This entry was posted on Saturday, January 31st, 2009 at 9:13 am and is filed under cars. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.
Car Profiles
Just another Car Blog
The New And Improved Saturn SC2
Also known as the GM sports coupe, Saturn SC2 is one of the first models produced in this line in the early and mid 90s. The introduction of the S Series by General Motors worked a smart plan to diminish the influence of the Japanese cars on the American market. With the success reputed by Saturn SC2, Japan and Taiwan actually began imports of these vehicles on their markets, which only proves that the reputation GM got for the Saturn S Series was not void of content. In the years following the release, no improvements have been made to Saturn SC2, upgrades appeared as late as 1999.
A suicide door was added on the lateral back of the Saturn SC2 model on the driver’s part. For the coupe design, this additional feature was a big change as it was a sure innovation in the manufacturing of sports cars. Only cab pickup trucks had such a lateral door, and no other regular vehicle use one. The manufacturing of Saturn SC2 continued until 2003 when GM took the decision of replacing the S Series with a new smarter model, Saturn Ion. The production of this latter model also ceased in 2007 as well when GM chose a new market approach.
Saturn SC2 was also remarkable by the manual transmission that triggered a very efficient fuel consume. One gallon of gas was enough for forty miles according to the ratings and the data in the Saturn SC2 car highway tests. This initial engine was rated at only 124 horsepower, but in 1995 upgrades became necessary to the initial SC model: thus, the producer added a lower front bumper and a trunk lid reflector, not to mention that the interior was also redesigned. It was the second generation of Saturn SC2 that saw changes in exterior concept that now focused on rather curve lines.
Reviews claim that Saturn SC2 brought little difference from SC1, the latter only received black outside mirrors while the SC2 variant remained with colored ones. Other features of the Saturn SC2 included a traction control system, an antibreak lock and standard fog lamps. Then, in terms of manual transmission, Saturn SC2 and SC1 were identical, and the same similarity was preserved in the dashboard look, daytime running lights and even wheelbase. The improvements of Saturn SC2 were inspired by the sedan and station wagon models produced by General Motors.
Leave a Reply