The way I see it, those who don't like Saturn fall into 1 of 2 categories: either you have never owned a Saturn, or you owned an Ion.

It's the parsley of interior trim. I like that analogy.

God, what I wouldn't give for midsize wagons to come back to the U.S.

A good friend of mine naught a new Saturn back in the late 90s and when I drove him to the dealership, we were blown away by how nice the salespeople were. Most of them were firmer school teachers and aircraft mechanics. We commented on how laid back everyone was and as it turned out, Saturn would not hire anyone who was a car salesperson. They wanted salespeople with no bad car sales habits or mannerisms. Apparently these people did not work on commission but drew a salary, hence, no pushy sakes people. My friend was pleasantly surprised by the experience, especially since it was his first NEW car. I was tempted to get one myself but couldn't't bring myself to spend all that money on a new car with front wheel drive.

He's right 1999-2000 was a really good year for the world

I had this car, it was fantastic. Comically underpowered - in order to have any sort of acceleration on the highway I had to turn off the AC (which I called "engaging turbo mode")

Saturn cars always got killed by car magazines because of panel gaps. Those plastic panels could never fit as well as classic sheetmetal. You had to allow for expansion in the plastic.

Saturn was a great car company that got completely screwed up by GM's shortsighted business model. When gas was cheap and the economy was booming, all GM wanted to do was sell Yukons and Suburbans and make just enough economy cars to placate the Feds. Saturn was a victim of that. My Saturn SL1 was a great car from top to bottom. My LS1 was an Opel with a Saturn engine and transmission. The engine and transmission held up great. The Opel suspension, not so much. I'll never buy another GM vehicle because of how they destroyed Saturn.

I'm buying a Saturn as my first car in a few months, just like pretty much everyone else in my extended family. All because my Grandma walked into a Saturn dealership in 1991 and had the best car buying experience of her life. Funny how something simple like that lead to 5 other people in my family buying one. Wish Saturn was still around!

The nostalgia took me back so hard I forgot I was watching this video in 720p from my own place. What simple and wonderful times we had. Thanks, RCR. Thanks, Saturn. God bless.

The first gen Saturns really were different. GM had been getting crapped on for a long time by the Japanese imports, and so they thought they would engineer something to sway the opinions of the foreign car buyers. The Saturn engines at that time were cutting edge for GM...closer to the Japanese than say, a Quad 4. But then GM decided that Saturn didn't really need it's own identity, and made it a badge-engineered division. We know the rest of the story.

So basically GM wanted to create a new kind of company from scratch and then when they successfully did, they killed it

All your base models are belong to us

I own a 2000 LS2 Saturn and in my mind is an unbelievably good car. i have the 3.0l and it has never given me issues... oh and the performance from that little v6 is just amazing! if Mr.Regular wanted to do a v6 sedan version of the l series i would be happy to throw him the keys so he can relive the early 2000s again... well until i want the car back 3 hours later :P

I miss the 90s so much. A simpler, better time.

saturn: the cars from gm that are actually made well

Oh Saturn, how I miss them. Hands down the best dealership experience I have ever had was taking my ION to them for maintenance, you could tell the just genuinely cared for you. :/ I miss them!!!

I would fuckin' LOVE to get stoned and go test drive cars with this dude.

Aww shit... I remember listening to Evanescence on my Koss CD player.

Saturn: The AK-47 of American cars :)

My first car was a 1996 Saturn SL2. Bought it new off the lot. Still have the picture they took with all the salespeople around the car (that was a real thing, and a big deal, apparently). Kept it for 7 years before someone totaled it. Bought a 2001 L200. Kept that for 11 years. Replaced the engine once (timing chain snapped), couldn't do it again when the chain broke in the 2nd engine. Fast forward to the grim landscape of 2021 and my wife's Focus is totaled when Bambi tried to hurdle the front fender. We needed something in cash. Lo and behold, she finds a 2002 Saturn LW200. One owner, under 160k miles, still had all three keys. I have never felt deja vu that strong as when I first sat in the car when she went to pick it up from the car lot.

Cadillac's "Chris Gaines" album... I'm dead.

I'm a huge Saturn fan (own two), and at first, I thought I was going to hate this review. "Oh, another person here to dog the Saturns." But I stayed. And I ended up enjoying this video alot. You really did a great job. By the way, both of my Saturns are well over 200,000, with my daily driver pushing nearly 300,000.

