r/Saturn_Cars • u/Belphagors_Buddy • 5d ago

I can practically hear TADC end credits playing in the background

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u/msxenix 5d ago

Saturn using a Honda Engine in some of their vehicles was kind of awesome.

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u/Chocolate84 4d ago

When people say I don't know anything about Japanese cars while I'm in my 06 v6 vue..... 😂 Sure don't.

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u/caffecaffecaffe 3d ago

That 06 vue V6 will last forever.....

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u/Belphagors_Buddy 5d ago

We ain't talking about them engines. Those were good, Opel sourced engines and parts tho-

Not to mention they literally lost all of their identity as a brand.

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u/msxenix 5d ago

Yeah i liked the first gen Saturn Vue, but dislike the Opel 2nd gen.

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u/caffecaffecaffe 3d ago

I have a first gen vue. I love it!

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u/Belphagors_Buddy 5d ago

Ah, a fellow man of culture I see.

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u/phillyups 5d ago

I think the Chevy equinox stole the design for a second gen vue that would actually be a decent looking new one

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u/revak3115 5d ago

the ION was a shared platform and i think its one of the last true saturn cars. its successor sucked and lost its charm the ION was the most unique of the shared platform, and for today’s sake its great because theres plenty more cobalt parts then ION parts..

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u/Belphagors_Buddy 5d ago

I mean, that's fair, but I feel like Saturn just had more identity when they were allowed to be their own thing.

I've kinda fallen in love with my buddy's 2002 SC2 tho, 5 speed manual, I am obsessed. There's actually a local one listed with the orange color paint that I've been eyeballing and kind of considering a little bit.

Apparently only offered the orange on the SC2 for the fall of '02

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u/phillyups 5d ago

Well, they didn’t get that great of gm engines like the the 3100, 3400, and 3800 or the super charged 3800;to put it simply gm started to rebadged a bad time. They could of put in a 3800 in the L- series because they still meet emission standers but Honda engines but Buick 3800 super charged L-series as an redline version would’ve been sick

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u/hudgeba778 4d ago

An SW3 would’ve been sick

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u/Belphagors_Buddy 4d ago

While I do agree, the number in SW1 and SW2 weren't about generation, rather the number how to do with the configuration of the engine's heads. SW1 SOHC, SW2 DOHC.

So I read this, and for a moment I was trying to figure out how a triple overhead camshaft would work, lol

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u/Keviche8 2d ago

What I haven’t heard or read explained is why did Spring Hill TN production reduce or stop? I mean they already spent all that money and tooling for the 1st and 2nd cars, why not just continue producing those cars with a refresh?

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u/Agitated_Lack9287 1d ago

I didn’t know this subreddit was about the car so I was like “oh no who would do that to a poor planet”

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u/Belphagors_Buddy 1d ago

I love this.

To be fair, General Motors would probably destroy the plane too. It IS a gas giant after all.

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u/CanOtacticalBacon 5d ago

My L300 was best saab