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Officially Official: Fisker buys GM's Wilmington Delaware plant

In Wilmington, Delaware this morning, Governor Jack Markell was joined by Vice President Joe Biden and Henrik Fisker (seen at right) for the official announcement about the purchase of General Motors' closed plant there. Fisker will re-tool the plant to build a new, more affordable plug-in hybrid sedan to slot in below its more luxurious Karma. The goal is to have the model sell for under $40,000 after federal tax credits. The current schedule is to have the car in production by the end of 2012 with volumes getting up to 75,000-100,000 ... Read more →

Rumormill: DeLorean Motor Company considering rescuing Pontiac Solstice? Noah Joseph

General Motors has made a science out of sharing platforms. So when the company's Kappa platform was introduced for a new rear-drive roadster to be distributed across three different motor ...

Confirmed: GM and Penske outline deal for Saturn - Aura, Vue, Outlook to live on Chris Paukert

Confirming a report we posted on earlier today, General Motors has reached a preliminary agreement to handover the Saturn marque to the Penske Automotive Group. In GM's official statement after the ...

BREAKING: GM reportedly agrees to sell Saturn to Penske Chris Paukert

According to The New York Times, General Motors has come to terms with a consortium led by industry icon Roger Penske to sell its ailing Saturn brand. The agreement, which is expected to be announced ...

Pontiac Solstice and Saturn Sky could live on... with different parents Damon Lavrinc

General Motors' acting CEO Fritz Henderson has said the Wilmington, DE plant that currently produces the Pontiac Solstice and Saturn Sky could be sold if a buyer was interested in producing the ...

Rendered speculation: Chevrolet Sky-Volt? 6 months ago on Autoblog

One of the many unfortunate casualties of General Motors' financial apocalypse is the loss of the Kappa platform, the small, rear-wheel drive architecture underpinning the Pontiac Solstice and Saturn Sky. With both of those brands being discontinued and no plans to migrate any models over to GM's ...

Rumormill: GM kills the Kappa II platform 1 year ago on Autoblog

The ruthless pruning continues, with GM Inside News reporting that the rear-wheel-drive Kappa II platform has gone to heaven before ever touching this mortal coil. Back in 2004, a vehicle line executive said "The Kappa architecture is a great platform for sporty, driver-oriented applications around ...

Saturn officially hip, launches blog and social networking site 1 year ago on Autoblog

GM is working hard to ensure that its newest automotive division, Saturn, is considered cool, hip and edgy. In this day and age, that means the interwebs, specifically a blog and social networking site. According to a post by Saturn General Manager Jill Lajdziak on GM's FastLane blog, ...

SEMA 2007: Saturn Super Sky 2 years ago on Autoblog

Click for high-res gallery of Super Sky shots from SEMA Although it was already shown at the Sport Compact Performance show in Montreal a couple of weeks ago, this funky Canadian-built Saturn caught our eyes here in Las Vegas. This "Top Tuner" Saturn "Super" Sky is like no other Saturn we've ever ...

Lutz lets a bit of Edmunds survey slip, GM takes 13 first place picks 2 years ago on Autoblog

Sometimes news is just too good to keep to yourself. Just ask GM Vice Chairman Bob Lutz. With his company supposedly claiming 13 spots on Edmund's Consumers' Most Wanted list, Lutz just had to brag a bit on the corporate blog before the winners were made public. And he should brag. Most other car ...

Sky's the Limit: GM intros the Opel GT for Europe 2 years ago on Autoblog

Click photo for gallery with 54 additional hi-res images Badge-engineering is a two-way street when it comes to the relationship between Saturn and Opel. While we're eagerly awaiting the arrival of the Saturn Astra, our friends across the pond are welcoming the new Opel GT (née Saturn Sky ...

Sky and Solstice evolve for the better 3 years ago on Autoblog

There are a handful of things that have kept the Solstice and Sky off our list of favorite sports cars. The Red Line and GXP versions went a long way towards addressing many of those concerns. There remain, however, some infuriating little details that seem to want to ruin the whole experience for ...

SEMA: Gravana "Tuning Turbo" Saturn Sky 3 years ago on Autoblog

So, what's better than a hotted up Solstice in the affordable domestic, rear-wheel drive roadster category? It's a small category, we know, with only two members: the aforementioned Solstice and its mechanical twin, the Saturn Sky. We tend to prefer the looks of the Sky, quite frankly, and we're ...

GM sets pricing for 2007 Saturn Sky Red Line 3 years ago on Autoblog

The Saturn Sky is a great-looking, powerful, and immensely desirable American roadster. The Sky Red Line takes all of that goodness and infuses it with 260 horsepower and 260 lb-ft of torque via a 2.0L turbocharged Ecotec four. That's good for a 5.5-second 0-60 time and a 13.9-second quarter mile. ...

No pressure: Lutz says Saturn will be GM's hottest brand this year 3 years ago on Autoblog

General Motors' Bob Lutz has high expectations for Saturn this year -- he says it will be the company's hottest brand. While Chevrolet should see the biggest growth in terms of overall units, Lutz says that the company's floundering progeny from Spring Hill will represent GM's highest ...

G2X Roadster means Sky is falling on Daewoo 3 years ago on Autoblog

Never thought we'd see the Saturn Sky rebadged as a Daewoo, but that day has come. Enter the G2X roadster, intro'd at the Busan Motor Show. Like the Sky and the Solstice, Daewoo is using the vehicle as a halo and a way to lure in some younger buyers as it narrows the gap between it and Kia Motors. ...

"Like always," Saturn unveils new advertising campaign 3 years ago on Autoblog

"Like always, like never before." Sibling site Adjab reports that Saturn will be taking a different tactic in marketing its new vehicles: the Aura, Outlook, and Sky. According to the linked article Brandweek, the marketing campaign will be promoting all the vehicles as a unit with the ...

Saturn previews Sky Red Line ahead of New York debut 3 years ago on Autoblog

The dust has barely settled from the debut of Saturn's Sky roadster, and Saturn is already unveiling a high-performance variant. The big news is under the hood, where the Red Line model gets the Ecotec turbocharged direct-injection engine, good for an inspiring 260 hp at 5300 rpm and 260 ft-lb of ...

Sky high? Saturn dealers gouging buyers of new roadster 3 years ago on Autoblog

Saturn dealers, famed for their 'no hassle, no haggle' pricing and ‘shiny, happy people’ image is under fire. For what may be the first time ever, the General Motors brand has a product in such demand that they are charging market premiums in addition to MSRP. The long-anticipated 2007 ...

Saturn Sky pricing announced 3 years ago on Autoblog

GM announced today that the 2007 Saturn Sky will start at $23,690. That price is for a 5-speed manual, while a Sky with a 5-speed auto will set you back $24,540. The press release indicates only that the roadster will be available this spring, so we have no firm date for when it will go on sale. ...






Autoblog Podcast #154: Gobbling up the News

Chris, Sam, and Dan kick out a podcast just in time for the long holiday drive.

 
 

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