Yep, I had a 96 SL2, 99 SL2, and a 2004 Ion Redline and a whole slew of fords. I would buy a Sky if I could just figure out where to put my daughter when my wife was in the car....
I have a few friends who work at saturn dealerships and one that is a sales manager. Saturns whole goal is to not push a sale but let the car sell itself. Not to mention if you've ever known anyone who has done the buyback deal with saturn. Don't know if they still do that with the times but it used to be great also. I had a friend sell an Ion back after a year of owning it since new and he still wasn't upside down because they bought it back so the value was higher than a trade. Very cool! I've only ever had 1 problem with a saturn and that was with the ignition switch in the redline. it was a known issue and there was a TSB on it. when I took it in, I told them that was the problem and my friend who was a tech at another dealer in another state told me exactly what the problem was. It still took 3 tries and a total of 6 days they had the car to get it fixed. but that was a service issue at that dealership. If I had lived closer to Dayton, OH, my buddy would have fixed it right the first time.
I believe part of Penske's plan is to cut 350 dealerships nationwide (which to me it seems like they are already few and far between) but we'll see where he goes with it. I'm certain it will only get better.
My 96
04 redline
And why salesmen are not allowed to drive cars that are considered "performance"
Salesman took a corner too fast, lost control, spun 180, hit curb with pass rear wheel before going through a chain link fence and onto I35 in Oklahoma City. IDIOT!!!