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Is Saturn a thing of the past? September 30, 2009

Just recently, GM announced it was going to keep shut down the production of their Saturn vehicles. At the end of 2011 Saturn, vehicles will be no more and they will dwindle with time. GM could not sell the branch and thus they need to close it off to save money. Roger Penske, a racing magnate could not find a manufacturer to continue the production forcing him to walk away from the deal. Penske was going to obtain 371 factories and now all those factories are going to be shutdown and the workers will be released. Penske tried to get another manufacturer to build Saturn cars but they refused because the car did not have their name on it. Saturn will continue to keep Aura, Outlook, Vue, but once 2011 hits they will stop the production. GM decided to sell Saturn because they never brought in money and the only reason they had Saturn was to compete with the smaller Japanese cars.

Saturn began production in the early 80’s and since then it has not actually figured out what to build or even how to continue with one product to keep people interested in it. It seems that every model is being changed and redone because no one actually likes them. This is one major reason why GM says they want out with Saturn. In addition, if GM sells Saturn or even gets rid of it they can potentially get back more money than they lost in the past 26 years.

IS SATURN A THING OF THE PAST? YOU TELL ME

Nick Martorana