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The new issue or Wards Auto World has an article about the 2005 NAIAS and a couple of paragraphs about the Sky. The best information though, was in their daily e-mail update for today. Because of copyright infringement, I cannot post the whole article, but here are some of the better excerpts from it:
"Saturn Corp.'s upcoming Sky roadster, unveiled at January's North American International Auto Show in Detroit, is expected to pull in buyers to the Saturn brand but not make money for General Motors Corp., CEO Rick Wagoner says."
"Sky, whose projected sales are 10,000 per year",
"Phillippi gives the modern-looking Sky a better shot. It is built from the same architecture as the Pontiac Solstice roadster that is due this year as an '06 model, spreading development costs among two models. GM forecasts combined sales of 30,000 per year and plans to produce a third car, to be sold in Europe under the Opel/Vauxhall brand, off the Kappa platform."
"both it and the Solstice are expected to be priced near $20,000."
"As long as Solstice and Sky live up to the promise of inexpensive, fun to drive cars, GM has the potential to reprise the (Mazda) Miata 15 years later," Phillippi says.
"The important thing about Solstice and Sky is that they look terrific and don't over promise," Phillippi says. "Sure they'd be happy to sell more, but by keeping production limited they protect the image as well as the
price."
"Saturn Corp.'s upcoming Sky roadster, unveiled at January's North American International Auto Show in Detroit, is expected to pull in buyers to the Saturn brand but not make money for General Motors Corp., CEO Rick Wagoner says."
"Sky, whose projected sales are 10,000 per year",
"Phillippi gives the modern-looking Sky a better shot. It is built from the same architecture as the Pontiac Solstice roadster that is due this year as an '06 model, spreading development costs among two models. GM forecasts combined sales of 30,000 per year and plans to produce a third car, to be sold in Europe under the Opel/Vauxhall brand, off the Kappa platform."
"both it and the Solstice are expected to be priced near $20,000."
"As long as Solstice and Sky live up to the promise of inexpensive, fun to drive cars, GM has the potential to reprise the (Mazda) Miata 15 years later," Phillippi says.
"The important thing about Solstice and Sky is that they look terrific and don't over promise," Phillippi says. "Sure they'd be happy to sell more, but by keeping production limited they protect the image as well as the
price."