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Old February 28th 07, 05:45 PM posted to rec.autos.makers.saturn
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Default Saturn hopes to beat Honda, Toyota in hybrid sales

The original Saturn concept of the 1990's is over for good.

You are correct, Saturn has been terminated
by General Motors. Sad but true.






"SnoMan" > wrote in message
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> On Wed, 28 Feb 2007 07:30:24 -0500, "marx404" > wrote:
>
>>Good article, thanks. Too bad Saturn chose not to properly market the GL
>>Aura. I like many others block adverts from my websites and will probably
>>never see them. "Go Green w/o going broke" is a great idea, I'm sure
>>interest will pick up in them as Summer gas prices go up as they already
>>have been. Just too bad that they are NAFTA cars. I guess UAW workers are
>>a
>>rare commodity nowadays? That was a very strong point with many buyers and
>>still is.

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>
> No that Saturn is fully part of GM and no longer on its "own" its long
> term viablity and competiveness is questionable. You buy a Saturn now
> you are basically buying a GM car with a different label which goes
> against the whole reason GM first created the brand. Also Saturn
> started as a econobox maker and GM is phasing that out to focus on
> SUV's which is another long term mistake along with dumping plastic
> body parts that set it apart for other vehicles as well.
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> TheSnoMan.com



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