Hi all, long time first time and all that...
Anyway, I was at a service workshop at my local dealership recently (the primarily goal of which was to feed people, give away door prizes, and introduce the underneath of the vehicles), and a couple of folks from GM corporate were there. I pulled one aside to talk about the Sky, and was able to gleen the following information. Salt and pepper to taste.
- The price "under 25k" actually means "well under 25k". I was told to expect the base price to be 22-23k, with a lot of standard equipment. He admitted to not seeing any official pricing yet however.
- There will be a roadshow, where the car is taken around to all the various dealerships, but probably not until next year. They don't want to confuse the general public (i.e. non-nutcases, i.e. people other than us) by heavily marketing a car that won't be released for another year. He alluded to having similar balancing-act issues with the Hummer H3. Though he didn't say anything about it, this could explain the car's presence at most shows only on press day.
- The press is eating this car up. He gets grilled on pretty much every new GM model, but gets nothing but complements about getting it right on the Sky.
Well, that's I all I got for you. Keep the info flowing..
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'99 Saturn LS2
'03 Saturn VUE AWD vTi
'05 Saturn ION 2
'05 Saturn VUE AWD V6
'07 Saturn Sky
Anyway, I was at a service workshop at my local dealership recently (the primarily goal of which was to feed people, give away door prizes, and introduce the underneath of the vehicles), and a couple of folks from GM corporate were there. I pulled one aside to talk about the Sky, and was able to gleen the following information. Salt and pepper to taste.
- The price "under 25k" actually means "well under 25k". I was told to expect the base price to be 22-23k, with a lot of standard equipment. He admitted to not seeing any official pricing yet however.
- There will be a roadshow, where the car is taken around to all the various dealerships, but probably not until next year. They don't want to confuse the general public (i.e. non-nutcases, i.e. people other than us) by heavily marketing a car that won't be released for another year. He alluded to having similar balancing-act issues with the Hummer H3. Though he didn't say anything about it, this could explain the car's presence at most shows only on press day.
- The press is eating this car up. He gets grilled on pretty much every new GM model, but gets nothing but complements about getting it right on the Sky.
Well, that's I all I got for you. Keep the info flowing..
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'99 Saturn LS2
'03 Saturn VUE AWD vTi
'05 Saturn ION 2
'05 Saturn VUE AWD V6
'07 Saturn Sky