@@MyerShift7 yeh but those side wall flex more. Trade offs I guess

@@Kremithefrog1 You want some flex in a sidewall on street car.

@@Kremithefrog1 You thought wrong.

Now its upgrade to 14" screen blah

Acc0rd79 the union put a lot of pressure to kill them off and when they became shareholders after the bailout they insisted it be killed

pop up headlights bud.

@@robertgary3561 that and the internal meddling brought upon by GM higher ups and all other sorts of infighting gms products were failing and they somehow felt it was smart to put their failing vehicles in the lineup of one of their smallest (and most financially stressed/failing) brands, near the end it was a miracle saturn was kept on life support, and when the C.F.O was asked under oath what their financial status was she really didn't know, gm ran saturn like they ran pontiac and oldsmobile, same products and problems different price tag and badge.

@@MyerShift7 sounds like most GM muscle cars to me. Noizy, ratty, uncivilized... total Camaro words.

Saturn made GM improve quality in its brands; you would see me own one..

Kia Forte

Gdsamplify Hyundai Veloster

Earth Wind Fire Magic Scion TC or Toyota 86 or Subaru brz. all essentially the same car

Derik Mahoney Not the TC. Plus, the trio gets kinda crappy gas mileage and are more expensive than these

Derik Mahoney Scion TC and Toyota 86. Two way different cars.

The Nissan's GA16DE engine did too

It was also because in 1991-1992 Saturn 1.9L engines had a factory GM Exhaust header vs a more restricted exhaust manifold that they added later due to complaints about the noise. I have a 1995 Sl2 still and bought the stock header off of the 1991 Sl from a Saturn junkyard to add more power to mine. Of course I have more added parts to mine as well to quicken it up even more but.including bigger throttle body and ported, polished intake manifold, stiffer springs, polyurethane suspension, carbon fiber seibon hood, and cold air intake.. They were a good quality car. Mine is still outliving the other 2000 SC2 that my mother has, and my father's car which is a 2006 is already having transmission problems, so the old warrior satty is still holding up to this day!

@@junechris lol

@@junechris the Saturn had a German Opel engine. Nothing to do with GM. As all Saturns

@@accobra4272 You are thinking of the later junk year Saturn's after 2005. . There's no data anywhere mentioning or suggesting any part of the early S series being made or designed by opel but since your a ford guy, I guess you have your biases to shit on anything made by GM.

GT6SuzukaTimeTrials Ya Im that age now.

I'm "only" 31 lol

GT6SuzukaTimeTrials I wonder how they turned out. Are they even alive. Homeless. Rich.

Mixed bag, I'm sure.

Lol I was thinking about that too

No it is not. Enjoy your nostalgia. Memories...the only thing you get to keep.

Sir Mutton Chops It's been over twenty years, so nostalgia is in full swing.

zep head Tell that to someone with Alzheimer's.

No it is not.

These are almost classic cars now.

Rob Brown have you looked at the 2017 Chevy Cruze hatchback. With the added sport option makes it look good

yes and a cruze will smoke a beemer of the same class in road rally. and they just aren't beating the beemers theyre mopping the track with them.

The Cruze is no comparison, its almost as heavy as a 2000-2005 Impala..

+diablomix My Parents used to have the SC2, it was a blast to drive.

I had two of them. They were built to a price for sure.

I still see SC2s around occasionally. More often than I see any of the others from this comparo.

worst part was the sc series burned oil. both mine burned a quart every 3000 miles from. 75,000 on. And I'm an oil change fanatic. I change every 4000 with full synthetic. bought both cars new the rings were crap. gm knew it too. I had a 1993 and 2002. wasn't fixed in all that time. probably would have cost $15 to fix in the design.

diablomix Exactly....and GM had something great, with the outside body of the car, dent resistant, rust proof...it was the car for the future....and styling was very good looking 🙄

Horrible unreliable cars

Personally speaking, Saturns have been my most reliable car.

+jon doe Saturn gets a 4.1 out of 5 on Edmunds consumer reviews. That's pretty good, and from people I have talked to it's pretty reliable and cheap to fix.

+iDrive4fun93 .. To be honest, I am glad to hear that someone had better luck than I.... I had mine for 9 months, it spent more time at the dealership than it did in my garage. One thing after another. It was the only vehicle that left me stranded on the side of the road..

+jon doe every carmaker has a lemon off the assembly line. I had an 1997 Acura Integra GSR that was like that, broke down constantly, and my brother had a 1997 Subaru Impreza Outback Sport with the 2.2 that spent 6 of the 9 months he owned it in the shop or on jack stands. I warped the head twice in the 3 months I owned the Integra. My brother threw a rod and warped the crankshaft in his Subaru, plus lots of brake, wheel bearing, engine seal, and fuel line issues with both cars. My starter went in the Integra as well. The 5 speed trans in both cars were very solid as were the clutches.

