Archive for Category: "Saturn"
NHTSA Investigates Saturn Ions
General Motor’s affordable car brand for the people, Saturn, was put out to pasture in 2009 but that doesn’t mean they’re off the radar. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is currently investigating more than 382,000 compact Ions due to a potential steering issue. Both GM and the NHTSA have received nearly 4,000 complaints involving 2004 [...]
Aura to take on Camry, Accord
What next? McDonald's handing out Whoppers? KFC featuring Brown's Chicken samples? You never know, now that Saturn is launching a new marketing program to play up the fact that its midsize Aura sedan won North American Car of the Year honors, not the Toyota Camry or Honda Accord. It also will attempt to counter perceptions [...]
Reinvented Saturn boosts GM
General Motors Corp., buoyed by its remade Saturn brand, tied Toyota Motor Corp. in the Strategic Vision annual quality survey, with the world's two largest automakers trailing Volkswagen AG, Nissan Motor Corp. and Honda Motor Co. in the overall rating of U.S. lineups. GM tied for fourth in the quality survey, to be released today [...]
Saturn Says New Cars Paying Off
In fits and starts, Saturn's revamped lineup of cars and crossovers is beginning to pay off for the long-neglected General Motors division. During an inside look at the second-generation Vue crossover, Saturn General Manager Jill Lajdziak noted that sales surged 20.5 percent during the first quarter of 2007, a solid performance among domestic manufacturers simply [...]
Saturn announces the addition of the all-new 2008 Astra to its lineup
CHICAGO – Saturn announced the addition of the all-new 2008 Astra to its lineup, bringing a decidedly European flavor to the North American compact car market. It is packed with a wide range of standard equipment and safety features, and delivers sporty performance with very good fuel economy. The Saturn Astra will be offered in [...]
2008 Saturn Astra Bring European Smal Car To North America
CHICAGO – Saturn announced the addition of the all-new 2008 Astra to its lineup, bringing a decidedly European flavor to the North American compact car market. It is packed with a wide range of standard equipment and safety features, and delivers sporty performance with very good fuel economy. The Saturn Astra will be offered in [...]
Saturn Debuts 2008 Vue Red Line and Green Line Hybrid
CHICAGO – Saturn announced two new variants of the completely redesigned 2008 Vue crossover utility at the Chicago Auto Show: the performance-tuned Red Line and the affordable, fuel-saving Green Line hybrid. The Red Line builds on the new Vue's bold styling with an aggressive front-end design, including a large, lower air opening and projector beam [...]


