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The Best Fuel Economy You've Calculated in Your Saturn Astra
My best mileage booster is a featherweight touch on the accelerator, as if you had an uncooked egg between your foot and the pedal. I drove a Saturn Astra hatchback this week - the Opel-origin car with a 1.8-liter engine made in Hungary, a transmission built in Japan and the whole ball of wax assembled in Antwerp, Belgium, that has EPA estimates of 30 mpg on the highway and 27 mpg in the city. Using my featherweight technique, I managed to make 5.002 gallons last 184 miles, which would make that...
Saturn Astra Arrives Just in Time
The market has shifted from trucks and SUVs to small fuel-efficient cars. This puts the Big Three automakers in a bind to retool back to cars and churn out fuel sippers to battle Honda, Hyundai, Mini, Suzuki and Toyota. Well, one domestic brand does not have to scramble to bring a new line of small fuel-efficient cars to the market. Saturn dumped the forgettable Ion and ushered in the all-new Astra. This model line is the intro into the Saturn brand and comes in three-door and five-door persuasi...