Saturn Commercial when it was a good company

[nasus13abby]

I custom ordered my first Saturn, L300 Gold '04. Traded that one in for my present car, an Aura, '09 XR with a morrican leather pkg. LOVE IT! I am never never getting rid of it! Does anyone know of a Saturn owners club that survived the death of the company?

[astickman7]

Whoever had a smokers Pearl White homecoming edition 94 Sl2 in Franklin TN, I have it now, & am rebuilding it. 4plusyr process. Emails encouraged, as time permits. Contact me, patience plz. Limited time avail.

[lvanhorn2]

this brings a tear to my eye. i miss saturn. ill never get rid of my 97 sw1 wagon :)

[longwavefurry]

i got a friend with a 1993 SC2. still on its first motor and it has 341k miles. and he autocross races it! tough little cars! i love my 95 sl2 :D

[lucinit1985]

Thats sad. This used to be such a good company. GM always ruins everything, ahem, SAAB anyone?

[peanutbutterisfu]

@lucinit1985 they sure do,i miss working there.gm deff had to ruin a good thing.they had the s series and the L series and as soon as they worked all the bugs out they stop making them what a joke.they should have got rid of olds,pontiac,gmc along time ago there all the same just a chevey with diff head lights.but they destroy a good brand that was very different then nething that they had that many people like what a shame.

[yvosaurus]

I wish Saturn was still here and that they did again something like this: I would have done a great roadtrip to the US with my Ion Redline! :D

[AFitz1174]

95 Saturn SC1 Engine blocks were found later to have very small cracks in them from when they were manufactured. Thankfully im getting a 97 engine with 59k miles put into my 95 sc1 body

[Prizm2356]

I was never a big fan of Saturn but it did start out as a great car brand it wasnt until GM started merging it with the rest of the GM brands did it start to crash...

i guess in the long run it did follow Geo to the grave

[catmeows13]

I bought my '94 Saturn off the showroom floor in '93. In '02, with 114k on it, I sold it to a friend who drove it for 4 more years. I still miss that car.

[chevyracing1091]

I have a 98 station wagon and it only has 55,000 miles on it, runs like a charm! If Saturn ever comes back, they still won't ever have that same hospitality that they used to.

[yotaluva]

R.I.P. Saturn and your beloved S-series

[longwavefurry]

i have a 1995 SL2 and i love it! best car i have ever owned by far!

[vikingdude17]

My 2000 SC2 was built in 1999. bought it used last year with 100,296 miles on it. The only problem I had since then, and 10,000 miles later, was the EGR valve got stuck. I was told it should be replaced fairly quickly but i drove a few more weeks after it was unstuck and it worked just fine. I love my car. runs clean and looks great. Maybe one day they might resurrect Saturn. If i had the money, I'd by them up and bring the return of the orginal Saturn engineering!

[DrSurprise]

i have a 2000 Saturn SL and i wish i could meet the people who made my car! is the factory still open or is it a museum now?

[vikingdude17]

@DrSurprise Actually its neither. According to MSNBC the plant that first made Saturns is still running only its making other GM models. This happened in 2007, so Saturn has been in a downward spiral for a few years now...

[Wilby1977]

@DrSurprise Daewoo is the worst!

[assphincter]

My dad inherited a 1994 Saturn SL1 from his uncle that passed away. He has 180,000 miles on it now and never had any problems with it. None! I do the maintenance for him. The first time I serviced his auto tranny I was shocked and happy. It has a drain plug and a spin on filter. Genius! I am looking to buy myself a saturn now as I am sold on their reliability and amazing mpg's. Very sad to hear Saturn will be no longer. Times are changing folks.

[alece1382]

Lol, I thought this was for Sega Saturn.

[gmahanke]

Yeah, whatever - i'm so mad at Saturn right now I could puke.

[crazyspeedlimits]

I remember those days! When i was little and my mom worked for Saturn, we used to build playgrounds for youths and all the owners would show up with their Saturns =(* Sad times now.

