Archive for the ‘Saturn’ Category

New partner to keep Saturn afloat

Wednesday, April 1st, 2009

Solid details aren’t forthright, but the Danbury News Times is reporting that Saturn is not lying on a cold slab just yet.
Todd Ingersoll, owner of two Saturn stores in Connecticut, has been heading up a task force at the behest of franchisees to determine the best way for the brand to break away from General [...]

Spy Shots: Is this the next Opel Astra?

Thursday, March 26th, 2009
Spy Shots: Is this the next Opel Astra?

Saturn’s Astra has been something of a commercial non-starter stateside, but it remains a perennial favorite in Opel and Vauxhall guises in Europe. Thus, even with General Motors’ touchy-feely brand on the rocks here at home, it’s still a pivotal model overseas that warrants attention, even if we probably won’t end up seeing it in [...]

GM recall affects 277,000 models with shifter problem

Friday, March 13th, 2009
GM recall affects 277,000 models with shifter problem

Citing a defect that can cause a parked vehicle to roll away, General Motors is recalling 277,000 cars and trucks. The models involved, all built for the 2009 model year, may have a loose clip on their transmission shift cable. The failure of the clip to be locked into place may prevent the transmission from [...]

GM asks Saturn dealers to hang on for 60 days

Tuesday, February 24th, 2009
GM asks Saturn dealers to hang on for 60 days

Thank you for calling the General Motors emergency hotline, please hold while we sort out what the heck to do with you…
Saturn dealers are being asked by GM to hold on and not do anything drastic for 60 days while the automaker figures out its next move. There are several options possible, some more feasible [...]

Saturn sends letter to faithful owners describing spin-off plan

Thursday, February 19th, 2009
Saturn sends letter to faithful owners describing spin-off plan

Yesterday we told you about Saturn’s proposed plan to become independent of General Motors. Today we have more details via a letter that Saturn General Manager Jill Lajdziak just sent to the brand’s faithful owners that warns of changes to come. Using the company’s “Different Kind of Car Company” tagline, she points out that Saturn [...]

Saturn dealers want to spin-off from GM, start own company

Wednesday, February 18th, 2009

Saturn dealers must be feeling pretty unloved by their parent company right about now. Yesterday, General Motors announced as part of its updated restructuring plan that the interstellar brand would not be getting any new products, meaning that it’s left to die on the vine when the current range reaches the end of its lifespan. [...]

GM requests $16.6 billion more in Viability Plan, Saturn and Saab futures bleak

Wednesday, February 18th, 2009
GM requests $16.6 billion more in Viability Plan, Saturn and Saab futures bleak

General Motors has just revealed its Viability Plan that was due today to the U.S. Treasury Department under the loan agreement signed back on December 31, 2008. Just like Chrysler, GM is requesting more money than it was initially loaned due to domestic and global industry sales that were historically low in December and January. [...]

Lutz says Saturn’s days are numbered

Monday, February 16th, 2009
Lutz says Saturn’s days are numbered

General Motors’ Vice Chairman Bob Lutz may be on his way out to pasture, but that doesn’t mean he’s going to leave as anything other than the quote machine we know and love. The Maximum One told Automotive News that he wished Saturn would survive the current economic calamity, “But frankly, the reality is that [...]