As a european I like my window operating switches on the doors too. But the hazard lights (four something something), I don't care. VW used to have them right between the steering wheel and the instruments which was uncomfortable. But slap bang in the middle is too close for the passengers to meddle with. And yes, they'd meddle. They are assholes.

God, I never thought I'd be obliged to be nostalgic about the year 2000 (this video assumes I am). I am not. My grandma's last car was a 1998 Saturn SL. It was awful: cramped seats (for a kid even), garbage upholstery, a motor with that specific whine which still haunts my dreams, a painful ride, and the smell of stale plastic. It was handed down to my mom, who never put oil in it, and then my sister, who took it up to 100 mph (so the speedometer said) with no oil. When we took it to the crusher, though, I really just felt sorry for it. It wasn't that little white Saturn's fault it sucked so bad (and that it was treated with hatred by people with... *issues*), it had tried to give an enjoyable driving experience for 15 years but only delivered garbage. It had tried so hard but nobody noticed it. I gave it a pat and tore off the front-badge bit of plastic (which was REALLY hard, by the way) and gave it my last goodbye.

Starts with a 9/11 joke. You have my undivided attention.

After watching so many of your videos, I still want to say this is my favorite review. The tangents in regards to the late 90s attitudes, the in depth tech talk, it's the perfect video.

That was my first car, 2002 v6 sedan version made me reminiscence on all those crazy high school days. Never knew Saturn was so special to GM.

This is so well written. I really love the 'madness' of your other videos, but these regular reviews really show your field as an artist.

So Mr Regular knows what a Holden is...

I am way east in Pennsylvania. Don't give up hope, the RCR Roadtrip will happen!

This review really brought back some of the best years of my life. Thank you RCR!

99 saturn sl was my first car, so damn reliable she never died on me

Mr Regular, i have been a fan of yours since pre miata days, i stumbled upon you around the accord episode. Your views offer a sleugh of comfort watching with a trifling amouny of personal favorites duking it out. All of these pertain to a mood that is ever so conditionally perfect. This review is among them, it offers me a cathartic slice of bliss and relaxation, to hear your warm voice describe in admirational nostalgia of an era not by any means 'long ago'. Paired with a carefree (yet lyrically contradictive) 'feed my girl' by the slackers. A island esque care free melody carrying with it lyrics of excess of the world around it confined within a video that conveys listful nostalgia and comfort food memories when things felt like, no matter what, it'll be fine. It's rough right now but tomorrow with an upkept chin, tomorrow, that'll be a new day of any possibility. A perfect use of a bastard brand, a perfect use of a contradictive two tone brooklyn song, and perfect use of placing everything within the era. You glorious bastard; carry on like the soldiers at Malvern Hill. You're making every monday a warm embracement of the week as opposed to its bitter conceived notions once begrudgingly held against it. I'll keep binge watching over and over.

Man i miss my L series wagon...best car ive ever owned...as lame as it sounds. Phenomenal gas mileage and epic reliability.

I love it! LOL...the year 2000....I was graduating college and headed into adulthood and all the post 9-11 craziness that has since been life. I miss the 90's too man!

Got myself a L300 from 2004 and boy i love it

It has the taillights from a Vauxhall Astra G estate!

I've been a subscriber to this channel for almost a year now and this is still my favorite review, hands down.

A very entertaining homage to the greatest decade!! Very enjoyable, and learned a little about the car too LoL

this is my favorite of your videos so far that I've seen... I loved the year 2000 :) also that car is actually really cute!

i stopped in front of my neighbor's L series(same color as vid btw) in my saturn aura i smiled

These are hands down my favorite videos on the internet right now. Keep em comming!

The most perfect analogy of the Saturn brand of the 90s and believe me I worked as a contractor in a local Cleveland Ford plant to know those familiar factory highway-style electronic billboards lol they even made PAC-MAN sounding noises to let you know if the parts were valid or not lol

subscribed in 8 seconds

2:41 behind the Hyundai, is a gold Saturn L-Series Sedan.

I love everything this channel does, but this is probably one of his best reviews.

I love you, RCR! I love hearing the historical context about regular cars!

