We need wagons like this, and not 17 different GM SUV’s/Crossovers

WOW! This is really a nice wagon design.

Wow is right. Someone please explain to me why we are stuck with crap like Cruze, Impala, and Malibu while the Europeans get this sleek looking machine.

I think GM knew the current-gen Aura wouldn’t sell out, which is why they gave it to Saturn at the end of the platform’s life cycle. That way, their investment was lower.

All the way, it was getting the news out there, slow by slow, that Saturn makes a good midsize car. And Aura sales have been improving lately. But I’ll bet you it’s all in preparation for this, the car they’ve poured the real investment into, to hit the US market and sell well.

Perhaps they’ve delayed its replacement of the current model because Aura sales have been a bit below expectations, and it’s taking longer for people to catch on to the fact that Saturn now equals great midsize cars, and not cheap plastic compacts anymore.

RaineMan, how is the new Malibu crap? It won Car of the Year. It’s been getting accolades like no other. And it’s been winning IQS awards. So has its plant.

And the Cruze isn’t even out yet and you are calling it crap. So much for objectivity.

They’ll sell this car as a Saturn, RaineMan. Keep your pants on. And you might try complaining when your complaints are well-founded.

Now wait a second. That article up there says the car will have a 2.8L 260hp gasoline V6. Now someone tell me why it is that we Americans are stuck with a 3.6L V6 making 260hp in the Malibu and G6. Why do we need the extra 0.8L of displacement?

Inline6… by crap I mean looks-like-crap. That Insignia looks sleek and sophisticated. The Malibu looks confused with its angular double grille and rounded corners. The Cruze just looks like a squished Malibu.

The front of this doesn’t seem right with the rear end. For some reason, it’s like they went pseudo lux front, sporty rear and they don’t quite mesh together. But I like them seperately. Werid.

Gee, I don’t know, RaineMan. Perhaps it’s because the Insignia isn’t even on sale yet, so the engine isn’t even in production yet. Maybe that’s why we don’t have it.

Maybe the 3.6 makes more torque. And maybe the 2.8 gets to 260 with direct injection, which might make it too expensive for our market to price it competitively against the competition. How many mainstream midsize sedans today come with direct injection V6s?

Looks are subjective, RaineMan. I think the new Malibu looks great, inside and out. Not quite as sleek as this car, but far from “crap”. I think the new Malibu looks better than the Camry, Accord, Galant, Legacy, Fusion, Sebring, Avenger, Altima, G6, and probably the Aura. The only car whose styling I like better than the Malibu’s is the Mazda6.

But you’re you and I’m me, and the degree to which you’re acting like a cantankerous troll is becoming annoying.

Can u say Audi A6 wagon

this should cum 2 america!

I think it looks gr8, biut LLn is editorializing whayn thay say that. They should pot quotes around “great looks,” 2 presevre creds.

it should cum to the USA & have a diesel optionn here

when swas the last time an ameruican woucld buy a stickshift wagobn?

what’s the fdiff between a a notch-bak & a hatchback —

The impala & Malibu R not crap. Boring yes, crap no.

Saturn makes a good midsize car. yes, Saturn now equals great midsize cars,

Y do we need the extra 800ccs? & mor importantly, tha wait that comes w// yhyt xtra displacement?

I think the new Malibu looks better than the Camry, Accord, Galant, Legacy, Fusion, Sebring, Avenger, Altima, G6, Mazda6, but not the Aura.

malibu doesnt look better than altima. i agree mazda6 is better looking. but compare the malibu (stupid name) to the european developed insignia and it looks like a cheap POS

That’s just the thing. When I pull into a Chevy dealership I expect to see things like Malibu and Impala. But if I turned the corner and one of these was sitting there… I would have to make sure I hadn’t wandered onto another brand’s lot. This car reminds me of the BMW 3-series wagon. Luxurious… sleek… and sporty.

Holy Audi ripoff. Maybe GM’s new gameplan is to copy the japanese… by copying the germans.

but this car is german but still tainted by GM. It will need to be alot better reliability wise as the vectra was a disaster and those ecotec engines gave nothing but trouble

Eh! people complained about MDX and TL having to many buttons…. (which I disagree, more technology more buttons DUH!) this Insignia has a lot buttons but of course you won’t hear that.

Looks great. If this potential Saturn conjures up images of BMW and Audi and is priced 10K less, even better.

What Ecotec engines are you talking about fuk? I’ve never heard anything horrific about them.

the back looks like an Q7 cross sienna

That looks really good actually, I like it. Too bad like the new Lacrosse, the beauty will be so dumbed down, it’ll just look like another generic blob.

Audi should sue them for copying the A7 design

SickofGM,
This isn’t the concept, this is the production car.

This car would sell like crazy here. I would buy one, and I don’t even really like wagons. If GM took the chicken off the front and slapped on a bowtie, put the steering wheel on the other side, they’d sell them like pot brownies at a Greatful Dead concert.
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But they won’t.

Saturn (which I think should still be converted to Opel, along with Pontiac) needs this type of product in its lineup. It is an attractive alternative to a crossover and might actually be the car that would get Americans to embrace wagons again (although I like the Euro term of “estate” much better for this type of vehicle than “wagon”). In fact, the division’s future lineup should include wagons and MPVs to take the place of crossovers. This would give the division something exclusive and unique to offer the market and would further differentiate the division in GM’s brand hierarchy.

Damn slick!!!! Looking good. A7 for sure, but why not? Who gives a ****

brassmonkey, they will bring it over, but with a planet on the grille, not a bowtie.

And mazdaman, there is a LOT more brand equity in Saturn and Pontiac than there is in the Opel name. We haven’t had an Opel-badged car in the US since 1979, and that one was made by Isuzu and sold out of Buick dealers.

You think Saturn’s having a hard time moving their cars? Try GM going to all the marketing expense to create ANY awareness of the Opel name in this country again. Why doesn’t Chrysler rename its cars Hillman, while we’re at it?

Just for the record, it was not GM, it was Opel releasing the pictures. It’s been more than 10 years since GM decided to promote Opel/Vauxhall brands without the GM moniker. The reason? European GM managers feared, and rightly so, that emphasizing affiliation with an American car manufacturer would harm the sales.

Fast forward to 2008 and the US GM is desperate to get its European cars stateside to save itself.

Audi Q7 bastard twin.

Saturn = Opel
Pontiac should = Holdens

Combine the two into one store offering more “Euro” looking cars - one Brand FWD (Saturn), one RWD (Pontiac)

As for this - it looks great. Although I would like something with a larger engine and RWD.

they will buy they if one they did not cost most than the sedan and offered the sa powertrains and did not weight so much and looked like a wagon

S1,
The problem is that, with the exception of the Commodore/Caprice, Holden’s lineup IS Opel/Vauxhall. The only rear-drivers Holden has are the Commodore/Caprice. The rest are the same as what you’ll find at an Opel or Vauzhall dealer.

Very Nice. Can’t wait to see this on Saturn lots.

Opel/GM’s intepretation of the A6 wagon/variant…

inline 6 - Thats why it would make sense to combine all those brands into one store.

Pontiac Solstice = Saturn Sky = Opel GT
Pontiac G8 = Holden Commodore
Saturn Astra = Opel Astra = Holden Astra

With all this overlap they are already targeting the same buyers in terms of styling/taste. Might as well sell them all in the same place.

Fantastic looking vehicle. A big contender for this year’s car of the year awards imo.
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