# Next Saturn Ion
**URL:** https://forums.speedlife.net/t/next-saturn-ion/176890
**Category:** PittSpeed Off Topic
**Created:** [September 9, 2005, 6:56am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/next-saturn-ion/176890 "2005-09-09T06:56:24Z")
**Posts on this page:** 19
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### Author:  [@ShalerPunk](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ShalerPunk)
#### Post date: [September 9, 2005, 6:56am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/next-saturn-ion/176890/1 "2005-09-09T06:56:24Z")
The next Ion will be a rebadged Opel Astra, the car with which my Reno shares most of its important parts. This will also replace the very last plastic Saturn, effectively killing the last vestiges of Saturn’s personality established by the optimistic Spring Hill company in 1991.
Still, it’s probably going to be leagues better than the car it’s replacing, and the Reno aftermarket should blow up by association with a huge GM sport compact launch.
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### Author:  [@imported\_showtime](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/imported_showtime)
#### Post date: [September 9, 2005, 6:59am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/next-saturn-ion/176890/2 "2005-09-09T06:59:57Z")
if its still got that retarded dash with the gauges in the middle then -\> :down:
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### Author:  [@ShalerPunk](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ShalerPunk)
#### Post date: [September 9, 2005, 7:04am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/next-saturn-ion/176890/3 "2005-09-09T07:04:41Z")
> [@showtime](#):
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> if its still got that retarded dash with the gauges in the middle then -\> :down:
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### Author:  [@HaNnIBaL64](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/HaNnIBaL64)
#### Post date: [September 9, 2005, 7:08am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/next-saturn-ion/176890/4 "2005-09-09T07:08:13Z")
it doesnt look bad … id buy it
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### Author:  [@VENOMevo](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/VENOMevo)
#### Post date: [September 9, 2005, 7:09am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/next-saturn-ion/176890/5 "2005-09-09T07:09:30Z")
i thought saturn went back to steel … anyway… i like it… :burnout:
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### Author:  [@ShalerPunk](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ShalerPunk)
#### Post date: [September 9, 2005, 7:13am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/next-saturn-ion/176890/6 "2005-09-09T07:13:12Z")
> [@ECOvenom](#):
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> i thought saturn went back to steel … anyway… i like it… :burnout:
The current Ion and the Vue are the last two plastic cars. They’ll both be gone within a couple years.
And honestly? If this new Ion comes in around $15k, looking almost identical to this Astra, and it has more power than my Reno, I might buy it.
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### Author:  [@peterock17](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/peterock17)
#### Post date: [September 9, 2005, 7:14am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/next-saturn-ion/176890/7 "2005-09-09T07:14:08Z")
me likey
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### Author:  [@Shaggy](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Shaggy)
#### Post date: [September 9, 2005, 7:20am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/next-saturn-ion/176890/8 "2005-09-09T07:20:56Z")
RENO = THE BEST CAR EVER MADE: ALSO WRONG SECTION Nut Twinkie
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### Author:  [@ShalerPunk](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ShalerPunk)
#### Post date: [September 9, 2005, 7:22am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/next-saturn-ion/176890/9 "2005-09-09T07:22:47Z")
> [@Rustang JIM](#):
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> RENO = THE BEST CAR EVER MADE: ALSO WRONG SECTION Nut Twinkie
i only post in Off-Topic because most people only READ Off-Topic.
And this website is about performance cars… so anything about a Saturn WOULD BE Off-Topic, wouldn’t it?
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### Author:  [@Shaggy](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Shaggy)
#### Post date: [September 9, 2005, 7:25am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/next-saturn-ion/176890/10 "2005-09-09T07:25:02Z")
some may think saturns are performance cars :boink
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### Author:  [@ShalerPunk](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ShalerPunk)
#### Post date: [September 9, 2005, 7:25am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/next-saturn-ion/176890/11 "2005-09-09T07:25:51Z")
> [@Rustang JIM](#):
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> some may think saturns are performance cars :boink
i used to when i had an 85hp SC1…
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### Author:  [@Shaggy](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Shaggy)
#### Post date: [September 9, 2005, 7:28am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/next-saturn-ion/176890/12 "2005-09-09T07:28:09Z")
you need your own import thread, throw all the clones of your Reno Nugget Info in it
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### Author:  [@ShalerPunk](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ShalerPunk)
#### Post date: [September 9, 2005, 7:31am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/next-saturn-ion/176890/13 "2005-09-09T07:31:15Z")
> [@Rustang JIM](#):
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> you need your own import thread, throw all the clones of your Reno Nugget Info in it
hah… sold on every continent but Antarctica now…
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### Author:  [@Storamin](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Storamin)
#### Post date: [September 9, 2005, 7:39am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/next-saturn-ion/176890/14 "2005-09-09T07:39:17Z")
wow, that front end is very aggressive. i like it.
it’s no opel speedster, but damn.
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### Author:  [@bgblockelcamino](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/bgblockelcamino)
#### Post date: [September 9, 2005, 7:39am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/next-saturn-ion/176890/15 "2005-09-09T07:39:29Z")
actually cool car wonder how GM is going to screw up by bringing it here:nuts:
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### Author:  [@JDMCivicSm21](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JDMCivicSm21)
#### Post date: [September 9, 2005, 7:51am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/next-saturn-ion/176890/16 "2005-09-09T07:51:40Z")
> [@Rustang JIM](#):
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> some may think saturns are performance cars :boink
there was one that won multiple races in a ITA couple years back, beating CRXs, Integras,Sentra, neon etc etc.
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### Author:  [@imported\_showtime](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/imported_showtime)
#### Post date: [September 9, 2005, 7:54am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/next-saturn-ion/176890/17 "2005-09-09T07:54:15Z")
iterior is nice but the US versions won’t be as nice…
you ever see the interiors on Euro ford stuff…way better then the US stuff: focus, mondeo/contour, etc…
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### Author:  [@grnteg98](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/grnteg98)
#### Post date: [September 9, 2005, 1:37pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/next-saturn-ion/176890/18 "2005-09-09T13:37:34Z")
> [@Rustang JIM](#):
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> you need your own import thread, throw all the clones of your Reno Nugget Info in it
🤣🤣🤣🤣
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### Author:  [@whitey](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/whitey)
#### Post date: [September 9, 2005, 1:47pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/next-saturn-ion/176890/19 "2005-09-09T13:47:52Z")
i like it, i always thought the Opels were cool cars when i was in Germany