In retrospect if you could the choice of either the 1. I believe most buyers would choose the Honda power plant. The present VUE owners had this choice. Go with a GM power plant or a more powerful advanced Honda power plant. It's the best of all worlds, Saturn polymer body, Saturn dealers, and Honda engine.
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Find More Posts by Bigdaddy94sc2. Some are sure that it's simply GM buying technology it couldn't make itself; others insist it was the management team at GM trying to light a fire under GM Powertrain; still others are convinced it's a way for Japanese beancounters to make extra Yankee dollars in case their home market tanked it did ; and the niche nuts are sure it has to do with someone having pictures of someone else with farm animals.
GM's official story is that the deal with Honda was not caused by deficiencies in its own engine lineup, citing a new DOHC 3. Why neither of those GM-engineered engines was used in the Vue the company will not say. Some within Honda of America say there never was an engine-sharing deal, and they simply did all the engineering on the 3.
No matter the motivations behind the deal, one thing is certain: It's a thorny issue for Saturn marketing types, who clearly want to promote what is, by any measure, an excellent engine without calling into question the quality of GM parts or crediting the name of a competitor, in this case Honda. You'll remember that Saturn was created to compete directly with the likes of Honda. At the New York auto show, where the Vue Red Line was first displayed to the public, Saturn chose not to have any sort of press conference.
And the five pages of information and specifications handed out to journalists mention Honda not once. If the Vue with the Honda V-6 does 0 to 60 mph in less than seven seconds, we don't care if farm animals were involved. New Cars. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment.
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