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Saturn To Offer Its Own Credit Card
Saturn Corporation and its retailers are offering their customers a new option for financing vehicle accessories, service and parts through a Saturn credit card.
Saturn Tries a Full-Court Press
Automakers hope they are in the midst of a rebound, and Saturn of Saginaw is doing its part to make it a slam dunk. To keep the momentum going, the dealership plans to invest some $700,000 in a new facade and has doubled the size of its service area to 5,500 square feet with eight repair bays. The dealership also is making a bigger push at servicing all makes and models of vehicles.
Saturn Turnaround
Saturn dealer Sherrill Freeborough could take the rest of the year off and do as well as she did last year. Freeborough, who runs Saturn of Grand Ledge and Saturn of Okemos, said a flood of new Saturn vehicles, coupled with positive reviews, have breathed new life into the General Motors nameplate.
Saturn Undeterred By Slow Start
Arguing that Japanese automakers started slowly when they entered the U.S. market, Saturn President Donald W. Hudler says he's not concerned about Saturn's tepid pace in Japan.
Saturn's Fortunes Soaring
Sales of Saturn's L-Series cars, which are made at GM's Boxwood Road plant near Newport, were up 76.7 percent from last January. Consumers bought 8,050 of the midsize cars, which are entering their second calendar year on the market.
Saturn's May Sales Down 13%
Saturn's May sales fell 13% to 25,778 units, down from 28,546 last year. However, the company's year-to-date sales total of 121,379 is 9.2% higher than sales figures this time last year when retailers had sold 111,105 cars.
Saturn's Sales Drop Despite the New Vue
Sales of the new Spring Hill-produced sport utility vehicle continued to rise in February but not enough to offset steep drops in sales of Saturn cars. While its parent, GM, reported an overall sales increase of 0.4% from last year, Saturn's total sales dropped 13.5%.
Saturn's VUE Brightens as Sales Soar in October
Saturn sold 14,031 VUEs in October, compared with previous monthly sales that ranged from 2,700 to 5,600. October sales boosted the VUEe's sales total to more than 56,000 in 10 months, surpassing the company's goal of 50,000 this year.
Saturn, Nissan Lines Show Strong Gains in September 2003
Car dealers across the country sold more Tennessee-produced vehicles in September than they did the year before, figures that automakers released yesterday show.
Selling Cars In Saturn Country
Spend time at the Saturn retailer nearest to Saturn Corp.'s assembly plant in Spring Hill and one begins to understand why Saturn customers will travel many miles to celebrate the "Saturn experience."
September Sales Fall as Stock of Heavily Incented 2003 Models Dwindle
Saturn's September sales fell 7.2% to 17,109 units, down from the 18,339 cars sold during the same period last year.
The 2009 Cars Deals are Insane
Auto sales in 2008 were the worst in 16 years, and this year could be even grimmer. Dealers desperate to move inventory off clogged lots are entertaining the lowest of low-ball offers. Add in generous cash rebates and low-interest financing - at least, for the most creditworthy customers - and screaming bargains abound. Bill Cormicle of Flint, Michigan, got a sweet deal on his new Saturn Vue, a model that was piling up on dealer lots. Cormicle was replacing a GMC Sonoma pickup and needed enough ...
U.S. Automakers Renew Small Car Efforts
"People who go into a small car want expressive design and they want a level of refinement in the interior," said Jill Lajdziak, Saturn general manager. "We've got to make sure that our small cars are delivering what they want. They don't want to compromise."
Use GM Card Earnings on a New Saturn Until March 31
GM announced today that from March 6th through March 31st you can apply your GM Card Earnings toward the purchase or lease of a new Saturn.