I like the floating blonde-colored wood console, allowing a little air space between its surface and the driveshaft tunnel underneath. I'm not sure about the yellow contrasting color, in what is otherwise a handsome cabin of charcoal shades and terracotta hues. Maybe I'll get used to it, and after all the yellow does match the gauges tying the whole idea together.
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| A floating blonde-colored wood console, allowing a little air space between its surface and the driveshaft tunnel underneath, is a unique design element. (Photo: General Motors of Canada) |
Unlike the 2-seat Solstice the Curve features a 2+2 layout, with a pair of abbreviated buckets added behind in the same charcoal and terracotta color scheme as those in front. Saturn has added tilting front seats to make getting in and out of the back less cumbersome.
Like I said in the beginning of this review, Saturn would do very well to build something similar to the Curve. It would add to showroom traffic while building positive brand awareness at the same time.
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| When it comes right down to it, the Curve could be built, and should be built. (Photo: General Motors of Canada) |
And it's not like they would have to create it from scratch, something the autonomous division has had to do in the past. Now GM has pulled Saturn in from the far reaches of its plastic body-paneled oblivion, to share parts across the board with the rest of its extended family, as recently displayed with the brand's upcoming Relay minivan.
The Curve could be built, and should be built. I, for one, might just get excited about a Saturn, and that would be an unprecedented achievement indeed.
Specifications:
- Body Type: 2-door, coupe
- Layout: front engine, RWD
- Engine: 230 hp, 220 lb-ft of torque, 2.2-L, DOHC, 16-valve, supercharged I-4
- Transmission: 5-spd manual gearbox
- Seating Capacity: 4 (2+2)
- Dimensions (L/W/H/WB): 3,975 / 1,950 / 1,247 / 2,717 mm (156.5 / 76.7 / 49.1 / 107.0 inches)
- Web Site: www.gmcanada.com
Note: Additional larger photos available in photo album.
