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Frosty
09-30-2009, 04:08 PM
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090930/ap_on_bi_ge/us_saturn_penske

Apparently not :( Bye bye Saturn...sucks...they were starting to get nice too.
Tru2Chevy
09-30-2009, 04:17 PM
That really stinks....I wonder what the timeline is for killing them off?

- Justin
BonzoHansen
09-30-2009, 04:20 PM
hear that noise? that was the sound of Saturn resale values dropping again.
Tsar
09-30-2009, 04:29 PM
hear that noise? that was the sound of Saturn resale values dropping again.:lol:
ZeroCool8891
10-01-2009, 08:39 AM
oh thank god, that's music to my ears.
Saitin
10-01-2009, 10:04 AM
first pontiac then saturn
so who's next?
12secondv6
10-01-2009, 12:32 PM
first pontiac then saturn
so who's next?

gm :shock:
qwikz28
10-01-2009, 05:32 PM
hear that noise? that was the sound of Saturn resale values dropping again.

eh, not a problem for those of us who are planning on driving our cars into the ground.

I think it was generally understood that this was going to happen. Penske was never going to produce cars, and was the General really going to continue selling Penske cars to re manufacture? seems silly right? No one was going to sell Saturn their cars. It was a deal to help Saturn rid the cars they had on the lots. That is the only explanation that makes sense.
NastyEllEssWon
10-01-2009, 06:46 PM
whats gonna happen to my warranty? is gm going to continue to support the saturn warranties they sold before it tanked?
Knipps
10-01-2009, 07:04 PM
yes, much like the pontiac warranties
Frosty
10-01-2009, 07:04 PM
whats gonna happen to my warranty? is gm going to continue to support the saturn warranties they sold before it tanked?

Yessa
firebirdcrazy
10-01-2009, 07:42 PM
I love my saturn. I have an Outlook 46,000 miles to date and no issues. Its a great SUV and rented several saturns also I though they were alot of fun to drive. This is a shame also.
BigAls87Z28
10-02-2009, 06:04 PM
They really did a great job at revamping the line up, giving it by far teh freshest line up in GM, more then anyone.
Problem is that it was about 5-6 years too late. Letting the SL languish without updates while its import competition, the ones that Saturn was supposed to fight, moved much faster.
V
10-02-2009, 06:09 PM
Saturn warranties will be honored at any certified GM dealer once the Saturn dealerships close. This was a big deal for me since I just had the SKY get the Stage II upgrade.
WildBillyT
10-03-2009, 10:54 AM
Here's a video about it:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wfltikFvhWc
Tru2Chevy
10-03-2009, 06:04 PM
I think it was generally understood that this was going to happen. Penske was never going to produce cars, and was the General really going to continue selling Penske cars to re manufacture? seems silly right? No one was going to sell Saturn their cars. It was a deal to help Saturn rid the cars they had on the lots. That is the only explanation that makes sense.

Penske was planning on having GM manufacture the cars for X number of years, and they were talking to another company about picking up the manufacturing once GM was done. The talks with this other company fell through, so Penske backed out of the whole thing, and GM apparently isn't interested, or just doesn't have the time / resources to try to find another interested buyer for the company. I suspect the latter.

Here's a video about it:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wfltikFvhWc
So wrong.....

- Justin