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GM to discontinue mild hybrid Malibu, Vue, Aura for 2010 model year

It's being reported that among the models that General Motors has decided to discontinue going into the 2010 model year are its existing mild hybrids. The Chevy Malibu, and Saturn Aura and Vue have been available with GM's belt-alternator-starter (BAS) system since 2007 but have never sold in any significant volumes. The system primarily provided automatic start stop functionality with a little bit of electric boost and regeneration. The system was limited by a weak motor and 36V battery system. We checked with GM's hybrid spokesman Brian ... Read more →

Top 5 hybrid SUVs available today, number 2: Saturn Vue

Click the Saturn Vue Hybrid for a high res gallery The Saturn Vue was the first hybrid model from General Motors and has lived on through an entire model cycle. For 2008, the Vue was completely ...

Saturn drops the Green Line moniker

Click above for a high-res gallery of the Two-Mode Vue Ever since the initial hybrid version of the Saturn Vue, the "different kind of company" chose to go its own way by badging its fuel-saving ...

Volt pricing and timing takes another twist: under $30 grand by 2010?

Click the Volt for a high-res gallery Round and round we go... where we stop, nobody knows! That sounds like an apt description of the merry-go-round that is the Chevrolet Volt, especially when ...

In the AutoblogGreen Garage: 2008 Saturn Vue Green Line Hybrid

Click the Saturn Vue Hybrid for a high res gallery Back in mid-2006, GM rolled out its first mainstream production hybrid, the Saturn Vue Green Line, fairly late in its product life cycle. That one ...

Chicago Auto Show: 2008 Saturn Vue Green Line Hybrid unveiled 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

click the photo for high-resolution images of the 2008 Saturn Vue Green Line We've just brought you our take on driving the 2007 Saturn Vue Green Line hybrid SUV, and now we can gear up and get ready for the '08. Saturn announced today that the new version (along with the non-hybird '08 Vue Red ...

LA Times says the Saturn Vue Green Line hybrid is really more chartreuse 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

When is a hybrid not really a hybrid? When it's a "mild" hybrid, with a battery pack that can slightly improve fuel economy, but cannot drive the car on its own. The Saturn Vue Green Line is one of these mild hybrids, and the LA Times' Dan Neil was certainly unimpressed with it. He calls the Vue ...



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