Prius

Corolla comes pretty close

GT86

@@basshead. ehh, GT86 is kind of a stretch here. It's a lot less affordable and much more of a sacrifice in practicality than a Paseo. Idk, that's just my opinion.

they also made the Sera which is an even smaller Paseo with Doors that Inspired the McLaren F1's doors.

I've had mine '99 SC2 for 13 years. Great car and a breeze to work on.

Couldn't agree more! I have a 2001 Echo, arguably the last of the simple, uncomplicated and lightweight front-drive Toyotas. Not as fun to sling around as a Paseo but it gets the job done and it's relatively fun to drive around town and decent on longer trips. I'm keeping it 'til it dies or gets wrecked.

I currently own one, it's my first and only car. I honestly don't plan on getting rid of it. It's fun to drive and easy to maintain, im planning on bolting a turbo on it after I rebuild rhe engine.

@@Tuneman1984 have had 2 Echos and adore them both. Oil and gas and no more

I get questions about it all the time. Tercel's? people know what they are but the Paseo is definitely different I also have a storm which gets looks and every so often accused of being a Camaro rip-off... And the little Nissan NX I have? Nobody knows what the hell it is

They still make this car. It’s just called a Yaris today. Check out the specs on the GR Yaris if you want to see something crazy.

my first car was an 86 celica gts that I bought for 2500 bucks in 1995. it was awesome.

Lol! I wanted a Roadmaster!

I have a 00 SW2. It has 283,000, just rebuilt the engine & clutch.

My father n law had a 95 sl2 5 speed and that thing would run neck to neck with a 2001 grand prix 3800 if you knew how to drive a stick.

Yup i had a similar situation with some hillbillies in a turbo diesel truck.They thought they were fast as hell till they couldn't pull away from my sl2.You should of seen their jaws drop.I know you can get a dohc honda,but the saturn had a plastic body so it was lighter then your honda civic with steel panels.95 was the best year as you had a 96+ interior with a 95 shark body.

@@pontiachotshot the jaw drop effect is even more satisfying when you have the sw2 :)

The backseat is easier to get into/has more room than a 1999-2002 Mustang.

i think you mean saturn is shit lol.

+GT6SuzukaTimeTrials what about the neeessan?

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that was fun to screw around in I bet, Nissan has allways made pepy nice fun to drive econo cars.

My first car was a saturn sc2 manual and i surprised alot of people in much more powerful cars

I love scoupe

Honestly I wish some trillionaire would buy the rights to the Saturn brand and the model names and bring it back to life

I could use that dent resistant body . A neighbor in my apt complex fender bended me .

I own two saturns with the DOHC, its the most fun car I have ever driven lol

Ironic that Saturn is no more and Hyundai is dominating!

My grandmother owned a saturn sl2 (I belive) from 2002, she had it for 14 years, it had just shy 200k, I loved that little car, although it had transmission issues, I belive it was just from the dicks at her garage that messed with it, ever since she went to a new garage.

"The Hyundai Scoupe was a 2-door coupé based on the Hyundai Excel. The name, a portmanteau of "sporty" and "coupe," was pronounced "scoop". In the UK and other countries it is known as an "S Coupé"." - American Wikipedia 😂". "s coupe" sounds better, imho...

I had one and myself and everybody I knew called it the “scoop” :) .

Everyone called it "scoop" back in the day.

Everyone called it Scoop

It's officially pronounced "scoop" from Hyundai.

😂😂😂😂

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They are almost like toy go-carts!

@@Pau_Pau9 take the panels off the nx1600 and it’s basically a fwd go kart lmao

You must have grown up on the east coast... because that’s exactly what I was thinking!

The JDM-market Sera was way better. And with butterfly doors, too!

Actually, Sera is another car but using the same 5efe. Paseo in Japan was labeled as cynos.

John Smith And It's Very Easy To Get A Speeding Ticket While Driving A Geo Storm Or Geo Metro! If It Says "GEO" On The Hatch Or Trunk, Plan On Getting Pulled Over A Lot And Getting Speeding Tickets! Your Mom Probably Got More Than Her Share Of Speeding Tickets---Oh WAIT! WOMEN Can Talk Their Way Out Of A Ticket. I As A MAN CAN'T!!

Bc they were German=Opel

@@accobra4272 not the early saturns.

