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Anyone know anything about this car? It looks cool as hell in the commercials. Has anyone seen one, or know the price?

Link on Saturn's site

Interior

Lots more pics

 
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They are pretty much a rebadged Pontiac Solstice with new skin

 
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gee thanks, that helps clear things up.

 
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Well its true.

I've seen ONE on the streets here, and I think the car looks incredible. The design is really unique, futuristic, and bold. Its not out to please everyone like a Corvette.

I will be seriously looking at one when the "performance" version is released.

Also, unlike 99.9% of other GM vehicles, this car has a great interior too!

 
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Same car as Solstice,177 Hp.This is the car Pontiac should of had.There's a Turbo coming in the summer.260Hp.I'm in Canada so they start at $27000.00 and top out around $33000.00.Good price for a fun in sun car with looks.To give you an idea of our prices a S2000 starts at $51755.00 with the aero kit $62600.00.Mazda Miata starts around $30000.00 for base and $36000.00 for limited.Load one up you're looking at $40000.00,When the GXP hits showrooms it's going to clean up the small roadster class.IMO Fully loaded GXP Solstice will be $38000.00 260HP and 260TQ Direct Injection.

 
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Their website says it has 260hp, not 177. Or maybe I'm looking at the "performance" version or something. Is that what "redline" means?

 
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Here's the new 2.0 Turbo Motor

 
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I'll agree that the interior looks nice, but have you been in one? I want to know how it actually feels. You can tell our cars are cheap b/c all of the clunky plastic everywhere inside. So I'm wondering how far they went w/ the Sky: did they stop w/ looks?
From the pic I am split

 
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Yeah that's there performance line.The standard one is 177hp

 
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redline is saturns performance version. like their vue and ion redline.

thats an itty bitty turbo

 
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There's plastic, but overall GM did an Excellent job on these cars.

 
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is that engine an aluminum block?

 
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Yes, Ecotec engines are all aluminum. I personally love them. I owned a 03 Cavalier with one and it was very nice...

 
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interesting... competetition for a k20? kind of..

 
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I was reading in this months Motortrend, that this motor can easily hold 500Hp on stock internals.The aftermarket is going to be all over this one.

Add another $20000.00 and you can have this.

Standard Package - $19,995 (does not include car)

* 400 HP V8 LS2 Engine - Rated at 400 HP @ 6,000 RPM and 400 LB-FT @ 4,400 RPM
* LUK Pro Gold Clutch Assembly
* Mallett Custom Modified Lowered Shocks
* Performance Springs
* Polyurethane Rear Control Arm (A-Arm) Bushings
* Polyurethane Differential Mount Bushing
* Corsa Stainless Mufflers
* Custom 2-core Aluminum Radiator
* Carbon Fiber Coil Covers, Black
* World famous Mallett body graphics
* Mallett graphics embroidered on seat headrests
* Show Car Detailing
* Mallett serial number plaque and badging
* 2-year 24,000 mile warranty


Then you can also buy one that is supercharged with a warranty.
www.mallettcars.com

 
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yeah, but by then you are in Corvette territory
edit: referring to price

 
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I'd buy that over the Corvette though.More unique.But yeah the Corvette is HOT

 
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damn, nice info. those ecotec motors are no joke.

 
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Think about the domestic competition to our car..

The 01-05 Cavalier
The 01-05 Focus
The late Celica etc.

Nothing American really can touch our cars in interior quality in the compact segment, search on Motortrend for the Civic vs. Cavalier article and they show side by side pics.. Harshly criticizing the Cavaliers interior.

Hell, our interior has higher quality plastics than a C5. I'd be pissed if I paid 50k in 2004 for a Cavalier steering wheel and Impala door handles.

Agreed, but 400HP ina little car like that!?!?

Can you say death trap?

Sign me up!

 
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Wow, a decent interior on a domestic at a decent price with a decent engine...it hurts to say it, but 'way to go domestics..'. I wasn't very impressed by the new 8th gen interior, GM is trying to catch up to import quality and the best Honda can do to hold it's own is put in some really tacky dual tier gauges..

 
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it's a nice car. i've been in a solstice, its nice, but i dont like the looks. and it seems like GM reliability is going up, and the ECOTECs are holding up very well throughout. overall seems like a good deal, the one thing that GM probably can't improve on very much is resale value.

theres a solstice v. miata article in one of the regular car mags this month, cant remember which one.

 
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I've read a few, and MOST give the win (of course) to the Miata. There has been one site that gave the win the to Solstice because of its Love it or hate it looks.

 
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I would probably take the mx5 too, because the brakes on that thing are ****ing huge.

S2K over all of those though, but comparing new-to-new, they're $$$$

 
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You can't fairly compare the S2K with the Miata or Sky; different class.

 
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Can people surpass the idea that it is a Saturn?

That would be the only thing that stop its marketing

 
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I was in a low to mid 20s Subaru this weekend while my dad was looking for new cars and the interior on that was NICE compared to what I'm used to. If I was buying a small roadster such as a Sky, MX5, or Solstice I'd expect it to be on par with that midlevel Forester from Subaru I saw.

 
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^i think everyone on this page has demonstrated that...

 
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This is the first car Saturn ever had that a dealer has orders for before it's even out.So I think GM has a HUGE winner here.Now it's to see if GM does the same thing they did ti the Solstice when it came.13000 orders and only built 7 or 8000 units.Pissed alot of customers off.

GM is catching up.They have no choice if they want to sell cars.

here's a new GM Quality article
http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/a...604100374/1014

here's a couple things on Toyota
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/12287260/
http://www.chicagotribune.com/busine...i-business-hed

 
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those belt units are made by takata, the "JDM" seatbelt company.

 
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Heres some bit that might help you get over the saturn hump. Just think about it as a Opel, not a saturn. The body was designed in europe, I think I read somewhere Birmingham, England. Unfortunately I was noticing that the Opel GT got a 6 speed where as the Sky Redline is only a 5. Trying to cut into a higher priced roadster market they are really going to need that 6 speed. But the normal 177 hp model is pretty much taking aim at the miata, and really might have a chance since they went for agressive styling but as a driver entunsist car, everything I had read the miata has won. But the redline still has yet to be compared. http://www.fast-autos.net/roadTests/4/
You can look at that for the solstice/miata comparision.

Overall major news for GM they may have managed to make * gasp * an appealing mid priced car.