Saab is far from the rest of those cars listed. They were like Saturn in the sense that they were kinda left apart from the rest of GM. Saab was owned by GM, but they pretty much did their own thing until they drove themselves into the ground

GM: All your saturn belong to us! 2:44

I recently bought the sedan version of this car. It's certainly a nostalgic vehicle. It's a sweetheart. Couldn't love it more.

Your reviews seriously make me so happy.

Back here in 2022 after my beloved LW200 got totaled by some kid on his phone. I miss mine already!

Mr. Regular should have found an S-series. Those were great cars. Especially if you had a 2 at the end. Like my friend's SL2. If he ever gets rid of that thing, I would so buy it off him and fix it up.

Wow you need a radio station your voice and words are incredible. You paint a picture of America and the past so beautifully.

I was gifted a used 95 Saturn SC1 when I was 16 and kept it until it was 20 years old. It was my first and greatest car love. This vid gives me all the warm, fuzzy, high school in the 2000s feels. I'll always love my Satrun ;)

Fuck, brought a tear to my eye.

That was actually really informative.

Love the mellowness and level of focus that RCR brought to this video, and just the general sense of Y2K nostalgia. That, and the old Saturn b-roll is just gold.

I love when you do reviews detailing vehicle/manufacturer histories. I would consider myself a pretty well-read car nerd, but for whatever reason, I never knew much, or cared about the L-series (shocking, I know).

The L series in 2016 is the quintessential blue collar mobile.

HAHAHAH I actually did borrow my mom's '01 Saturn SL..(something) to take my younger brother and his girlfriend to the bowling alley and I'd bet money that limp bizkit was pouring out of those horid cardboard speaker cones. I got a good laugh when I heard that at 45 seconds in to this! awesome!

Your words make me think, and it brings back decent memories. I get a good chuckle from every review. It's a good day.

I wasnt alive for the 90s but how hes remembering the 90s is how I remember the late 2000s and the early 10s right up to when this video was made

Loved our 2003 Ion till we responded to the ignition switch recall. The steering locked up my wife rolled it, the air bag did not go off, now we're w/o a car. My wife is still very sore. Owners BEWARE!

Haha i actually understood the chris gaines reference!!!

Saw this guy got an article written about in him in the NYT. It triggered something in my memory and I suddenly remembered this amazing video!

You should try and review the 2004 Saturn Vue with the 3.5L Honda Engine :o

SAAB modified the chassis and didn't used GM engines (except diesel later). That is why they were great cars compared to others GM cars, but it is part of why they died... theyr greatness made them too expensive to produce for the selling price. Driving a SAAB 9-5 is a very different experience than driving an Opel/Vauxhall/Holden Vectra. As driving an 9-3 is very different than driving an Opel/Saturn... Astra. Same for the 9000 nothing to do with the Lancia Thema. The bad SAAB's were the ones made 100% by GM and were not developped in Sweden (9-2, 9-7x). GM is only starting to respect it's remaining brands but still uses too much common visible parts. SAAB tried to hide the steering wheel GM, but you can find it on 80% of GM cars, even the Camaro has the same steering wheel than a Chey Sonic since 2012, when it has lost his retro styled wheel. GM has a way to kill personnality (except for his two favorite babys, Cadillac and Corvette). The cabin design in every GM cars (not trucks) except Corvette, Camaro, Opel Adam... is the same! same shapes, vents, wheel, stick, gages... Driving an Opel, a Buick, a Chevy, a Cadillac looks too familiar. The difference of price tag between a VW (seen as upmarket in US, everybody's car in EU) and an Audi is more visible. GM is slowly taking out Buick of it's personnality, in the same brand you have RWD american cars and The FWD Opel Insignia rebadge. WHAT IS BUICK philosophy? When Ford had Volvo, Land Rover, Aston Martin and Jaguar... they didn't look a like! (they waited a few years before trying to put a idious Aston Grill on every Car). After being on the edge, american manufacturers came back with really good cars, Ford manages now to use his European/German experience worlwide. The Fiesta and Fusion/Mondeo as best exemple. GM has still some work to do if they want to last. They make good cars... but they have to be great for every one, not just Motor Trend on a Track. Chevy is leaving Europe, and Opel is on a edge (not a Ford). The main reason? None of Opel, Chevy cars is the best in any category, always defeated by french or germans.

A touching trip to the late 90's. I shed a tear. Beautiful.

