Sweet!!! I think I'll go pick that issue up on my way home then.mceb said:I left work early today, Saturn Sky was on the cover of this week's AutoWeek magazine. I'll bring it in tomorrow and scan but just thought I'd let you know in case anyone wants to stop at the book store on their way home tonight![]()
Yeah it is. But since official pricing hasn't come out, I'm hoping that's kinda high. Either that, or the Sky better come with almost ALL of the Solstice options.mceb said:Text next to pictures says base price $24,900 (that's a little higher than we hoped).![]()
That's the article I had mentioned on Solsticeforum. I didn't type it all into the thread, but I did quote a good share of that article. Some good info in it on options breakdown, the potential f/i engine, etc.brentil said:MotorTrend however was there in the news stands, and had a 2 page article on the Sky. There was a small picture of it on the cover too. They listed $24,000 as the starting price. It also made mention that GM was working on some sort of Supercharged or uprated engine (guessing that means either HO or v/i-6), and would be available one year after the Sky comes out in early 2006.
If true that's kind of what I was worried about. Some part of me thinks the 20k was blurted out by Lutz before they had the car built and GM now wishes they could get a few more bucks for it. Lutz seems to be holding them to his promise (recent Esquire article) but Sky is a new whole new game with a new promise (under 25k).brentil said:Yeah it is. But since official pricing hasn't come out, I'm hoping that's kinda high. Either that, or the Sky better come with almost ALL of the Solstice options.
Totally, mceb. Your comment made me wonder if perhaps GM isn't inflating the Sky's price to compensate for the Solstice's low (too low, from GM's perspective?) promised price of $20K. If you can't touch the Solstice's base price then jacking the Sky's price will help raise the average profit per Kappa.mceb said:If true that's kind of what I was worried about. Some part of me thinks the 20k was blurted out by Lutz before they had the car built and GM now wishes they could get a few more bucks for it. Lutz seems to be holding them to his promise (recent Esquire article) but Sky is a new whole new game with a new promise (under 25k).
Yeah, I'm with ho2go here. I hadn't thought about it that way. That GM might actually be making a loss or no real profit on these first year Solsti. That maybe, after this first year the Solstice will go up a $1K or two, and the Sky is a couple $1K higher not because it's upscale, but because Bob didn't force them to keep it at ~$20k.ho2go said:Totally, mceb. Your comment made me wonder if perhaps GM isn't inflating the Sky's price to compensate for the Solstice's low (too low, from GM's perspective?) promised price of $20K. If you can't touch the Solstice's base price then jacking the Sky's price will help raise the average profit per Kappa.
Yup...I'd bet most of extra price will be options but something makes me think there's a fudge factor of just extra profit in that 5K somewhere.ho2go said:Totally, mceb. Your comment made me wonder if perhaps GM isn't inflating the Sky's price to compensate for the Solstice's low (too low, from GM's perspective?) promised price of $20K. If you can't touch the Solstice's base price then jacking the Sky's price will help raise the average profit per Kappa.
One thing that worries me is that the article mentions the Sky will be "slightly softer" than the Solstice. Hopefully not too soft!mceb said:I left work early today, Saturn Sky was on the cover of this week's AutoWeek magazine. I'll bring it in tomorrow and scan but just thought I'd let you know in case anyone wants to stop at the book store on their way home tonight![]()
Well, since we know GM people read our forums, lets at least mentioned, to give the SKY an option that will give it the same ride as the Solstice. Called it sport suspension or firmer ride and put a price on it, this way people could have it either way. Are you listening GM?.ho2go said:One thing that worries me is that the article mentions the Sky will be "slightly softer" than the Solstice. Hopefully not too soft!
Well they are using the exact same suspension parts on the Sky as they are on the Solstice. So you're more then likely not talking about a big gap in difference. The Sky is probably a little more forgiving then the Solstice due to small changes in the springs and shocks.ho2go said:One thing that worries me is that the article mentions the Sky will be "slightly softer" than the Solstice. Hopefully not too soft!