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Germans Land on Saturn and Things Shape Up

Saturn is making a comeback, but the cars aren’t really emanating from Detroit, according to the New York Times.

There is a good reason that some of the new Saturns — the no-apologies Aura sedan, the new Vue crossover utility wagon and a crisp Astra compact yet to come — are easily the best-looking, best-driving cars ever to grace a Saturn dealership: they’re German.

Specifically, they’re Opels, courtesy of G.M.’s Deutsche division. Sure, they’re wearing Saturn badges on their metal (no more plastic) lapels, and get a nip here and a tuck there from United States designers and engineers. But the Astra, Aura and Vue are near clones of the respective Opel Astra, Vectra and Antara models sold in Europe.

Posted by Peter C. T. Elsworth  at 9:55 AM to GM | Permalink

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