Saturn Sky...

The Saturn Sky came to town today. Free drinks, food, 1/18 diecast. No
roadtests yet. Take a look...

http://current.net/james1549/sky.html

James

 

I cannot wait for it to get here.

Still have yet to see one with a top on it. I hear it was going to be a soft
top but I have not been able to back that up with any proof.

 

Hey, I want a die cast toy!

Can't wait for the SKY to roll into town here. Hmm, Saturn STILL isn't
showing what the top up looks like?

marx404

 

The factory rep on hand claims there are no plans in the immediate
future for a coupe or removable hard top. He told me the car on display
did NOT have a top at all. They wouldn't even open the hood.

James

 

Wonder if the car on disply's just a dead shell to give people an idea
what it looks like? *shrug*

One nice thing, I read it's actually a RWD car, so many there's hope at
GM afterall? Now all we need is a better looking RWD Impaler, and I
might actually go to a GM dealer. The new Charger looks nice but behind
every great mopar motor's a mopar transmission, plus it's too big and 4
door. The new rustang looks great but has a pussy motor. 4.6L V8?
Hello Ford, this is a musclecar, not a Crown Vic. I hear the interior
sucks too...

I like the Impaler, but can't bring myself to buy a FWD one. Come on
GM, you got an easy sale here - give it RWD and a decent V8, and make it
look badass, and I'm in.

At least the Sky being RWD shows there's hope, though. too bad the
3800's not offered on it - I'm never buying a 4 cylinder car if I can
avoid it...

 

Pop the hood of the Charger, see a packed cluster f*&^ed engine
compartment, walk away... Pop the hood of the Rustang, see a packed
cluster f*&^ed engine compartment, walk away...

The bad thing about the Ecotec is it doesnt get great gas mileage but
its still the best 4 banger out there.

The 3800's are being dropped by the bean counters for an engineering
nightmare called the 60 degree v6. The Sky is a Kappa Platform and GM
was going to come out with a Zeta platform which was also going to be a
RWD sedan platform but the F*&$ING IDIOTS postponed its development for
increased SUV productions!!! With gas prices going only in one direction
and the continued drop in SUV sales WTF ARE THEY THINKING!!! I am
getting so SICK of SUV's! They are so damn worthless...

Here is my wish, a all aluminum Series IV 3800 making the following
220hp NA / 275hp SC / 310hp TC
With Displacement on Demand and only in RWD vehicles. I might actually
consider buying a "brand new" car then. Right now I see no reason to
part with my Bonneville for the next 5 to 10 years.

 

Yeah, that's what scares me. The new Rustang looks great, but the
interior I hear sucks and still, a sub 5 liter 8 in a musclecar? Yuk. I
don't care that it's the magic 'modular' motor or that it's politically
correct. It's a fucking musclecar. The point is your right foot
controls how fast you hit Mach 1 and how much of the world hears you...

But it's still a 4 banger. And no matter how good they get, I always
find them lacking...

Another brilliant GM move - kill off the best motor in the industry.

Typical GM. What idiot spends 50 grand on Suburban anyway? the only
way a Suburban is ever cool is if it's an older one that's jacked up
high enough you can drive over a Corvette without damaging it.

There's an orange Chevy pickup for sale near me that just screams
badass. My mind says no fucking way but it just looks like FUN. And
it's high enough that you can just sit under it when you do the oil...

SUV sales in general are done. The big fad's faded. People are sick of
them. Sedans are the next big thing.

I wish GM would wake up and get on the RWD bandwagon bigtime, along with
shoreing up their V6/V8 offerings. Or, go with the old Nova concept
circa 1970 - a nice looking car that you could get just about any
powertrain you wanted in it, along with granny car to badass tire smoker
tirm options. Didn't they offer like 7 or 8 engines on that thing for a
year or two? There's a zillion of 'em still out there because they
bsold a zillion of 'em in the first place because you could get the
things however the heck you wanted.

Come on GM, you've got the best transmissions, the best engines out
there. Get the rest of the car up to snuff and you'll get people in the
showroom bigtime. Quit it with the silly HHR stuff and blandola FWD
grannymobiles already. Let Toyota make the frek cars and grab the
granny market. Most people under 30 wouldnt' be caught dead behind the
wheel of a Camary as it is. Leverage that to your advantage...