An Introduction About Saturn Sky
An Introduction About Saturn Sky
An Introduction About Saturn Sky
After months of constant hype, the 2007 Saturn SKY is now entering dealer showrooms. This two seat roadster marks an important turning point for the Saturn brand long identified with building nondescript, but reliable cars. With an MSRP of $23,690, the SKY is particular to trade for several thousand dollars more than the dealer's sticker price as call for is expected to far exceed capacity. Let's examine the Saturn brand and the automobile behind the hype to determine if the SKY was worth the wait.
Because Saturn's first cars became obtainable in 1990, the brand has attracted a loyal following of owners who liked the company's simplicity and consumer friendly trader network. Indeed, Saturn's "no haggle" pricing revolutionized the relationship between trader and consumer changing the common adversarial company transaction into a partnership benefiting buyer and vender alike.
Originally, Saturn was established as some other business, but wholly owned by General Motors. The idea behind Saturn was that the business would develop import fighting little cars to compete against the kind of Toyota and Honda. The S-Series, produced with "ding proof" polymer side panels was an immediate hit and Saturn relied exclusively on this line of compact coupes, sedans, and wagons for almost a decade prior to a second, larger model was introduced.
The dream of keeping Saturn separate from GM eventually died and the brand was brought into the GM fold to be managed much like Chevrolet, Buick, and so on. are these days. Indeed, the Spring Hill, Tennessee factory, which was exclusively designed to develop Saturn vehicles remains in business, but many of the division's cars are now being built elsewhere including the SKY.
So, the SKY has caught your attention, has it? Who could blame you? Pictures of the SKY have been circulating heavily online for months and it is definitely an attractive automobile. Based on GM's new Kappa platform, the SKY shares some components utilizing the earlier released Pontiac Solstice, another two seat roadster. The SKY, all the same, has its own look having a very pronounced fender peak and sleek body style. Here are a few of the attributes of the SKY:
- Front engine, rear drive, two seat roadster
- 50/50 front/rear weight distribution
- Manually operated cloth covered top folds down into the trunk
- Front pivoting hood
- 2.4L I4 engine producing 177 h.p. paired having a five speed manual or five speed automatic transmission
- 18 inch wheels; four wheel disc brakes with ABS
- Energy galore: air-con, locks, windows, doors, AM/FM/CD, etc.
The SKY was priced and designed to compete against two other roadsters, the Honda S2000 and Mazda's Miata. Although the SKY is technically a sister car towards the Solstice, it seems that it is better suited to compete against the Japanese brands as the Saturn roadster comes totally equipped and comprises a sleeker body design. Taking nothing clear of the Pontiac, the SKY is definitely the much more competitive of these two.
For Saturn, the SKY improves the brand's image immeasurably. A lot in the way that the Corvette is a "halo" car for Chevrolet the SKY will be exactly the same for Saturn. Production will in all probability be limited to just 10-12,000 autos annually and buying a SKY will most likely imply buyers paying well over sticker price for their automobile. Indeed, some reports are indicating dealer mark ups as high as $5000 in the face of stiff need.
Beyond the SKY, Saturn will also be introducing a second new automobile this year, the Aura. Switching the L-Series, the Aura midsize sedan borrows heavily from GM's European division, Opel, and contains the bold design of SKY in its front end.
Yes, the days of becoming recognized as a builder of compact plastic cars in Tennessee is more than; a new Saturn is rising and if all the hoopla associated to the SKY is any indication, Saturn's future is definitely extremely promising.
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