The Saturn Sky has aged really well

"Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To" (murdersofa) 02/20/2016 at 10:53 • Filed to: None

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This thing is 9 years old now. It still looks contemporary. Take a look at what else GM was making in 2008

So bland and dated. Trailblazer, HHR, Cobalt, Malibu, friggin’ UPLANDER, rental-spec Impalas. Meanwhile...

Man I want one. Decent power, a very square aspect ratio, really wide stock tires, limited-slip differential, looks badass, the hood opens forward, CONVERTIBLE!, and even more impractical than a Miata. Unfortunately a Redline is C5-early C6 Corvette money, which is faster, nicer interior, makes a better noise, and is more practical.

I always loop back...

daender > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 02/20/2016 at 11:00

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The reason the Saturn looks so good is because it’s really an Opel GT, and Opel really did a great job styling it. The Solstice doesn’t look anywhere near as good as the Sky/GT

gin-san - shitpost specialist > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 02/20/2016 at 11:10

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It does look nice, but there isn’t a single one listed in Autotrader in my province, let alone a Red Line model.

DoYouEvenShift > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 02/20/2016 at 11:10

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How about a Daewoo?

Good friend of mine has a Soltice GXP. He loves the thing! Had the PCM tuned and the difference is night and day.

Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To > daender 02/20/2016 at 11:13

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Yeah, the Solstice is fugly. But the Opel GT is really just an evolutionary design of the Opel Speedster which brings back SO MANY MEMORIES of Need for Speed Hot Pursuit II, and was also funded by GM

DoYouEvenShift > daender 02/20/2016 at 11:14

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I prefer the Solstice hardtops.

Even the ones with aftermarket tops look great.

daender > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 02/20/2016 at 11:26

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61hp > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 02/20/2016 at 11:28

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They are still quite fetching.

My only real knock against it and its twins is how much of a pain the roof is, especially when compared to a Miata.

I don't see too many of them in SLC, but there is a yellow Redline with a trailer hitch ski rack I see often and it always makes me smile.

Gone > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 02/20/2016 at 11:49

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And you can toss 315s under them. So much tire...mmmmm...

Urambo Tauro > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 02/20/2016 at 11:51

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I can’t not see it:

BeaterGT > daender 02/20/2016 at 11:51

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Solstice Coupe objects!

RX > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 02/20/2016 at 11:58

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Opel Speedster was a rebodied lotus Elise with a GM engine. Built at the lotus factory.

The 07-09 Opel GT was built in America and was essentially a rebadged sky

MultiplaOrgasms > RX 02/20/2016 at 12:00

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And all of them came with the 2.0 Turbo.

PatBateman > Urambo Tauro 02/20/2016 at 12:01

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Dammit.

Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To > DoYouEvenShift 02/20/2016 at 12:10

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The GXP is way faster but God damn they’re ugly

DoYouEvenShift > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 02/20/2016 at 12:23

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I like them both equally.

The NA ones will drop enough in price eventually. LS swaps for everyone!

EmbraceTheRasp > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 02/20/2016 at 12:39

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I love these cars, except that they had too much chrome. They still look better than the Solstice (also a fun car) which suffered from Pontiac’s typical craziness with plastic.

The trunks on both cars can barely hold a folded MacBook Air (only a slight exaggeration) but they are so sweet to drive.

The C6 however, is a great car. A vette I’d own for sure.

-C

Connqr > daender 02/20/2016 at 13:05

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This was my childhood game. It’s... It’s.. (Single tear rolls down face) beautiful.

Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire > daender 02/20/2016 at 13:20

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Nope, the Opel was the rebaged Saturn in this case.

daender > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire 02/20/2016 at 13:51

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Well now, I learned something new today!

Chariotoflove > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 02/20/2016 at 14:33

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Yes it has, the Sky and the Solstice. I still enjoy seeing them on the road. And you know, used ones are not that cheap! People still want them.

boxrocket > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 02/20/2016 at 14:35

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the outside has held up far better than the jellybean solstice. Both interiors are cramped, terrible messes that shouldn’t have left the concept car stage. The ssr and Camaro share the same concept-car package with terrible production execution (though the Camaro has been around long enough to resolve many of the initial problems, but still fails the visibility test).