If it is as reliably as it is sexy looking, I'll be buying one in 2007 for sure.

http://www.saturn.com/saturn/vehicles/futurevehicles/sky_hi/index.jsp

[Edited on January 24, 2006 at 11:29 PM. Reason : ]

1/24/2006 11:28:24 PM

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1/24/2006 11:31:07 PM

Search in Garage for the words "sky" and "saturn" brought up nothing for this car... so....



[Edited on January 24, 2006 at 11:32 PM. Reason : ]

1/24/2006 11:31:52 PM

their econocars are lookin' better than the american competitors too

1/24/2006 11:46:51 PM

The cars aren't terrible looking. Quality is just questionable.

1/24/2006 11:50:07 PM

it's the same as american cars, but people still buy them left and right

1/24/2006 11:52:58 PM

but does it have the dent-resistant paneling?

1/24/2006 11:55:09 PM

its the solstice with a different front

1/25/2006 12:27:58 AM

I hate the 2-tone interior

1/25/2006 1:11:41 AM

it'd be a much better car if it had the motor from the ion redline

1/25/2006 1:21:38 AM

^agreed

1/25/2006 2:42:52 AM

yeah that interior is pretty fruity

1/25/2006 3:40:55 AM

First mod I predict on this one...debadging! God that Saturn badge looks ugly in the front. Did they have to make it red?

1/25/2006 7:58:28 AM

big ass pictures SUCK



[Edited on January 25, 2006 at 9:09 AM. Reason : don't fucking pic bomb dude!!]

1/25/2006 8:22:55 AM

only gm car i'd think of buying, but then only the sky redline.

1/25/2006 8:23:17 AM

they stole my interior layout.

1/25/2006 8:50:39 AM

is it built on the vette platform? headlights and bodylines kinda remind me of the c6

1/25/2006 9:49:11 AM

No, built on the Solstice platform.

I like it. Even the interior.

1/25/2006 10:01:05 AM

Its a sweet-ass car, but I doubt they will sell many because no one wants a saturn sports car.

1/25/2006 10:26:33 AM

http://www.saturnfans.com/Cars/Future/superchargedsky.shtml

Quote :

"GM Confirms Supercharged SKY SaturnFans.com • October 8, 2005 AutoWeek reports that GM has confirmed a supercharged version of the 2007 Saturn SKY, Pontiac Solstice, and Vauxhall Lightning is in the works. According to the magazine, "Jon Lauckner, General Motors? global product planning boss, says the Vauxhall two-seater will come to market with a 2.0-liter supercharged four-cylinder." The engine will also be offered in the SKY and Solstice. Insiders tell the publication that the powerplant will "produce in excess of 200 hp and peak torque of 200 lb-ft." Sources tell SaturnFans.com say a supercharged SKY will be produced under the 'Red Line' moniker. It will reportedly be able late next year"

1/25/2006 10:40:23 AM

looks like a cross between the RX8 and an S2000 interior. kinda looks like an s2000 exterior as well

1/25/2006 10:43:54 AM

^^^ if they do it right, these will sell like hot cates.

I wonder what the pricing would be for the supercharged 2.0l sky would be.

1/25/2006 10:45:16 AM

Reminds me of the toyota mr-spyder. Did they drop those?

1/25/2006 11:21:51 AM

The MR-S always looked somewhat "frogeyed" to me. This car does have some cues from it, and similarities to the S2000, but I also see definite stylistic ties to the Solstice and 'Vette.

1/25/2006 11:35:14 AM

looks a lot better than the solstice, imo, but that's not saying much.

1/25/2006 1:27:19 PM

when I went to NOPI Nationals I saw a prototype. I even sat in it... it had that exact red interior. It's so much like the Solstice when you get in there, it just feels like the same car almost. I said to a random guy standing next to me, "I kinda like this... but this interior is gonna look like complete shit in a couple years. It will be all faded and cracked."

Then he goes "uhh thanks. You know I hand-built this..."

1/25/2006 1:43:47 PM

it IS the same car lol, its like GM having a truck and then Chevy with the same truck...the platform is pretty much interchangable, the only difference is a different motor and front end thats different....the whole front end on the solstice comes up when u open the hood. Problem is that these cars are in such demand that they have a huge waiting line for them...

i was gonna get a solstice but couldnt get in line without waiting 2 years, i have the MR2 now and yes tehy still make MR2's but this is the last year...supposedly they are working on bringing the supra back which i may wait on and get that.

its the solstice basically though

1/25/2006 1:47:10 PM

^Don't plan on getting a new Supra unless you have at least $60k, causet its gonna cost a lot.

I find it absolutely ridiculous that GM can't increase capacity to sell more of these two cars. Here's a company going down the shitter....well shit I guess I don't have to wonder why anymore.

[Edited on January 25, 2006 at 1:52 PM. Reason : k]

1/25/2006 1:51:58 PM

when you will people realize that a sporty car isn't the bedrock of a successful-selling fleet.