I own one of these Saturns that you are talking about, and I have the Sedan model with the 3.0 V6. It's funny because my buddy bought a 2015 mustang GT with a 6cyl engine and with my Dual Cam year model 2000 Saturn, I beat him by a long shot! GM almost put too much power into these cars in the year 2000, and I like that!!

Lake Nockamixon?

Didn't SAAB change pretty much everything about the car? Even lengthen the. Fame? That's why SAAB cost so much money. (THANKS TOPGEAR!)

I get that feeling everyday. I commute in my 2000 Saturn LW1, and despite the faulty electrics, plastic exterior, and stunningly bad build quality, the same warm feelings of a cross-country road trip and sleeping in the back with the seats folded down still fills me glee. So thank you for this review, RegularCars. You're spot on!

Love your narration. It soothes me.

Man I miss my 98 Sc2... Was a great car. I kept that thing nice and clean till I sold it in 2014. Then he wrecked it... That son of a bitch...

I am looking forward to when I can order a new car online and have it delivered without having to deal with a sales person.

I first had a Saturn SW2 that was leased. Car never gave me trouble. Then I bought the first Saturn VUE with the six cylinder engine and AWD. It was very dependable. I pre-ordered the car. It was the first one to come into the dealership. They had it in the showroom. When they handed me the keys the entire sales department clapped and cheered for me. I loved the low key way the Saturn Dealerships were run.

i literally squealed with joy when i saw you uploaded a new video. Watching your videos is my absolute favourite thing to do at the computer.

Ehm, the Vectra/ L-series was the same as the Saab 900, later 9-3, not the 9-5. There is my bit of random and useless car-knowledge.

saturn, is *OPEL* for usa

THAT. WAS. AMAZING. As much as I dig the absurdity, this was actually an incredibly well put together narrative. Good job man. Work more of these into the lineup if you could.

These reviews are fantastic! I just found them and haven't been able to stop watching. You should come down and do my SLK 350.

Saturn is GM's Scion it was decidedly Meh but the cars aren't too bad or good...I miss Pontiac Saturn they are what GM needs today...but...we'll never see these again...

What's really weird is I had a dream about Saturn Outlook I saw driving weeks ago and now I'm watching this.

I died when the center console lid was broken off. That’s exactly how my car is.

Man, I love this show.

I haven't even watched the full video yet... but my step-dad had this same car, even the same sad brown. He delivered newspapers in geneva fl for a year or two with this car. He went through about 18 vehicles in 15 years of doing the paper out there on mostly dirt roads. That saturn got tortured. It was right after 08 and we were poor and teetering on losing the house. It had like 112k on it when he got it from a buy here pay here on payments. The routes were so bad, that at 132k the odometer stopped at 132k... he drove it for another 6 months to a year. It eventually started making a sound like 2 plates rotating in opposite directions while being pressed together. It drove for about a month like that. When the transmission died, he took it back to the carlot in the middle of the night with a tow rope. Left a letter saying we didn't have money to fix(this busted up car) the car, so we were saving them the repo. It is hilarious in retrospect. Lol

The ¨Roaring 90`s¨ was a sight to behold. Glad I saw it.

This is the first time that I have nothing negative to say about a channel. everything about your channel is perfect and I will not live without seeing you guys be a TV show. I look forward to these every week. you guys fucking rule.

God I miss those days.. this channel is priceless

I’m on my second L-Series Saturn. If they’re properly maintained, they will last and run very well. I totaled my L300 about a year ago and walked away from the accident. I of course purchased another L-Series this one being a wagon. They are good vehicles regardless of what people say.

Classic , Vintage, whatever you wanna call it, that was some god damned RCR at it's finest !!!! Ahhhh so satisfying

I can't express my joy at you playing the Slackers in one of your videos.

This takes me back brother

I bought a 02 LW300 midnight blue. $250 with 304,000 miles. AC still works. Reverse servo gets cranky at times but it drives perfect. Passenger side rear window won't open but everything else works. Great little car.

This is probably the most tame RCR video there is. And I love it.

Wow, this is a great review, one of the best ive seen. Keep it up bro 😊

hahaha you are honestly hilarious. just came across these reviews and they're thorough yet sooo hilarious. keep it up man!

This was such a well made car. The amount that are still on the road is crazy