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Price as tested: $18,535
Base price: $14,398

Type: four-door, five-pas-
senger compact sedan
Layout: transverse front
engine/front-wheel-drive
Engine: 1.9-litre four-cylin-
der, SOHC, sequential fuel
injection

Horsepower: 100 @ 5,000
pan.

Torque: 114 ft.-lbs. @ 2,400
p.m.
Transmission:
automatic (std,
manual)

Tires: P175/70 R-14 all-sea-
son

Curb. weight:
(2,377 Ibs.)
Wheelbase:
(102.4 in.)
Length: 4.492. mm (176.8
in.)

Width: |.695 mm (66.7 in.)
Height: 1,385 mm (54.5 in.)
Trunk capacity: 337 litres
(11.9 cu. ft.)

Fuel consumption: City —
8.8 100 km (32 m.p.g.):
Hwy — 5.9 1/100 km (48
1.p.g.)

Warranty: three years/60,000
km

four-speed
five-speed

1,078 kg

2.601 mm

GENERAL MOTORS’ com-
pact Saturn sedan and wagon
have received the first major
styling update since 1990,
though the basic dimensions
and mechanicals remain the
same,

The front-wheel-drive, four-door
1996 Saturn SL, SL1 and SL2
sedans, and SWI, SW2 wagons offer
rounder styling, more headroom,
larger rear door openings, and a qui-

_eter cabin.

Saturn has been on the market for

just five years. In 1985 then-GM
“ chairman, Roger Smith (of Roger &
‘Me infamy) declared General Motors

THE 1996 Saturn sedan has been restyled and has one inch more headroom. Increased noise insulation also makes the cabin qui-

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eter. Available as a four-door sedan or station wagon, the front-wheel-drive Saturn ranges in price from about $13,000 to $20,009.
Test drive the new Saturns at Morrey Saturn Saab Isuzu in Burnaby (4451 Lougheed Hwy., 294-1831).

would build a new American-made
car to compete with popular imports
by the Honda and Toyota. It spent
billions of dollars on a new plant in
Spring Hill. Tennessee, and trained
workers to use a new Japanese-style
team approach.

The Saturn sedan debuted in
1990, and remained basically the
same until now. {t was noted for its
simple, no-frills, economical opera-

- tion, fun-to-drive characteristics, reli-

ability, and low price — styling, _
however, was never a strong point:
The 1996 Saturn fares beuer not
only because it looks more contem-
porary. but because it does away
with that odd, wraparound rear win-
dow and upward- vmigrating side

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body-trim of the previous model.
More importantly. the curving

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ALL NEW
ALL USED

roofline adds 2.5 em (1 in.) more
headroom in the sedan and 1.3 em
(5 in.) more in the wagon.

The rear doors are slightly longer.
An improved rain gutter helps stop
water from dripping into the car,
when the door is opened.

All vertical body panels (doors.
fenders, trunk, and fascias) are made
of rust-proof, ding-resistant plastic.
The hood, roof and upper deck fid

_ are sull made of steel because of its

greater strength.

Satum’s two available four cylin-’
der powerplants remain the same: a
100 horsepower [.9-lite four-cylin-
der engine with a single overhead
camshaft (SL. SLI), and a 124
horsepower 1.9-litre four-cylinder

engine with twin cams (SL2). Both

engines now have an improved
sequential fuel injection system for
smoother starts and better fuel econ-
omy. The SOHC engine averages 7.0
litres per 100 kilometres (40 m.p.g.).
and the twin carn averages 8.1 /100)
km (35 m.p.g.).

Previous Satums were criticized
for engine noise and vibration. This
has been addressed on the new -
model with new. door seals, sound
insulation, and a tighter body struc-

ture. The 1996 Saturn is quieter, par-

licularly while cruising at highway
speeds. But like. most economy cars’
with four cylinder engines, it's noisy

See Saturn page 2B

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