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It's all about location: Saturn Astra fuel economy impressions vary

Click the Astra for a high res gallery The launch of the new Saturn Astra marked a turning point for GM's youngest brand as it finally abandoned the idea of making a different kind of American small car to compete with imports. The Astra is in fact an import produced in Europe by Opel. For its initial production run, Saturn is only offering the car with one engine, a 1.8L four cylinder, and a choice of either a 5 speed manual or 4 speed automatic transmission. Here at ABG we've only had a couple of brief opportunities to drive the new Astra ... Read more →

General Motors to introduce smaller 1.4L turbo on US small cars next year Sam Abuelsamid

Saturn Astra production could shift to US Sam Abuelsamid

Saturn bringing Astra test drive events to cities around the US this fall Sam Abuelsamid

Before the new Saturn Astra officially goes on sale in January, GM's Euro-American division is conducting a promotional road show with the new compact. The Astra test drive program kicks off this ...

Another driving impression of the Saturn Astra Sam Abuelsamid

Over at Inside Line they've got a driving impression of the upcoming Saturn Astra. The new Astra is coming to Saturn showrooms by way of GM's European branch at Opel and officially goes on sale ...

It's all about location: Saturn Astra fuel economy impressions vary 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

General Motors to introduce smaller 1.4L turbo on US small cars next year 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

It looks like General Motors is going to move forward with production of new turbocharged 1.4L four cylinder engines next year and best of all we'll get them in some U.S. models. Last summer at GM's annual powertrain technology showcase, the company had a prototype Opel Astra equipped with just ...

Saturn Astra production could shift to US 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

It's always been tough for automakers to build small cars profitably in the United States. The high overhead that they faced, combined with limited demand for small cars, made things tough. When GM decided to start selling the Opel Astra as a new small Saturn in the US market they started off by ...

Saturn bringing Astra test drive events to cities around the US this fall 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Before the new Saturn Astra officially goes on sale in January, GM's Euro-American division is conducting a promotional road show with the new compact. The Astra test drive program kicks off this weekend in San Francisco before making its way to Miami in mid-December. At each stop, GM will be ...

Another driving impression of the Saturn Astra 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Over at Inside Line they've got a driving impression of the upcoming Saturn Astra. The new Astra is coming to Saturn showrooms by way of GM's European branch at Opel and officially goes on sale January 2nd. ABG got to drive an prototype Astra powered by a 1.4L turbo a few weeks ago but the version ...

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