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Five Defunct American Carmakers That No One Wants to Remember
Five Defunct American Carmakers That No One Wants to Remember

25 Sep 2021, 16:00 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / At some point, America's leading automakers introduced car brands that failed with a bang and left the industry out the back door

 
This Is How the Wacky Flyback Booster Saturn-Shuttle Spaceship Design Would Have Worked
This Is How the Wacky Flyback Booster Saturn-Shuttle Spaceship Design Would Have Worked

21 Aug 2021, 07:27 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The Saturn-Shuttle spaceship assembly was a wacky idea of space engineers from the 1970s, previews both the shuttle and today's reusable rockets.

 
Dragonfly Titan Octocopter Mission Next in Line to Use a Nuclear Generator
Dragonfly Titan Octocopter Mission Next in Line to Use a Nuclear Generator

5 Jul 2021, 12:59 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The Dragonfly mission to Titan now scheduled for 2027, Octocopter to use NASA's proven Multi-Mission Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generator for power

 
Rare 2007 Saturn Sky "Mallett" LS2 Conversion Listed for $39,900
Rare 2007 Saturn Sky "Mallett" LS2 Conversion Listed for $39,900

19 Feb 2021, 11:48 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Probably the most exciting American roadster from that era, the Mallett 2007 Saturn Sky offered by RK Motors Charlotte features a Corvette-sourced V8

 
This LS7 V8 Saturn Sky Is OEM Tuning Done Right, Dyno'd at 437 HP
This LS7 V8 Saturn Sky Is OEM Tuning Done Right, Dyno'd at 437 HP

31 May 2020, 17:20 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Instead of a four-cylinder engine, this Saturn Sky from the 2007 model year hides a 7.0-liter surprise under the hood and features a Tremec T56 manual tranny

 
This Used 2008 Saturn Sky Red Line Thinks It's a Ferrari, Costs $34,900
This Used 2008 Saturn Sky Red Line Thinks It's a Ferrari, Costs $34,900

7 Dec 2019, 19:01 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / This Used 2008 Saturn Sky Red Line Thinks It's a Ferrari, Costs $34,900This Used 2008 Saturn Sky Red Line Thinks It's a Ferrari, Costs $34,900This Used 2008 Sat

 
NASA’s Dragonfly Mission to Titan Might Find Life or its Building Blocks
NASA’s Dragonfly Mission to Titan Might Find Life or its Building Blocks

30 Oct 2019, 15:59 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Dragonfly one of NASA's most ambitious missions to date, to explore the mysterious and very organic world that is Saturn's largest moon, Titan

 
We’re Going to Titan: NASA Mission to Land on Saturn’s Moon Looking for Life
We’re Going to Titan: NASA Mission to Land on Saturn’s Moon Looking for Life

28 Jun 2019, 08:24 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The mission will launch in 2026 and will land on Titan eight years later, in 2034. The projected lenght of its mission on the surface is 2.7 years

 
Lost American Car Brands of the Past Two Decades
Lost American Car Brands of the Past Two Decades

4 Nov 2018, 09:15 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The financial crisis of the late 2000s has made carmakers to drop at times decades-old brands, including Oldsmobile or Pontiac.

 
One Man’s Investigation Made General Motors Recall Saturn And Pontiac Cabriolets
One Man’s Investigation Made General Motors Recall Saturn And Pontiac Cabriolets

27 Mar 2017, 08:50 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / General Motors is still haunted by its past's ghosts, as Troy Lyman proved with a one-man investigation into a notorious problem affecting the Sky and Solstice

 
GM's Misprinted Fuel Economy Stickers Might Cost The Company $100 Million
GM's Misprinted Fuel Economy Stickers Might Cost The Company $100 Million

23 May 2016, 16:13 UTC · By: Sebastian Toma / Remember the misprinted fuel economy stickers on approximately two million cars? The company will compensate customers with debit cards

 
GM Will Recall 200,000 Saab and Saturn Vehicles over Takata Issues
GM Will Recall 200,000 Saab and Saturn Vehicles over Takata Issues

17 Feb 2016, 10:55 UTC · By: Sebastian Toma / Takata's Airbag fiasco will make General Motors recall around 200,000 Saab and Saturn vehicles in the US and Canada. The two brands were killed off by GM

 
Aston Martin DB9 and Rapide S Covered in Latest Round of NHTSA Recall Campaigns
Aston Martin DB9 and Rapide S Covered in Latest Round of NHTSA Recall Campaigns

4 Sep 2014, 17:30 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / The NHTSA has announced a number of new recalls, one of which includes a couple of Aston Martin nameplates. According to the federal agency, certain DB9 and Rapide S vehicles from the 2014 model yea...

 
President Barack Obama Drives Saturn Simulator to Prove How Important Safety Is
President Barack Obama Drives Saturn Simulator to Prove How Important Safety Is

16 Jul 2014, 15:04 UTC · By: Ionut Ungureanu / U.S. President Barack Obama has recently toured the Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center, a facility that focuses on new technologies that help make driving safer and smarter, located in McLean, ...

 
GM Ignition Switch Recall: NHTSA Issues 27-page Order
GM Ignition Switch Recall: NHTSA Issues 27-page Order

7 Mar 2014, 13:04 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / General Motors is in big big trouble! No, they’re not headed for bankruptcy again, but they have a lot of questions to answer in regard to their huge ignition switch-related vehicle recall. 10...

 
GM Facing NHTSA Investigation, Fine of up to $35 Million
GM Facing NHTSA Investigation, Fine of up to $35 Million

28 Feb 2014, 15:31 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration announced it has opened an investigation into the timeliness of GM’s recent ignition switch recall on about 1.36 million Chevrolet, Pontiac a...

 
Saturn Fans Try To Save The Brand
Saturn Fans Try To Save The Brand

21 Nov 2012, 14:06 UTC · By: Vali Mihaescu / Saturn car fans around the world joined forces to sign a petition and try to convince General Motors to give the Saturn brand another chance. After hearing that GM planned to end Saturn's days ...

 
GM Announces Major Q1 2009 Production Cut
GM Announces Major Q1 2009 Production Cut

21 Nov 2012, 14:06 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / General Motors is surely the most popular car manufacturer these days, but not necessarily thanks to the fact that it owns so many brands all around the world. It all started a few months ago when t...

 
GM's Chance to Change Saturn's Fate
GM's Chance to Change Saturn's Fate

21 Nov 2012, 14:06 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / As you've probably heard, GM's Saturn has quite a gloomy future as the American car manufacturer intends to abandon the brand and discontinue all models. However, there's only one &ld...

 
Kia Rio – The Subcompact Car Americans Hate The Most
Kia Rio – The Subcompact Car Americans Hate The Most

21 Nov 2012, 14:06 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / The US automotive industry had been through an extremely difficult period over the last few months, probably the toughest times in history. Americans started looking for more fuel efficient cars, ab...