Ok, I've got to comment on this, I've been lurking around here for years and never felt so compelled to speak up.
The whole "zeta glimpse" last night was enough of a bummer, simply being a cg generic looking aussie-mobile was a let down (was kind of hoping for a nice big photo showing some chassis), but this stinks.
I know for a fact I've never actually been excited about any new fwd vehicle (I'm a rwd/bof suv person), but the Aura concept, and hopes that it wouldn't change much made it seem like something really special.....
As others said, we're still talking about Saturn's best sedan yet, probably GM's best midsize sedan, but what a disappointment to see the car so toned down. I can't help but see some ion sedan in the front now that it lost some curve/edge, even though it shares nothing with that car... And the knock-out looking tab right above the fog light looks goofy too, will the fogs in the red line be so big they need to reserve space for them?? The grille/fog light setup looks good on the concept, but obviously that’s a no go. I think the front does look a bit tighter than the concept, but not as exciting, kind of bland.
As for the engine, the car has a techy look inside and out, so I thought a high tech engine fit really well (3.6), but most shoppers probably won’t care if it’s pushrod or dohc….too bad. If GM’s going to use pushrod v6’s, the older performance brands should have ‘em, like Pontiac. Let the newest brand have the high feature engines at least available.
Anyhow, just a few thoughts, still looks good. But I don’t see GM's/Saturn's exciting renaissance hinging on this vehicle as it looked to for a while (IMHO).