[oktoberfeeeeest]

Lemme just say that Saturn was never a good company, it always built half-assed cars with half-assed parts that consistently got poor reviews from Consumer Reports and respected auto trade magazines alike. May they burn in hell.

[tiFreek666]

Saturns don't burn, they melt lol :p

[DrSurprise]

@oktoberfeeeeest

dude are you serious? Saturns are nice cars! if you want a car company that was never good, search Daewoo

[vikingdude17]

@oktoberfeeeeest Have you ever owned a saturn? let alone driven one??? christ i hated saturns until i owned one and now I cant believe saturn motor company is gone!!! NOOO!!!

[redbeakman]

Fail.

[theemceemurdah]

I owned a 94 SL1, logged in over 280,000 kms on it before the transmission failed on me. I loved that car, it drove really well for it's age, and great fuel consumption!

[supervacuus]

'95 Saturn sl is the best.

[nicopita97]

Best little car made what the little 91 4 door Saturn sl1 mine has over 400,000 mile's and still going

[markbot]

these syrupy commericals make me vomit... trying to make fak emotional connection. saturn=women cars

[dodgecrazy1970]

You Sir are a moron.

[auxmike]

The good old days! My '97 SL2 is still on the road. Saturn used to send me Mets game tickets every year back then. I think they even sent my car a Birthday card!

[2realpimp09]

dudes i have a 1998 saturn SL1 with 322,000 km, an the bastard split the main drive pin in the tranny

[magog1138]

FFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCCCCCKK­K.

[diaryofthedead]

saturn was never a good company

[yamomwa3]

Saturn S series are very good cars. One of the few reasons Saturn was brought in as a GM division was to attract young car buyers as a competitor to Japanese cars. Yes, the Vue used a Honda engine in the past, but other manufacturers have used different engines in vehicles, such as my 1986 Dodge Caravan SE has a 2.6L Mitsubishi engine in it. Alot of car companies do that, like a joint venture kind of think, like Chrysler had with Mitsubishi and the AutoAlliance between Ford and Mazda.

[2008ljr]

I had the 04 Ion Sedan. The Air Conditioner didn't work, the turn signal blew out 4 times and the car was stalling out. One day in the middle of a NYC highway. I no longer have the car and will not buy another.

[SteelCity1981]

To bad GM put them on the back burner and now they want to get rid of them altogether.

[carwrtr1]

Saturn is what woke up GM! THIS DIVISION WOKE UP STRAGGLING DIVISIONS LIKE CHEVROLET AND CADILLAC, TELLING THEM THAT IF THEY WANT TO SELL CARS, THEY NEED TO CLEAN UP THEIR ACT! I AM A FORD OWNER, BUT IF I WERE TO BUY A GM CAR, THIS IS THE FIRST DIVISION I WOULD LOOK AT. SATURN'S QUALITY IS TOP NOTCH, AND THEY HAVE THE HIGHEST OVERALL CUSTOMER SATISFACTION OF ANY GM DIVISION. THAT SHOULD TELL YOU SOMETHING. CHEVROLET AND CADILLAC SHOULD TAKE SOME LESSONS FROM SATURN!

[nicopita97]

Mine is the first year they made a Saturn and its still going today I dont know why so many hate saturn.Mine was gave to me and its only gave me a few problems since 2003.

[evinrude140hp]

I love Saturn's,mine has 354000 miles on it,still goes strong,and its very dependable,and Saturn is a division of GM , I steer clear of the asian cars,I rather have a dependable, cheap on replacement parts, reliable domestic vehicle.

[nicopita97]

I know evinrude140hp mine has about the same miles as yours and it still going may leak oil and smoke but she is still going strong.

[Strideo1]

Too bad they shut down the Spring Hill plant. I don't care what anybody says though, I like my 2004 Saturn Ion much more than my girlfriend's 2002 SL2.