The early coupes with pop-up headlights are the most fun of the Saturns. Noticeably less weight than the other Saturns. It's not a huge transformation, but I definitely noticed the difference between the 94 coupe I had and an 02 coupe I later test-drove.

freeman Geiger Saturn's are disposable cars, go to a junk yard and it's full of saturns.

sceneitb4 I had Nissan, Mazda, Mitsubishi with cast iron block and they where cars of the 90s like Saturn was

sceneitb4 I'm glad Saturn is gone they are disposable cars, just drive a Saturn Ion and you will notice.

I’m sorry but... Saturn wasn’t good.

Most s series end up in junk yards because of oil consumption..Keep the oil full. They were pretty damn good cars and do last. Most of the other saturns unfortunately were gm scrap bucket put togethers.

AaronVincentPresents HELL YEAH!!!

I never realized how fun the Saturn Coupe was

It kind of sucks to drive, I had two of them. The interiors are horrible. Hard cheap plastic everywhere.

its a econo car, you're expecting gold leaf?

A new Corolla is a limo compared to these Saturns.

ok so let grip this real quick. youre comparing a brand new car to a 20 year old car is this correct? and if so does this mean the original GT40 is a piece of junk and historically irrelevant because the new ford GT has a/c? and secondly how stupid must you be to compare a 20 y/o car to a brand new one? have you no sense of comparison? I cant believe you just said that

I had a this Saturn in green. Gave it to a friend with 635k on the odometer. It was a great car. Drove it from Boston to Florida and back regularly. Never had a problem.

Well it's got that aggressive sporty look, and it's the fastest and best all around car in the test so...

+bandi53 He's probably in his forties or even fifties today.

We had an 04 Forester in green; now we have a 17 in charcoal.

Why judge someone based on a harmless opinion?

Luck? What are you talking about?@Dave Pawson

it is just gm with a different name really

No it is not. Saturn was part of GM but when they were formed they operated separately from GM. The S-Series cars were designed on their own and are not the same as a cavalier (like the Pontiac Sunfire). S-Series cars are some of the best cars and with a competent owner can last forever. Most of them are pushing 20 years old now and still going strong, they are still everywhere. While their "more reliable" Japanese counterparts are relegated to the scrap heap due to rust. Those plastic body panels were one of the smartest and most practical innovation for the longevity of a car in that time period. Now after 2002 when they discontinued the S series you are correct, they are just a GM in differrent clothes. But the Saturn that was reviewed in this video was unique to Saturn was not a rebranded Chevy.

ZN You don’t speak for everyone, I disagree.

Seatbelts should be a choice, the government shouldn’t impose on anything that only affects the person doing it. I.e wearing a helmet or doing drugs. It hurts no one except the user. It should be legal.

@@maxdavidson5050 No. Every road accident costs government money, which we later pay in taxes.

Wow did you have some terrible taste.

I-95 is nowhere near Atlanta. You'd have to take I-20 about 200 miles west to get to Atlanta from I-95

Joseph Loro FTW! MY Favorite Of The Bunch! Although I'll Take A G-Si Myself!

rwd or fwd?

I own and drive a "91"GSI GEO STORM 5-speed and just did a tune up , the car is quick and fun with good mileage .

Made by Isuzu. The Impulse was the better version of this car.

Yes your right Camaros are just as slow and gutless and the Geo

A 1989 Geo Metro with a manual would give you 59mpg. There's nothing tech about it, it's just an ultra lightweight car with no modern safety features. But as the government mandated more and more safety features, cars got bigger and heavier, it's literally that simple. A big, heavy car takes more power to move. The tech has come in terms of how much more performance we get, but there's still a wall on gas mileage. If you could produce a new car that weights 1900lbs, you'd still get around 50-60mpg.

I see quite a few more saturns than anything else.... the toyotas around where I live all rust out within 10 years.... some much sooner if they're a truck... (like 1 year...lol)

The only ones I ever see on the road are the Saturns. Couldn’t tell you the last time I saw the Toyota or Nissan or hyundai (and I worked at a Hyundai dealer for 4 years). Do see the occasional geo wagon every so often. The Saturns are more likely to be seen around here though (they didn’t rot away as fast as the rest of these cars).

Those gauges were awesome, only thing on that car that wasn't hideous.

Klasse Act but then again you will notice it's a Hyundai because it'll be melted on the side of the road

I love the scoupe

True 💪

Hyundai had not introduced it's logo to the US yet.

Nobody knew Korea would raid the US economically later. I'm surprised teens are listening to stuff like BTS now. Times are changin.

nx2000

Hot80s if it was the NX2000 it would win this hands down. Gas mileage be damned.