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BusinessWeek magazine gave a prototype version of the '07 VUE Green Line a positive review.

The VUE's hybrid system enables increased fuel economy through engine shut-off at idle, fuel cut-off during deceleration, electric motor/generator assist during acceleration and the capability to capture electrical energy through regenerative braking.

First look at the VUE Green Line on the road.

So how does the Saturn Hybrid system work? Essentially, it follows the steps outlined here.

The VUE's hybrid system will cost under $2,000. The full vehicle price will start at less than $23,000.

Follow this link for detailed specifications of the VUE Green Line Hybrid sport-utility.

But compared to other more expensive hybrids, the Saturn Vue Green Line doesn't take as long to recoup your investment. Fuel economy was a consideration of Ellen and Dean McGormley of Monroe when they purchased a 2007 Saturn Vue hybrid in March. The sport-utility vehicle, which the EPA rates as getting a combined 26 miles per gallon in city and highway driving, sells for about $3,500 more than the non-hybrid Saturn Vue. It will take about seven years to achieve a payback on the premium. But, the...

Saturn General Manager, Jill Lajdziak, hints that more Saturn hybrids are in the works.

No, not your home air freshener - your Saturn Vue. News out of the Frankfurt Auto Show has it that General Motors' Saturn Vue sport-utility could be the first plug-in hybrid sold in the United States.

The Detroit Free Press' Mark Phelan is now reporting that Lajdziak told him in Frankfurt this week that the plug-in Vue is coming "very quickly ... in 2009-ish."

The battery will deliver its power to a motor generator that is "a little larger" and "a different design" than the one in the present system. It will fit in the same space, but deliver "three times the electrical boost" as the motor now in use, he said. That will help with initial acceleration, fuel economy and with passing and hill climbing, Poulos said. Fuel efficiency increases just from the new hybrid system should be 15-25 percent higher than in conventionally powered versions of the same ...

Saturn's Vue gas-electric hybrid takes a different approach in operation and pricing.

Saturn is preparing a new line of hybrid vehicles to be sold next year under the 'Green Line' moniker.

Saturn was one of the first domestic automakers to add a hybrid to its lineup when the Vue Green Line debuted in the summer of 2006. You know, back when gas was less than $3 a gallon. Being Saturn, “the different kind of car company,” it enlisted a name for its line of hybrids, which includes the Vue and the Aura sedan: Green Line. Complete with a little badge, too. Times have changed and car shoppers don't have the time to decipher cute little badges as they frantically search for a hybrid ...

Saturn will launch a line of hybrid vehicles to be called the Green Line Series starting in mid-2006.