2007 Saturn Aura News: Official photos

Vintalage · 01-07-2005, 07:33 AM

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Detroit, Michigan - The Saturn Aura concept car provides a clear preview of Saturn's future design strategy, says the company.

"The Aura is a sneak peak at a new generation of emotionally compelling Saturn vehicles," said Jill Lajdziak, Saturn general manager.

"The Saturn Aura epitomizes GM's global design approach to brand revitalization. Seven GM Design studios from around the world used technology that allowed them to contribute to product designs that will make up Saturn's new portfolio," said Clay Dean, GM director of vehicle design.

The Saturn Aura features a long wheelbase that provides a comfortable, smooth ride and a great deal of passenger room, especially in the rear seat. "The interior of the Saturn Aura reflects our vision of future Saturn vehicles, combining sophisticated elegance with plenty of passenger comfort," said Dave Rand, GM executive director of interiors.

Backing up its sporty appearance is a 250-horsepower 3.6 litre DOHC V-6 engine with variable valve timing. It's mated to a six-speed automatic transmission with manual tap up/tap down shift controls. The Aura features an independent suspension, four wheel disc brakes, and 19-inch tires and wheels.

Safety features include roof rail-mounted head curtain side-impact air bags, side-impact thorax air bags, four-wheel ABS with traction control and StabiliTrak, GM's electronic stability control system.

- CanadianDriver

n4cer · 01-07-2005, 07:41 AM

I figured you would get this one!

Another good direction for Saturn. Nice ride.

I hope there are other options for seats!!

GregFarz78 · 01-07-2005, 07:59 AM

Center exhaust is sweet...but nothing says sporty like brown leather seats?

Rims are decent too look kinda like centerlines

Panacea · 01-07-2005, 09:22 AM

Looks hot except for the seats. Ewww.

hotgt · 01-07-2005, 09:52 AM

i'd take this over the G6...IN A HEART BEAT!

good god, GM is makin serious moves...go GM!!!

but i agree...the brown leather is, well, different...maybe in a burgundy or somethin?? but hey it's just a concept

edit---haha...this car is way better than my sister's L-Series...

Braves299 · 01-07-2005, 10:11 AM

man saturn is gonna be makin some sweet cars !

Mike3800 · 01-07-2005, 10:12 AM

Hot DAMN! VERY NICE!!

Saturn is in trouble, good move for them to make some new designs.

Braves299 · 01-07-2005, 10:28 AM

is this based on the G6?

RedGT2004 · 01-07-2005, 10:30 AM

Damn... That actually looks pretty good.

01-07-2005, 10:35 AM

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Originally Posted by Braves299

is this based on the G6?

yes this is an epsilon.

bigbenSC · 01-07-2005, 11:35 AM

Nice looking concept but it will never look like this in production. Lose the wheels/tires, trim the wheel flares, put in a flat black/gray interior, switch the 3.5 instead of the modern engine and you've got my G6 with a saturn badge. I do like Saturn's new front end much more than their previous attempts.

SpyhunteR · 01-07-2005, 05:31 PM

Uninspired, boring, a saturn badged G6.,

hotgt · 01-07-2005, 07:23 PM

^^you call this car boring??

02andahalfgt · 01-07-2005, 08:42 PM

The gauges have a somewhat retro look to them. And it's ten times sportier looking than the G6. I like it.
Is Saturn the new excitement division in GM?

Their version of the Solstice looks better and now their version of the G6 looks a lot better.

crazypontiac03 · 01-07-2005, 09:39 PM

wow!!! Actually looks ok except for the Brown seats.

VTECSiGAH8R · 01-08-2005, 02:14 PM

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Originally Posted by SpyhunteR

Uninspired, boring, a saturn badged G6.,

Idiodic comment of the year so far.

Vintalage · 01-08-2005, 05:41 PM

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Originally Posted by VTECSiGAH8R

Idiodic comment of the year so far.

Agreed to an extent. The car rides on the epsilon platform. The same one the G6 uses. In GM's defense however, it looks nothing like the G6 inside or out.

MysteriousGT1 · 01-08-2005, 06:22 PM

thats hott...looks alot like a Opel in Design...I would get myself in debt again to buy this car!

Pucci · 01-08-2005, 07:22 PM

Overall body lines reminds me of an Audi.....I like. The Headlights aren't all that appealing to me. I like the fender flares. Exhaust looks pretty good. Wheels are nice. Leather is NASTY. But interior looks good overall.

If I had to choose between this and a G6. DEF this.

Pucci

SilverEcstasy · 01-08-2005, 11:09 PM

And some hot rims! Man i'm sorta diggin Saturn's style now!

01-07-2005, 07:41 AM	#2
n4cer 1SLOPOS AKA: Jason Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Lansing, MI Age: 47 Posts: 286 Vehicle: 2001 GTP 4dr	I figured you would get this one! Another good direction for Saturn. Nice ride. I hope there are other options for seats!! __________________ Green, green, green......

01-07-2005, 07:59 AM	#3
GregFarz78 GAGT - Junkie AKA: See Above Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Philly, PA Age: 43 Posts: 4,413 Vehicle: 04 Honda S2000	Center exhaust is sweet...but nothing says sporty like brown leather seats? Rims are decent too look kinda like centerlines __________________ My Pics

01-07-2005, 09:52 AM	#5
hotgt Someone loan me $15! Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Mansfield, Ohio Age: 37 Posts: 840 Vehicle: 2006 Silver G6	i'd take this over the G6...IN A HEART BEAT! good god, GM is makin serious moves...go GM!!! but i agree...the brown leather is, well, different...maybe in a burgundy or somethin?? but hey it's just a concept edit---haha...this car is way better than my sister's L-Series... __________________ JeFF *Don't argue with stupid people...they will only bring you down to their level and beat you with experience...* My NEW car: 2006 Silver Pontiac G6!!! Last edited by hotgt; 01-07-2005 at 10:36 AM.

