The Saturn Sky Was Better Than A Miata | Jalopinions

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  • Опубліковано 19 гру 2022
  • On this week's Jalopinions, Jalopnik writer Andy Kalmowitz and EIC Bob Sorokanich share their mutual appreciation for the Saturn's short lived roadster, the Saturn Sky. Was it better than the Mazda Miata?
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  • @emmep2749
    @emmep2749 Рік тому +23

    I adore my Saturn Sky Redline....its so underrated! She has a tune on her and always turns heads!!! The Saturn is way better than the Solstice. I am still rocking her out, daily driver...

    • @richardmyers7847
      @richardmyers7847 Рік тому +2

      Hurt your feelings?

    • @emmep2749
      @emmep2749 Рік тому

      @@richardmyers7847 nah! I have too much fun!

    • @jeffdove2620
      @jeffdove2620 Рік тому

      Is it reliable be honest looking at buying one

    • @jeffdove2620
      @jeffdove2620 Рік тому

      @@emmep2749 ok bro wish me luck abt to but one it has 49k miles

    • @jeffdove2620
      @jeffdove2620 Рік тому

      @@emmep2749 heard they have sun coolant issues too

  • @albear972
    @albear972 Рік тому +4

    😂🤣😂 I swear, before this video started, an ad for Mazda Miata came on.

  • @themccaffery
    @themccaffery Рік тому +5

    No room for a toothbrush? lol...I complained about the space in the trunk too, until someone called me out and sure enough my golf bag and shoes fits just fine with the top down and can even get a small backpack duffle in there too with the top down.

    • @JDMdrifterboy7
      @JDMdrifterboy7 Рік тому

      A pound of..leafs. can fit in there as well

  • @mundanestuff
    @mundanestuff Рік тому

    We have a member in the car club with one of these, it's amazing. A Miata on steroids. Comfortable, quick, like the Little British Sports Car grew up.

  • @shekharmoona544
    @shekharmoona544 Рік тому +1

    I still love these cars. If you wanted something more exclusive this was it.

  • @raulaguilar4952
    @raulaguilar4952 11 місяців тому

    Biggest mistake I made was not to buy the hard top when the sales manager told me to buy it. Saw one sold for $80k at auction. 😢

  • @10krms8
    @10krms8 Рік тому

    I like these cars what wast the power n torque off the v8 modelo ones did it have a LS or LT on them

    • @transam790
      @transam790 Рік тому

      In the USA it is strictly inline 4 cylinder. 2.4l naturally aspirated or 2 liter with turbo. Any v8 is modified not factory.

  • @Pelletimees
    @Pelletimees Рік тому +1

    Its Opel Speedster or Vauxhall VX220 in europe and it share Series 2 Lotur Elise chassis

  • @BubbaBearsFriend
    @BubbaBearsFriend Рік тому +2

    The Saturn Sky "could" have been better than the Miata if GM continued to develop and support it.
    As it was, it was an impressive first release, but it isn't a Miata beater because it has no support either from its manufacturer or third parties.
    Don't even get me started on how GM messed up the Volt by making it completely unlike its prototype. At least the Sky was really close to the prototype.

  • @the_jarmel
    @the_jarmel Рік тому

    ITS BOB 👏👏👏

  • @the_jarmel
    @the_jarmel Рік тому

    ITS ANDY 👏👏👏

  • @1955DodgersBrooklyn
    @1955DodgersBrooklyn Рік тому +1

    Never forget the red line

  • @MJ-vr5xs
    @MJ-vr5xs 10 місяців тому

    Blue shirt guy looks like Yuri from Straightpipes

  • @nathanielbailey108
    @nathanielbailey108 6 місяців тому

    I own a solstice. While I (obviously) disagree on styling, the car is *perfect* for it's smiles per dollar value. However, youll need a second car for life's normal situations.

  • @StoneyBaloneyUSA
    @StoneyBaloneyUSA Рік тому

    Cool cars, impossible to get parts for 😢 same with the Pontiac

    • @darkblack7317
      @darkblack7317 Рік тому

      Lies. Stop making up shit.

    • @StoneyBaloneyUSA
      @StoneyBaloneyUSA Рік тому

      @@darkblack7317 I’m not lying, I genuinely think Saturns are cool 😎

    • @darkblack7317
      @darkblack7317 Рік тому

      @@StoneyBaloneyUSA you said it's impossible to get parts so you're lying

    • @StoneyBaloneyUSA
      @StoneyBaloneyUSA Рік тому

      @@darkblack7317 It’s a hyperbole.

    • @darkblack7317
      @darkblack7317 Рік тому

      @@StoneyBaloneyUSA no..... It's a flat out lie.

