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The arrival of the Sky in Saturn dealerships is good news.It will give a breath of fresh air to this brand. Both versions driven duringthis vehicle launch were the Sky and the new turbocharged Sky Red Line.
BeautifulBoth versions look great, but the Red Line has some littleextras that make bolder and more attractive. The stylists added some chrometrim here and there to distinguish its look. It looks sculpted with a knife...when the top is dropped, of course. Otherwise, the appearance is much lesssuccessful. However, the top is handled easily because the manual mechanism ispretty user-friendly.
Nice-looking cockpit
The color schemes of the cockpit give the car an energeticattitude. Our test versions included the Premium Trim options group. Despitehaving  |
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comfortable seats with good lateral support, you have to adjust theseatback angle before you start, since the knob is almost impossible to reach;we'd prefer a lever, which is easier to manipulate. As for visibility, thepillars must be taken into account; during left turns, the driver-side pillarblocks the view. Also, when the sun hits the console, we can't see the radiodisplay anymore. We also lose sight of the speedometer and odometer. Unlike itsSolstice twin, the Saturn logo mounted in the cabin casts a reflection in therearview mirror and also hampers visibility. On the passenger side, thehandbrake is in the way of your left elbow.
Forget about the trunk!
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Check out our pictures, and you'll notice that besides twosmall soft bags, cargo space is next to inexistent. I'm not the first tocomplain about this. I couldn't even store my camera backpack in there,although in the Solstice, I could; I had to leave it in the hands of GMpersonnel. This shortcoming limits the practicality of these cars, andrelegates them to second-car status. That's disappointing, because the Red Linemodels are just begging us to take them out on long road trips.
On the road
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Both versions of the Sky offer good handling. But thepowertrain and suspension performance of the base model better correspond tothat of a passenger car, even with 18-inch wheels bolted on. Even on gravelroads, I felt that the car followed the requested trajectory very well. Thesteering is precise.