[ffejkat]

i have worked at a saturn dealer since day 1. the true saturn died in 2000!!! boy it was great. we set out to change the world, we did, than it was back to old school gm and saturn parished!!!!

[oldsmobiletw]

saturn is nothing but a imitator it stands on the shoulders of really great gm cars. never offering nothing more than clever ad. trying to be a oldsmobile a falling short. sad thing is that it is now where oldsmobile was in the gm line up. saturn at best could never make a spot on oldsmobile. but one thing is certain and gm stated this in its last quarter review that the only two companys are safe and that being chevy and cadillac. so hopefully saturn will be the first to go since buick is back

[juliankyo]

With all respect man, i think oldsmobile is cool, and i hate honda, but just make a little research on Saturn and u ll see what I mean, just go to wikipedia and search for it, it will amaze u. Oldsmobile is been there forever, but in the 90's we needed something new, thats the way I see it, Saturn didn't use anybody's engine until 2000 like ffejkat said and 10 years my friend are ten years. Give it the benefit of doubt...just like u did when u bought ur firs olds!! :)

[HakemEX]

What do you mean "when it was a good company"? All their new cars have ranked equal with either Honda, Toyota and Mazda, or ruled as a class leader.

[stevethepokieman]

None of there new GM shit buckets will ever compare to the S Series.

[HakemEX]

S series? WHAT THE FUCK IS AN S SERIES?

Either you mean S-class, or 5 series.

[mgordon1100]

The S Series is only the greatest car Saturn ever made. SL1/2 SC1/2 SW1/2 never heard of it? Never heard of Saturn.

[nofords2003]

I don't know what HakemEX is smoking.

[yamomwa3]

No Saturn had a line of cars called the S series, such as the SC1 SC2 etc. Not trying to put you down buddy, but do some research before you comment.

[juliankyo]

Hey oldsmobile lover, what up with u?? "Im all GM" like u said, but the difference is that u are GM in like the fifth motor and my 92 is still running and beating those ugly hondas, yes, like the one on your driveway...

And please.... LX lucien, dont tell me anything about honda,....

Isuzu trooper??!!! How about honda passport??

Isuzu Oasis??? How about Honda oddysey??

Do u want me to keep going??

Saturn is really different... unlike everybody else...Period!!

[oldsmobiletw]

sad truely sad im am by no means a honda lover ask my wife i bought her a new buick enclave and i drive a 06'STS bu lets see if that little saturn can beat it or my 100th anniversary olds aurora.never have owned a honda in my life but still they are good cars.

[oldsmobiletw]

And if you don't believe me look at the radio in those cars it will perfectly fit in any buick or olds from that era and also the engines in the VUE's are from Honda or Opel so they are powered by foreign engines simple fact saturn has always been a honda imitator thats why they were created.ldont get me wrong im all GM but saturn is a sad abomination on them.

[jkmartin65]

the honda motor is built in the spring hill plant...GM builds the motor for honda...know what your talking about.......

[oldsmobiletw]

hmm lets ask honda do you really think that they build it there every little bit.. Lets see the engine is used in the accord, pilot odyssey,ridge line, so hahaha let me tell you ive been a gm tech for years and yes i have worked on the saturn vue red lines with the honda engines . and for a fact i can tell you the engines only come from Marysville, Ohio or Decatur County, Indiana, near Greensburg

[HakemEX]

So that means the Chevy Equinox Sport Pontiac Torrent GXP and the VUE RL use Honda's engine? No. Honda's engine was only used is Last Gen's VUE RL. Now it uses GM's sophisticated, high-feature 60-degree dual overhead cam 3.6L V-6 VVT that delivers 257 horsepower at 6,500 rpm and 243 lb.-ft. of torque at 4,400 rpm. That's what Saturn is: an Import Beater. Let's try to see Honda Finally get a V6 gearbox into the CR-V, huh?

