Recaro seats on the inside kept the occupants in place. Not only did it include the boosted and beefed-up powertrain, but the brakes, suspension, steering, parts of the body, and the wheels and tires were thoroughly upgraded for performance duty. The Red Line was a completely different car than the normal 2.2L naturally-aspirated version of the ION. The ridiculous center-mounted gauge cluster isn’t for everybody, admittingly, but that’s what made Saturn so unusual to begin with. The blown Ecotec Delta car was a mechanical clone to the much more popular Cobalt, but offered more utility and helped it fly under the radar thanks to its four doors and lower-profiled styling.
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What we’ve compiled here for you is the list of five vehicles that fall under the oddity category cars that have become largely forgotten over time, but offer an interesting amount of style and performance.īeating the Cobalt SS to market by a full model year, the LSJ-powered Saturn ION Red Line took the nerdy, reliable, and already outcast Saturn brand into the performance mainstream. Some of which were amazing, others, not so much. After the demise of the Camaro/Firebird, and the rehiring of Bob Lutz, there became a sudden urge to keep excitement flowing through the dealerships, sales numbers high, and their factories operating.Īs a result, almost every vehicle sold during the middle of the decade had its own performance variant. During the aughts, or the “2000s” as they’re often referred to, GM was in high gear to pump out as many performance vehicles as it possibly could.
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