Nowhere near the majority of people WANT a car like this. In fact, most probably would see it as a waste of money.

1/25/2006 1:54:38 PM

those are CUTE! i want one. how much are they???

1/25/2006 2:07:44 PM

No, the bedrock of a successful fleet is the economy to midsize class. GM and Ford ignored this to concentrate on SUV's, and are consequently hemhorraging money right now. Ford seems to have done well with the Fusion in an attempt to come back in the mid-size arena (which they haven't really even had a competior in since the Contour got canned in like 2001). The Focus was good when it came out, but it's aging. Chevy looks like it's got a viable economy contender in the Cobalt, which is a worlds better car than the Cavalier. While there do seem to be a lot of Malibus on the streets, it seems to be (like its previous generation) an ideal "fleet car" that isn't really a serious competitor to the Accord or Camry. I wonder why they don't have a car built on the G6 platform, personally (unless the G6 rides on shortened Malibu underpinnings).

Chrylser seems to be doing okay while completely contradicting conventional wisdom. The Neon and Cirrus/Stratus are extremely old and (to my knowledge) haven't sold particularly well recently, but Chrysler has been able to generate enough excitement with the 300, Magnum, and Charger to sustain them while replacements for their bread-and-butter vehicles are readied. Just goes to show what happens when you build exciting cars that the public want to buy.

Do bear in mind that this is all my opinion on the topic.

1/25/2006 2:09:27 PM

^^ I would expect it to be in the price range of a Pontiac Solstice, its sister car

You'd do a lot better with one of these than trying to restore a Corvette...

1/25/2006 3:24:51 PM

Reliability? I thought the Solstice and Sky both used slightly varied versions of the VVT-I motor found in the Celica GT-S.

That's what I remember reading anyway.

That constitutes reliability to me.

Mike

1/25/2006 3:43:42 PM

the single exhaust looks terrible

1/25/2006 4:10:15 PM

^^hahahaha

2.x liter ecotech shitty motor. no high revving toyota motor in there.


you are probably thinking of the lotus elise/exige which do use the 1.8l motor (with different tune) out of the celica gt-s.

[Edited on January 25, 2006 at 4:10 PM. Reason : ^]

1/25/2006 4:10:38 PM

Ahh, gotcha. That'd make more sense.

Mike

1/26/2006 11:23:28 AM

Queti, there was an official pricing announcement earlier this month, I wanna say $24,399 for entry level sky, which is like $100 bucks more than an equivalent solstice with some just above basic spec options package. The solstice is offered in a stripper model so they can say its available for under $20k, but in reality they'll all cost at least 24k for a while. To anyone bitching that the car should have the ion redline motor, I'm sure the sky will get the turbo option available in the newly-announced-in-detroit solstice GXP. the turbo solstice gets 260 hp vs the 205 hp in the supercharged ion redline and cobalt SS.

and 0, are you kidding about this being new to tww? there was a concept car called the vauxall lightning back in like 2001-2... that car is the spitting image of the production sky. The solstice concept came out around the same time as the lighting, when talk about unifying saturn and vauxall started (you'll notice the aura looks a lot like an opel vectra, and more than a few of you ought to know that the L200/300 is the old vauxall vectra...), and so the two concepts positive reception justified the development of the kappa platform, basically a scaled down hydroformed-rail version of the corvette chassis. I mean, how often does GM have TWO themes it knows will be popular that it can build from one chassis? There was even a STRING of GM concepts built to explore other themes for the kappa chassis. There was a Chevrolet Nomad, the Saab 9x, a saturn concept NOT the sky, all revealed at the same 2003 naias the solstice was confirmed for production. No, the sky does not look like other saturns, but it is the perfect vauxall, a logical replacement for the VX220/opel speedster. Saturn doesn't really have a strong language and vauxall has no US rep, so now saturn will be the US vauxall/opel, so that GM can sell the sweet sky here.

I mean, it's a sports car OTHER than the corvette being sold by GM.... its been everywhere in the news. This is the king of all [OLD]s.... and I believe you have earned a flaming.....

1/27/2006 12:04:59 AM

Quote :

"but couldnt get in line without waiting 2 years"

I don't know who you talked to, but I talked to the Pontiac dealer here about a month ago and I could have one by May.

1/27/2006 12:34:54 AM

it's not a bedrock car -- it's a flagship car, which is also important. It proves they can still make cars that people will think are hot, and that keeps the brand image up. Perception of a car company is huge in car sales.


the interior looks fucking queer, though

[Edited on January 27, 2006 at 12:45 AM. Reason : sdff]

1/27/2006 12:44:19 AM

damn... I haven't considered a saturn since they first came out with the SC2's...

I almost think thats worthy of driving...

good thing I won't be done with school and be making money for another 6 years

1/27/2006 12:45:59 AM

i'd never be able to get over the big ass glaring saturn emblem on the nose

1/27/2006 7:06:38 AM