Saturn News

The early Chevrolet Equinox and shamelessly tacky badge-engineered variant Pontiac Torrent never saw critical acclaim; the same went for the Cobalt and, again, its Pontiac G5 sibling. Now those late-2000s GM products are being recalled, along with the Saturn Ion, for a fuel pump that ...    Read more

This week's posts covered the life cycle of cars from the Lexus LF-CC concept scheduled to debut at the Paris Motor Show at month's end to General Motors' recall of Chevy, Pontiac, and Saturn vehicles. In between, Ford unleashes its all-new 2013 Fusion hybrid sedan onto the (mostly) unsuspecting car ...    Read more

Just a few days after Ford agreed to a four-year contract with the Canadian Auto Workers, General Motors agreed to the same terms with the union late last night. GM's four-year deal calls for the creation or maintaining of 1,750 jobs and an investment of $675 million for ...    Read more

General Motors is recalling 430,956 of its vehicles according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. The two major recalls include: 2008 - 2010 Chevrolet Malibu, Pontiac G6; 2007 - 2010 Saturn Aura Situation: GM is recalling Chevy Malibu and Pontiac G6 sedans for model years 2008 through 2010, and model year ...    Read more

Even though he was CEO of General Motors for a grand total of 10 months and has repeatedly self-proclaimed not to be a "car guy," Edward Whitacre Jr. still believes that the government should sell its shares in General Motors off quickly. This isn't the first time Whitacre has called ...    Read more

Toyota is recalling select RAV-4 crossovers produced for the 2006 to 2008 model years thanks to several complaints filed by consumers with the Office of Defects Investigation. While it's not known the exact number of RAV-4 vehicles affected by the recall, the part being called into question is the rear ...    Read more

As luck may have it, even beleaguered brands make gems every once in a while. But as good as a car or truck may be, luck doesn't always favor those whose saving grace comes at the last minute. There's very little in the car market that we outright hate, but a little schadenfreude ...    Read more

Following the Great Recession, there arose a great rise in popularity from V-6 engines to four-cylinders. At the same time, General Motors shuffled its Spring Hill, Tenn., plant from making Saturns, to making crossovers, and then, finally, to becoming a dedicated production plant ...    Read more

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