Saturn Sky surely makes a surprising differentiation from the traditional Saturn car concept: we are talking about the first sports car in the division with an immense market success. Saturn Sky is a very new brand in the Saturn family, even if it shares some of its features with Pontiac Solstice and Opel GT: this is the case with the Kappa automobile platform that is present with all the three GM designs.

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Saturn Sky comes with 18 inch wheels and two forms of motorization: you can go for the 177 horsepower Ecotec LE5 engine or the turbocharged one that creates no less than 260 horsepower. Further on, Saturn Sky brings two types of transmission, manual and automatic, and this difference reflects in the price of the vehicles too. The model produced in the Red Line is surely more expensive with a price of about $30,000; yet the five speed automatic variant is almost $5,000 cheaper.

What does the Red Line bring new in the Saturn Sky model? There is a better suspension over the average quality present with the basic Saturn Sky model, plus, the stability control is also upgraded. Dual exhausts, unique leather design in the interior with a digital control system doubled by a modern tachometer represent just a few other features of the Saturn Sky luxury variant available since the end of 2006. For customers who’d like to make changes and enhance one element or another, dealers have add-on offers, and the most common example here is the suspension upgrade.

Conversions of the Saturn Sky into more powerful vehicles is well accomplished by Mallet Cars, Ohio who have registered exceptional results with the adjustment of the car with a V8 engine. Thus the horsepower outcome is not lower than 400 with the turbocharged models going way beyond 750 horsepower. The torque or the brakes are other Saturn Sky parts that can undergo various configurations either custom-made or not.

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Last but not least, Saturn Sky has been subjected to electric conversions, or at least tests are in progress in that direction by teams interested in making it more profitable as a fuel-free vehicle. No fuel consume, but the same great feeling a sports car gives? That really sounds awesome!. It goes without saying that a V8 Saturn Sky engine has a high gas consume, which is surely alarming for environmentalists. With the ever stricter necessity to use the planet resources wisely, time may come when fuel-powered engines be banned from car production.

Also known as the GM sports coupe, Saturn SC2 is one of the first models produced in this line in the early and mid 90s. The launching of the S Series by General Motors came a marketing stratagem to diminish the influence of the Japanese imports on the American market. After Saturn SC2 became a market hit, Japan and Taiwan actually started selling these vehicles on their internal markets, which only proves that the fame General Motors reputed for the Saturn S Series was of international magnitude. Though no spectacular adjustments were made to the Saturn SC2 in time, the year 1999 saw the biggest of upgrades.

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A suicide door was added on the lateral back of the Saturn SC2 model on the driver’s part. In the case of the SC design, this extra feature was a big change as it was a sure change in the production of sports cars. Only cab pickup trucks had such a lateral door, and no other regular vehicle use one. Saturn SC2 was produced with little modifications afterwards until 2003 when General Motors replaced the S Series and launched their new sports car, Saturn Ion. The production of this latter model also came to a halt in 2007 as well when General Motors chose a new market approach.

In its category, Saturn SC2 represented the most fuel-efficient vehicle with a manual transmission. One gallon of gas was enough for forty miles according to the ratings and the data in the Saturn SC2 highway tests. This initial engine was rated at only 124 horsepower, but in 1995 improvements were made to the first SC model: thus, the producer added a lower front bumper and a trunk lid reflector, not to mention that the interior was also redesigned. It was the second generation of Saturn SC2 that saw changes in exterior concept that now focused on rather curve lines.

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According to reviews Saturn SC2 brought little difference from SC1, the latter only received black outside mirrors while the SC2 variant had them colored. Other features of the Saturn SC2 included a traction control system, an antibreak lock and standard fog lamps. Then, in terms of manual transmission, there were no changes between Saturn SC2 and SC1, and the same similarity remained in the dashboard look, daytime running lights and even wheelbase. The improvements of Saturn SC2 were inspired by the sedan and station wagon models produced by General Motors.