Saturn Sky
Saturn Sky surely makes a surprising differentiation from the traditional Saturn car concept: we are talking about the first sports car in the division with an immense market success. Saturn Sky represents a very new brand in the Saturn family, even if it shares some of its features with Pontiac Solstice and Opel GT: this is the case with the Kappa automobile platform that is present with all the three GM designs.
Saturn Sky comes with 18 inch wheels and two forms of motorization: you can go for the 177 horsepower Ecotec LE5 engine or the turbocharged one that produces no less than 260 horsepower. Both automatic and manual transmissions are available including five speeds, with such features interfering with the cost of the car. The model designed for the Red Line is definitely more expensive reaching up to around $30,000; however in case you go for the five speed automatic you could be saving $5,000.
What does the Red Line bring new in the Saturn Sky model? There is a better suspension over the standard quality present with the basic Saturn Sky model, plus, the stability control is also upgraded. Dual exhausts, pretentious leather decorations in the cabin with a digital control system doubled by a modern tachometer represent just a few other characteristics of the Saturn Sky Red Line variant sold since the end of 2006. Add on options are found with the dealers in case you want to enhance some specificity of a standard Saturn Sky, and this applies very well to the improvement of the suspension.
There are companies that focus on various conversions of the Saturn Sky into even more powerful cars; one fine example is the case of Mallet Cars, Ohio, that put a V8 engine on this GM car. Thus the horsepower outcome is higher than 400 with the turbocharged models going way beyond 750 horsepower. Other possible Saturn Sky configurations apply to the torque or the brakes that can be replaced with some custom-made ones.
Furthermore, Saturn Sky has been subjected to electric conversions, or at least tests are in progress in that direction by teams interested in making it more price convenient as an autonomous vehicle. Just imagine what it would be like to benefit from the advantages of a sports car while still eliminating fuel consume. Needless to say that a V8 Saturn Sky engine has a huge gas consume, which is surely alarming for environmentalists. Given the ever stricter need to use the planet resources wisely, time may come when gas-powered engines become an extinct car production segment.
