Saturn News

Opening in just 2006, General Motors’ Lansing, Mich. plant has wasted little time in reaching its million-vehicle milestone, a 2012 GMC Acadia. As the sole manufacturer of GM’s full-size “Lambda” platform crossovers, the factory serves as an employer of approximately 3700 workers and is GM’s newest assembly line in North ...    Read more

As the lone person on Automotive.com’s staff who owns a Saturn, it saddens me to write about what was once considered a “different kind of car company” is experiencing the same kinds of problems with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration as many other “old GM” products. After maligned rear suspensions ...    Read more

Just announced in Europe is the 2012 Opel Astra OPC, a 280-horsepower super hatchback with an appetite for the upcoming Ford Focus ST. Packing the same engine as our Buick Regal GS sports sedan, albeit boosted 10 horsepower to 280, the Astra weighs significantly less, comes with more high-performance features, ...    Read more

General Motors, yet again, is learning the old adage that one can't escape the past. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration just announced it will be elevating its investigation on a power steering failure issue supposedly afflicting model year 2004-2007 Saturn Ion sedans. According to the federal agency, the problem resembles ...    Read more

General Motors knew from its experience shuttering Oldsmobile in 2004 that it would lose loyal customers when it closed its Hummer, Pontiac, and Saturn brands as part of its bankruptcy deal with the government in 2009. Thus, the automaker took steps to minimize such “conquests”, or customers switching car brands, ...    Read more

Well, this is interesting. The Saturn Vue crossover may be coming back. However, don’t expect to see the (in)famous badge at any dealerships, which was discontinued last year. Instead, General Motors is introducing the 2012 Chevrolet Captiva Sport for fleet sales only. First, though, why not sell fleet buyers ...    Read more

As sagas go, the parting of Saturn from the General Motors group was a hard one. GM had actually done a pretty good job promoting Saturn as a different kind of car company and the division attracted a lot of loyal customers. It wasn’t strange for Saturn execs to organize ...    Read more

Time to move fast. That's probably what General Motor's management must be saying with the sale of Saturn to Penske Automotive falling through. As you all know, Penske unexpectedly said no to the purchase, citing lack of future supply of cars from rumored Renault-Nissan. The announcement surprised GM as well ...    Read more

Total surprise. That summarizes the mood by General Motors, pundits, and the press over the collapse of GM's Saturn brand. It appeared for several months that famed racer and auto businessman Roger Penske would acquire the division, an almost forgone conclusion. All that was waited for was the official announcement. ...    Read more

The following is attributed to General Motors President and CEO Fritz Henderson: ...    Read more

Ready for a Saturn built in France? Well, that's CarVersation's take on Penske Automotive's takeover over the once former General Motors brand. Per CarVersation: ...    Read more

If you own a 2008 Saturn Vue, we and General Motors strongly recommend you schedule an appointment with the dealership as soon as you finish reading this post. Per Kicking Tires: ...    Read more

Well, this is interesting. Per Automobile Magazine:Saturn's new owner, dealership group-owner Roger Penske, revealed during an interview his plans to make electric vehicles the focus of the Saturn brand under his ownership, and dispelled rumors that Saturn dealers may be forced to sell Smart-brand cars.Our take? We're going ...    Read more

Detroit -- General Motors Corp. and Penske Automotive Group this month confirmed details of a proposed transaction under which Penske would acquire the Saturn brand.If completed, the deal would save more than 350 dealerships and 13,000 jobs at Saturn and its retailers in the United States, and would preserve the ...    Read more

It has become quite clear that Roger Penske of Penske Automotive has his eyes on Saturn car dealerships.There is a real chance that he could actually acquire the brand: current owner General Motors wants to jettison it as the company struggles to restructure. So what does the famed auto racer ...    Read more

The pursuit for Saturn continues. There are two or three entities bidding for Saturn. One is autodealer Penske; one is thought to be Canadian auto parts manufacturer Magna International; and one is Telesto Ventures, which includes an Oklahoma City based equity firm Black Oak Partners as well as several Saturn ...    Read more

General Motors has made it quite clear that it wants to shed its Saturn division. One of the latest potential buyers is Roger Penske. Yes, that Roger Penske. Penske is president of Penske Automotive Group. The company operates more than 300 franchises across the country and internationally which sell ...    Read more

DETROIT - General Motors is proceeding to the next step with respect to the sale of Saturn. A number of potential buyers have surfaced and expressed interest in the Saturn brand and retailer network. GM will be reviewing expressions of interest from the potential buyers and will look to secure ...    Read more

The grim reaper will be taking Pontiac to the car heaven in the sky. Now comes word that Saturn could be following or it might be sold. Whatever happens to Saturn, it is not going to be part of General Motors by the end of 2009.A new vehicle supplier is ...    Read more

We posted earlier about possible interest in Saturn from the equity company, Black Oak Partners. General Motors has issued a press release in response to the news. ...    Read more

As General Motors works to beat the clock and come up with a restructuring plan that can be believed and supported by the federal government, talk continues about the ultimate destiny of one of its divisions -- Saturn.There has been talk that GM intends to keep the division. Then there ...    Read more

Fans of General Motors' Saturn brand may be seeing a glimmer of hope. As you know, the brand is under serious threat of closure by its troubled parent. But, now, according to Motor Trend , " ...    Read more

We posted a while back that General Motors may be opening its soon-to-be defunct Saturn brand as a portal for foreign automakers (i.e., Chinese, Indian) to introduce their vehicles to the U.S. market. Apparently, the idea is accelerating to a possible reality. Per eGMCarTech: ...    Read more

Well, what is General Motors going to do with Saturn? That's the multi-billion dollar question, isn't it? There’s been talk of spinning the company off and letting it work independently. Others surmise that GM intends to kill it. But now comes word that GM has hired Morgan Stanley to analyze ...    Read more

General Motors is making some very hard decisions. It has already decided to drop or sell many of its brands including Saab and Saturn. Now comes word that it also intends to spin off part of its stake in its European brand Opel and the British company Vauxhall. The plan ...    Read more