 Green 105

The Truth About Cars

DECEMBER 11, 2023

GM had a good run with various Geo-badged Suzukis, Isuzus and Toyotas , too. The Suzuki Equator seems to be the most puzzling of them all , though, and now my decade-long search has unearthed one in a Denver-area car graveyard. The Equator was a Smyrna-built Nissan Frontier with a slightly different grille and Suzuki badges, period.

Suzuki 105

Suzuki 2009 Colorado Isuzu 105

Clean Fleet Report

MAY 13, 2021

The Chevrolet Volt was a purpose-built plug-in hybrid, with an electric motor driving the car and a small gas engine that charged the small battery when it was depleted. GM’s signature EV now is the Chevrolet Bolt EV , another new name, which arrived as a 2017 model and promptly won Motor Trend ’s Car of the Year award.

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Market Motorcycles Saturn Prius 69