Sports Car To Join Saturn Line-Up In 2006

Saturn Portfolio To Expand Significantly During Next Three Years

DETROIT - General Motors announced today that Saturn would add a sports car to its vehicle line-up in early 2006. The product will be built at its Wilmington, Del., manufacturing facility. Wilmington is also the future production site of the Pontiac Solstice. The Solstice and the new Saturn will be built on GM's new small car "Kappa" architecture.

"The future sports car will serve as a halo vehicle for Saturn," said Bob Lutz, GM Vice Chairman, Product Development, Chairman GM North America and Interim-President GM Europe. "This is a game-changer for Saturn. It is the first vehicle of its type for the growing brand and showcases a dramatic new styling direction."

Saturn's portfolio is expanding. In addition to the sports car, Saturn will introduce three new products during next the 36 months, including RELAY - a crossover sport van - due out this fall, a new midsize vehicle based on GM's Epsilon architecture coming in 2006, followed by a larger SUV. In addition, the brand recently introduced a group of performance vehicles, the ION and VUE Red Lines. Saturn vehicles are sold by 440 retailers nationwide, a group that leads the industry in customer sales and service.