Passenger Side Mirror
Background and Identification
The Saturn Corporation was an American automaker founded in January 1985. It was established as a subsidiary of General Motors but operated largely independently of GM. Saturn LLC had its own assembly plant, separate models, and independent retailer networks from General Motors. The Saturn brand was General Motors’ attempt to compete in the U.S. compact car market, which was dominated by Japanese imports. Production of Saturn-branded vehicles ended in October 2009, and General Motors discontinued the brand in October 2010.
The Saturn model lineup included compact sedans and coupes, station wagons, mid-size sedans, compact crossovers, quad coupes, minivans, roadsters, electric vehicles, full-size crossovers, and compact three- and five-door hatchbacks. The original Saturn cars included plastic body panels advertised to be dent-resistant. After the 2007 model year, the plastic body panels were discontinued for all Saturn vehicles.
Saturn categorized their vehicles into two sub-lines, the Green Line and the Red Line. The Green Line vehicles were marketed as environmentally-friendly hybrid vehicles, while the Red Line vehicles were sold as high-performance, sporty cars.
Saturn-branded vehicles can be identified by the Saturn emblem, which features two curved lines inside of a red box with a silver or white outline. The name “SATURN” was sometimes included underneath the red box logo.