01-07-2005, 10:11 AM	#6
Braves299 WVU owns you AKA: David Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Derwood, Maryland Age: 36 Posts: 2,170 Vehicle: '99 GA SE 3.4, '06 Ram	man saturn is gonna be makin some sweet cars ! __________________ Carl Lee Combs July 8, 1944 - February 20, 2002 "Gone for now, never forgotten"

01-07-2005, 10:12 AM	#7
Mike3800 GAGT - Junkie AKA: Michael Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Northglenn, CO USA Age: 49 Posts: 3,394 Vehicle: 2015 Chrysler 200S AWD	Hot DAMN! VERY NICE!! Saturn is in trouble, good move for them to make some new designs. __________________ -Mike

01-07-2005, 09:22 AM	#4
Panacea Mmmm Donuts. AKA: Macleod52 Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Rock Island, IL Age: 40 Posts: 3,160 Vehicle: '09 Malibu LTZ	Looks hot except for the seats. Ewww.

01-07-2005, 10:28 AM	#8
Braves299 WVU owns you AKA: David Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Derwood, Maryland Age: 36 Posts: 2,170 Vehicle: '99 GA SE 3.4, '06 Ram	is this based on the G6? __________________ Carl Lee Combs July 8, 1944 - February 20, 2002 "Gone for now, never forgotten"

01-07-2005, 10:30 AM	#9
RedGT2004 Corvette Z06 Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Rochelle IL Age: 35 Posts: 303 Vehicle: 2000 Grand Am Gt	Damn... That actually looks pretty good.

01-07-2005, 11:35 AM	#11
bigbenSC SC and Loving It! AKA: Ben Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Lexington, KY Age: 36 Posts: 1,772 Vehicle: 2005 SRT-6, 2001 GA GT	Nice looking concept but it will never look like this in production. Lose the wheels/tires, trim the wheel flares, put in a flat black/gray interior, switch the 3.5 instead of the modern engine and you've got my G6 with a saturn badge. I do like Saturn's new front end much more than their previous attempts.

01-07-2005, 05:31 PM	#12
SpyhunteR #1 hater AKA: Rob Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Las Vegas Age: 38 Posts: 4,968 Vehicle: 01' 2.4T GA / 08 TBSS	Uninspired, boring, a saturn badged G6., __________________ Hey kids going to Vegas? Let me help you help me help you! Shoot me an email or PM for all your Vegas Night Club bottle hallucinations & strip club desires! FACEBOOKFACE! "Understeer is when you hit the wall with the front of the car and oversteer is when you hit the wall with the rear of the car. Horsepower is how fast you hit the wall, torque is how far you take the wall with you."

01-07-2005, 07:23 PM	#13
hotgt Someone loan me $15! Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Mansfield, Ohio Age: 37 Posts: 840 Vehicle: 2006 Silver G6	^^you call this car boring?? __________________ JeFF *Don't argue with stupid people...they will only bring you down to their level and beat you with experience...* My NEW car: 2006 Silver Pontiac G6!!!

01-07-2005, 08:42 PM	#14
02andahalfgt Camaro Junkie AKA: Jon Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Orefield, PA Age: 39 Posts: 3,638 Vehicle: 06 Jeep/10 Camaro SSRS	The gauges have a somewhat retro look to them. And it's ten times sportier looking than the G6. I like it. Is Saturn the new excitement division in GM? Their version of the Solstice looks better and now their version of the G6 looks a lot better.

01-07-2005, 09:39 PM	#15
crazypontiac03 MiDnIgHt AKA: Jason/Sparky Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: IL Age: 37 Posts: 3,019 Vehicle: 2008 HHR/05 Galant	wow!!! Actually looks ok except for the Brown seats. __________________ Ashes to ashes, dust to dust, if it wasn't for FORD's our tools would rust! "Unions were the rise and will be the fall of this Great Nation" "A simple way to take measure of a country is to look at how many want in... And how many want out." Only two defining forces have ever offered to die for you: 1. Jesus Christ 2. The American G. I. One died for your soul, the other for your freedom. -Tony Blair

01-08-2005, 06:22 PM	#18
MysteriousGT1 Wishful Thinking AKA: Troy Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Phoenix Az Age: 44 Posts: 1,138 Vehicle: 2000 Grand Am GT Gone!	thats hott...looks alot like a Opel in Design...I would get myself in debt again to buy this car! __________________ Troy: MysteriousGT1's Old Car: 2000 GAGT My Myspace Page

01-08-2005, 07:22 PM	#19
Pucci Nice Ass huh? AKA: Pucci Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Fort Worth, Texas Age: 40 Posts: 641 Vehicle: 2004 GTO M6	Overall body lines reminds me of an Audi.....I like. The Headlights aren't all that appealing to me. I like the fender flares. Exhaust looks pretty good. Wheels are nice. Leather is NASTY. But interior looks good overall. If I had to choose between this and a G6. DEF this. Pucci __________________ Living in the South, But miss all my northern friends. FEEL FREE TO VISIT.

01-08-2005, 11:09 PM	#20
SilverEcstasy boosted..finally! AKA: Mike Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Michigan Age: 37 Posts: 2,633 Vehicle: 08.5 MS3 GT	And some hot rims! Man i'm sorta diggin Saturn's style now! __________________ Mike 2008.5 CWP Mazdaspeed 3 Grand Touring - mine 2008.5 CWP Mazda CX-7 Sport FWD - hers

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