  • @lostwhirley
    @lostwhirley Рік тому +4

    I have the exact same Saturn sky. Always get looks on the road. Manual is a lot of fun to drive, even Base. But that's my opinion.
    The Sky was ment to be driven top down, only.

  • @daslynnter9841
    @daslynnter9841 Рік тому

    One car is rwd one is fwd, not at all comparable.
    Miata vs corvette? Thats a comparison.

  • @devonkirschbaum893
    @devonkirschbaum893 8 місяців тому

    I’ve got my Redline at 321 horsepower and it’s scary fast. Drop it from 5th to 4th at 70 mph ant the car lifts up and rockets to over 120 is less than 6 seconds. Scary fast.

  • @lostwhirley
    @lostwhirley 11 місяців тому

    😅

  • @the_jarmel
    @the_jarmel Рік тому

    HAVE A BEAUTIFUL DAY EVERYONE ✌️

  • @Pickle312
    @Pickle312 Рік тому +2

    GM plastics… no thanks

  • @toTheWatcher
    @toTheWatcher Рік тому +2

    Saturn Sky was way better looking than the Miata and the Redline Turbo just destroys any stock Miata. The real issue was, at that price wouldn't you want a Corvette?

    • @emmep2749
      @emmep2749 Рік тому

      mine hauls arse....love her

    • @georgeschmall9254
      @georgeschmall9254 Рік тому +3

      2007Saturn Sky Red Line was only 28,000, the base Corvette was 45,000.

  • @meejinhuang
    @meejinhuang Рік тому +1

    It's not better than a Miata. It may look better, but they are not comparable.

  • @GratefulRob
    @GratefulRob Рік тому +1

    First.

  • @mauricesoulis1590
    @mauricesoulis1590 Рік тому +2

    Iron Duke engines??
    Please….🤣
    Take a sky/solstice and any Miata era on a tight race track-both of the GM variants would be lost in the Miata’s mirror….until a straight occurs.
    Read the original reviews n comparos-they were straight line performers only.

    • @toTheWatcher
      @toTheWatcher Рік тому +3

      Iron duke? Lol they haven't made that motor since the 90's
      No stock Miata can even hang with the redline. As for non-turbo the miata only wins on tight slow courses due to weight differences. I would know as we ran a solstice in autocross 4 years and never lost to any miata. The s2000 was the only competition as club edition aero was too good.

    • @mauricesoulis1590
      @mauricesoulis1590 Рік тому

      @@toTheWatcher it was a crude car for gm- almost a kit car at best.
      I was a sales mgr for Cadillac n Chevy store n wife was a Pontiac gmc sales mgr.
      Ck out the service lines in those days to see what feeble cars gm produced in those days n worse now-Cadillac is an embarrassment to the marque. Ck out “driver 46” races against cars that would use solstice n skys for dart targets😎🏁🎄

    • @toTheWatcher
      @toTheWatcher Рік тому +2

      @@mauricesoulis1590 lol now it makes sense, you're a typical sales person. Just spout off random unrelated info to the subject that isn't quantifiable or makes any sense to the topic. You bringing up the iron duke is fact enough of your knowledge on the subject.

    • @mauricesoulis1590
      @mauricesoulis1590 Рік тому

      @@toTheWatcher yer fun!
      I mentioned iron duke as a gag- u must be in academia or accounting ya?! Lol-
      Keep rooting for a loser of a company- be proud mate!🏁

    • @mauricesoulis1590
      @mauricesoulis1590 Рік тому

      @@toTheWatcher btw don’t take my word for it! I saw back end service n parts make a fortune on the general- I had to be the liaison between hostile customers and pos products-
      Watch what I recommended earlier n it will all make sense to ya

  • @peterpann9619
    @peterpann9619 Рік тому +1

    I think the Solstice looks far better .

    • @TheRogerhill1234
      @TheRogerhill1234 Рік тому +2

      well.. no

    • @peterpann9619
      @peterpann9619 Рік тому

      @roger hill Well yes, lol, they're both awesome.

    • @bradleybreeki5800
      @bradleybreeki5800 Рік тому +1

      I own a sky redline. I think the front of the sky looks way better. The interior and the rear of the solstice look better IMO. I just think the front of the solstice looks like a fiddler crabs face. Weird comparison, I know

  • @yinglish119
    @yinglish119 Рік тому +4

    nope. Miata felt like a fun car. Saturn Sky felt like a whale in a penguin body.

  • @guillaumetsogbe-hamel2145
    @guillaumetsogbe-hamel2145 Рік тому

    Jalopnik just lost every bit of credibility with this video

  • @stiggy60426
    @stiggy60426 Рік тому +1

    To be fair, the solstice version got a hard top