[oldsmobiletw]

ok let me say one thing im all for gm if it wasnt for them i wouldnt be working. but the fact is saturn couldnt compete read the reviews for the vue and torrent. and futher more i never said that honda engines were used in the second gen vue's it uses the same engine that gm put in my wifes buick and trust me the crv is not going for the same market that gm is going for but i will say its sells a hell of a lot more than saturn does.

[HakemEX]

We're talking about the present. How does the Vue stack up against the CR-V? they both get 4 and a half stars on Yahoo Autos, and more people reviewed the Vue, so if more people review it and it still gets the same rating, what does that tell you?

[HakemEX]

"trust me the crv is not going for the same market that gm is going for"

Saturn Say the CR-V is a direct competitor to the VUE. And so does Honda.....

[oldsmobiletw]

Saturn has always been a part of GM Always!!! Saturn look at the 1990 cutlass supreme those people are the same engineers. Saturn was a experiment for gm because of new cost saving ideas that they did not want to try on other gm even the cylinder heads are made as cheaply as they could.

[TheHutch26]

To anybody that says saturns are crappy cars i have a vue with 100k. Never had a problem or had anything break even after spinning it into a ditch (consiquence of reckless driving). Plus, vues can smoke ricers.

[arj8ballas]

I really like that commercial and I love that slogan

[iareawesome]

The new 08' Saturn's are very nice but there just too much money, I bought my 1999 SL1 with 26 miles on it and after 81,056 miles i had no problems AT ALL everything worked perfect, thick and thin and I also hit a 18 wheeler and drove home at 60 m.p.h even the air bags went off but no problems. the best 12,000 dollars i ever spent!

[dmx011]

Saturns are crappy cars what panels don't rust they crack easily and what panels are steel they seem to rust fast, and the underbody rots fast.

[nicopita97]

Crappy my ass mine is 17 years old and still going and not many of the old 1991 Saturn's sl1 are still around.

[dmx011]

exactly, not many of the old 91's are still around.

[nicopita97]

Mine is still again smokes alot but its still around rare to even see one on the road all I have seen are them twin cam thats about it.

[nomadcowatbk]

Saturn is just another GM division now, they now build them in the same places as Chevys

[trekkerguy]

Agreed. I plan on keeping my ION until it runs into the ground, but I still figure on getting my next new car from Saturn. Even if they are just another GM branch now, they at least are different when it comes to styling and pricing, and theres a nostolgia factor.

[LXLucien]

Yeah so what? They don't look like chevys. They look like Opel's in Europe (Saturn Aura = Opel Vectra, Saturn Vue = Opel Antara and Saturn Astra = Opel Astra) They now look very hot! The Old one looked like cheap Asian Cars, now they look very stylisch!

[trekkerguy]

I love my Saturn ION. and I had a 97 SL2(Sedan) amazing lil cars we have. The ION may not have been an S car but they were at least built by Saturn people in Spring hill with polymer bodys. Dont know what to think of new Saturn :(

[Spinback8888]

saturn: bring back the dent/rust resistant panels

[BalloonBurstin]

I know, right, LOL. That was what made a Saturn a Saturn. The thing about Saturns is you either love them or hate them...there is no middle with Saturn for some reason.

[ohawarrior02]

I LOVE MY SATURN!! I have a 2001 SL2 Sedan!

[BalloonBurstin]

I also love my Saturn. I have a 2000 SL2. Very reliable...never brokedown and I have over 150,000 miles. I was disappointed when they stopped making the S-Series, however, some of the newer Saturns are nice, just don't think they spent the same time in them as they did the S-Series.

[redhotcustoms]

i got an 04 ion. first car ive ever owned. love it. a lot of people make fun of me cause they dont like them, but i love it. the only thing i dont like is it doesnt have abs.

oh, and ive changed a few peoples thoughts on saturns just by giving them a ride.

[shawn6789]

yeah, its a real shame isnt it. I cant buy parts for mine anymore made in USA or Canada. Now half of it is made in china or Japan, what a shame....

[redhotcustoms]

dont for get mexico. makes them cheap to build, but hard to fix.