Saturn Sky surely makes a surprising differentiation from the traditional Saturn car concept: we are talking about the first sports car in the division with an immense market success. Saturn Sky represents a very new brand in the Saturn group, even if it shares some of its 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 offers 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 produced in the Red Line is definitely more expensive reaching up to around $30,000; yet in case you go for the five speed automatic you could be saving $5,000.
What does the Red Line bring new in the Saturn Sky model? There is a better suspension over the standard quality present with the basic Saturn Sky model, plus, the stability control is also upgraded. Dual exhausts, pretentious leather decorations in the interior with special tachometer and digital control panel are just a few other characteristics of the Saturn Sky luxury variant advertised since the end of 2006. Add on options are found with the dealers in case you want to enhance some specificity of a standard Saturn Sky, and this applies very well to the improvement of the suspension.
Conversions of the Saturn Sky into more powerful vehicles is well accomplished by Mallet Cars, Ohio who have registered exceptional results with the adjustment of the car with a V8 engine. Thus the resulting horsepower is not lower than 400 with the turbocharged models overpassing 750 horsepower. The torque or the brakes are other Saturn Sky parts that can undergo various configurations either custom-made or not.
Last but not least, Saturn Sky has been subjected to electric conversions, or at least efforts are being made in that direction by teams interested in making it more profitable as an autonomous 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 huge gas consume, which is surely alarming for environmentalists. With the ever stricter need to use the planet resources wisely, time may come when gas-powered engines become an extinct car production segment.
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