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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. This car has neither.

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NASA’s Artemis I Revives the Moonshot

Cars That Think

Looks like we’re looking back toward the Saturn V. But Nelson is right: The rocket is retro in many ways, borrowing heavily from the space shuttles America flew for 30 years, and from the Apollo-Saturn V. billion each – “a price tag that strikes us as unsustainable.”

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GM Releases New Viability Plan, Launches Bond Exchange; Phasing Out Pontiac

Green Car Congress

As part of the new plan, GM will accelerate the wind-down or sale of HUMMER, Saturn and Saab to the end of 2009, and phase out Pontiac by the end of 2010. The revised plan moves up the resolution of Saab, Saturn, and Hummer to the end of 2009, at the latest. Tags: Market Background Vehicle Manufacturers.

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

Green Car Congress

The AMP Equinox pricing is expected to be below $50,000 after government incentives are applied. 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. Tags: Conversions Electric (Battery) Motors Plug-ins. Steve Burns.

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GM to Debut Two-Mode Plug-in Hybrid Technology in New Buick Crossover in 2011; LG Chem to Supply the Li-ion Cells

Green Car Congress

General Motors will debut its two-mode plug-in hybrid technology—originally intended to appear first in a Saturn VUE, prior to that brand’s sale—in a new Buick crossover vehicle in 2011. GM will announce final fuel economy estimates, as well as additional vehicle details such as name and pricing, later. V-6 flex-fuel engine.

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Smart Move

Revenge of the Electric Car

Fuel prices dropped dramatically as a result of the recession, and reviews of the 41-miles per gallon car took issue with its sluggish performance and clunky transmission. Smart brought in Lajdziak, the former chief of the Saturn brand for General Motors Co., Tags: Test Fleets Smart USA. Smart sold 24,622 cars in the U.S.

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Volt for Real?

Plug In Partners

The Volt will even make people forget that it was Lutz who gave us the Pontiac Solstice and Saturn Sky. Good, sexy cars and a great price. Tags: manufacturers. But the Volt could be in a class by itself. Yes, the Volt should be Lutz’s legacy. I know the Volt isn’t here yet. It’s hopeful to think that if the U.S.

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