Saturn Sky
As compared to the conventional Saturn auto concept, Saturn Sky is a car that surely brings diversity and a touch of surprise in the General Motors collections. Saturn Sky represents a very new brand in the Saturn family, even if it has common features with Pontiac Solstice and Opel GT: this reference points directly at the use of the Kappa automobile platform with all the three cars mentioned above.
Saturn Sky comes with 18 inch wheels and two engine options: you can go for the 177 horsepower Ecotec LE5 engine or the turbocharged one that produces no less than 260 horsepower. Further on, Saturn Sky brings two types of transmission, manual and automatic, and this difference reflects in the price of the vehicles too. The model designed for the Red Line is surely more expensive with a price of about $30,000; yet the five speed automatic variant is almost $5,000 cheaper.
What is there additional in the Red Line Saturn Sky? There is a better suspension over the average quality provided by the basic Saturn Sky model, plus, the stability control is also upgraded. Dual exhausts, unique leather design in the interior with special tachometer and digital control panel are just a few other features of the Saturn Sky luxury variant promoted since the end of 2006. For customers who’d like to make changes and enhance one element or another, dealers have add-on offers, and the most common example here is the suspension upgrade.
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 versions overpassing 750 horsepower. The torque or the brakes are other Saturn Sky parts that can undergo various configurations either custom-made or not.
Furthermore, Saturn Sky is also subject to electric conversions, or at least tests are in progress in that direction by teams interested in making it more price convenient as a fuel-free vehicle. No fuel consume, but the same great feeling a sports car gives? That really sounds awesome!. It goes without saying that a V8 Saturn Sky engine has a high gas consume, which is definitely an alarm bell for environmentalists. With the increasing necessity to use the planet resources responsibly, time may come when gas-powered engines become an extinct car production segment.
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