2001 Finishes As Second-Biggest Vehicle Sales Year Saturn saw its annual sales drop 4%. Sales of the Spring Hill-produced S-series were down 8.6% annually while sales were up 4.5% for the L-series cars, which are made in Delaware. The company also reported selling 393 of its new Vue sport utility vehicles in December, the first month they were offered.
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April 2002 Saturn Sales Rise 4.5% Saturn's April sales rose 4.5% to 25,121 units, up from 23,084 last year. Year-to-date sales for Saturn totalled 82,559, which was down 7.6% from this time last year when retailers had sold 89,317 cars.
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As Car Sales Volume Falls, So Too Does Productivity Slow car sales and a no-layoff policy have combined to give Saturn Corp. a poor score when it comes to productivity. The division of General Motors, which operates an assembly plant in Spring Hill, is under pressure to be more productive and more profitable as it begins the launch of its new sport-utility vehicle this summer and three other new models over the next two years.
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August 2002 Saturn Sales Up 21.9% Saturn's August sales rose 21.9% to 21,619 units, up from 17,099 last year. Year-to-date sales for Saturn totalled 193,161, up 5.3% from this time last year when retailers sold 183,433 cars.
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Auto Sales Race To Record High The U.S. auto industry shattered its all-time monthly sales record in October as buyers ignored the faltering economy and swarmed showrooms to take advantage of no-interest finance deals. America's consumers bought nearly 1.73 million cars and trucks last month, eclipsing the record set in September 1986, when a vehicle buying frenzy broke out before a key national tax law changed.
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Automakers Retooling For Young Buyers If you drew up a profile of the auto industry's new target customer, it would look something like Julie Roehm. She's young (29), hip (she became a redhead recently on a whim), and will be buying automobiles for decades.
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Buy a Saturn, Get a Dell Saturn and Dell are teaming up to offer consumers an easy and hassle-free way to have the newest technology through the purchase of a new 2003 Saturn.
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GM Extends Zero-Percent Deal Financing terms of GM's plan remain unchanged. It offers zero-percent financing on all 36-month loans, with rates ranging up to 4.9 percent for longer term loans. It applies to 2001 and 2002 model Chevrolet, Pontiac, Oldsmobile, Buick, Cadillac, GMC and Saturn cars and light- and medium-duty trucks.
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GM is on Threshhold of Reinventing Transaction In the glass towers that comprise the Renaissance Center, and in offices and plants throughout the General Motors empire, there's a revolution under way that promises to transform the world's largest industrial company.
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