1999 Saturn SW2 Review - A Fun, Manual, Wagon!

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@nj_saturns 2 ай бұрын

Thanks for coming out and (now) reviewing all my Saturns! And for everyone; if you're in the midwest, come to our May 24th 2025 Saturn Nationals show!

@Yourmission9 2 ай бұрын

I’m going to say something I thought would never come out of my mouth. That saturn has aged really well, and the looks are actually more appealing to me now than they were when they came out

@LaytonKnightt 2 ай бұрын

Exactly how I feel. I thought they were uncool when they came out. Now I’d absolutely love one. And it looks great.

@aaronbehindbars 2 ай бұрын

Yes, I agree. These are cool! Saturn got did dirty, too.

@AlainProust-zm2zq 2 ай бұрын

Ahead of its time

@thundernfm 2 ай бұрын

i walk past a manual sc2 on the way to the train every day, nothing embodies the daily drivers of the early-2000s more than these cars. they're beautiful, in a slightly quirky way (as expected from saturn) i'd love to own one as a beater lol

@RobsNeighbor 2 ай бұрын

I was working at a dealership that had Saturn and saw the fall of Saturn Saab and Isuzu. Great Review

@drewzero1 2 ай бұрын

I had a Saturn and a Mercury for years and still have my SAAB. Always joked that I needed a Pontiac and an Oldsmobile to round out the extinct club... Guess maybe I need an Isuzu too!

@RobsNeighbor 2 ай бұрын

@@drewzero1 Yes! The Isuzu are so quirky I was partial to the Vehicross and the Amigo they had so many cool vehicles. Goals! You sure have a good start!

@robertbrodowski1379 2 ай бұрын

Great review, Zack. Being this is my son's car, I have driven it a lot and I agree that it's so much fun to drive. When I bought an SW2 new in '97, I regret that I didn't get a manual one.

@paulnadratowski3942 2 ай бұрын

You did the right thing. Who the hell wants a manual?

@WildWildWeasel 2 ай бұрын

Man that looks like a spaceship, I dig it.

@ThePandaSmuggler 2 ай бұрын

Sounds like one too. In-person, Saturn engines had a very unique sound to them.

@drewzero1 2 ай бұрын

I always thought our first-gen looked like a spaceship. It had a chunky shuttle-like vibe to it, and the backwards-raked instrument cluster looked kind of scifi to me.

@pavel514mtlQC 2 ай бұрын

Owned 3 back in the days. Those were good days 👍🏼 '95 SL - 5sp '95 SW - 5sp '00 SC - 5sp

@richardepstein3494 2 ай бұрын

We need more cars like this NOW!!

@ShaggyWolff 2 ай бұрын

Hell yeah Zack. Great video.

@dionmoore879 2 ай бұрын

Saturn, the car brand that was murdered by her parents @ GM

@kylebattagin621 2 ай бұрын

Just submitted a very interesting Saturn. Happy to travel a bit for you to do a review on it !

@alexbellotti8423 2 ай бұрын

I had a 2000 Saturn SL (no number) these are the most base entry level car. You either get A/C or power steering; not both. Mine had A/C. It was a great, reliable little fuel efficient commuter. But the lack of power steering did compel me to get something else after a couple of years.

@eddiefalcon8316 2 ай бұрын

So they were not available with both?

@dustinkauffman5868 2 ай бұрын

I had an 02 SL "sport"- It had power steering and a/c- SL2 interior.. 5 speed manual but the single cam engine with all 100 hp 😅. Was easy to learn manual on and fun to drive.

@alexbellotti8423 2 ай бұрын

The SL1 and SL2 did come with both a/c and power steering. Mine was just an SL. No number. The most basic entry level model SL

@bluerazor7049 2 ай бұрын

Gorgeous little car.

@rightlanehog3151 2 ай бұрын

Zack, I wonder if they have a brand of cars on Saturn called Earth. 🤔

@fortheloveofnoise 2 ай бұрын

I was looking hard for a good one of these for over a year (with a manual)...eventually gave up. Now I drive a 98 5 speed Sentra....has been amazingly reliable on cross state trips over 50 times in the past year.

@revnto7k 2 ай бұрын

I owned 3 manual S series cars, great cars for the money. Small things go wrong but the powertrains are solid! I miss the simplicity and cost of maintenance.

@dustinkauffman5868 2 ай бұрын

I learned how to drive in an 02 SL2 automatic, then about 15 years later bought an 02 SL1 5 speed and taught myself how to drive a stick.

@rustyshackleford1687 2 ай бұрын

I own an 01' SL2 5-Speed and you're absolutely right. I was really surprised how fun it is to drive with that powertrain. It's probably the best shifter I've had after my '14 Mazda3 6-Speed and it's zippy enough to keep up with modern traffic, no problem.

@paulnadratowski3942 2 ай бұрын

Manual transmission… push it off a cliff . Useless lol

@EdgarJoseph-j6r 2 ай бұрын

I love this car and it has a five speed manual transmission that's awesome and it's a wagon very cool car and I love old-school vehicles keep this content going ❤❤❤❤❤❤

@darwinmichel2087 2 ай бұрын

When GM was selling these. Saturn was doing great you had simple choices. Either automatic or stick sedan or wagon then later coupe or SL1 SL2. That was it at very competitive pricing. It's only when they tried to change the formula and make Saturn another GM brand they started to struggle.

@Aran.Tech.Television 2 ай бұрын

Yep, the whole point was "a different kind of car company", GM ruined that.

@michi-eke 2 ай бұрын

god i love saturns

@drewzero1 2 ай бұрын

Amen!

@ThePandaSmuggler 2 ай бұрын

I would have to disagree with you on the looks. I think the first-gen Saturns looked awesome (especially the SC2 with pop-up headlights). The second gen got a little "bloated" looking. Growing up I learned to drive stick on my mom's SL1. That thing never had an issue until the clutch went out at 187k miles.

@drewzero1 2 ай бұрын

As a former first-gen SW2 owner, I concur. The first gen had a very coherent design, some echoes of the 80s with their hard lines and corners, but surprisingly beautiful for what they were. For the second generation GM busted out the sanding block and made everything way too blobby, which in my biased opinion hasn't aged as well. (Ours broke the odometer gear at 164k two owners before us, and we estimate it must have had at least 250k on it by the time we gave it away.)

@owenauto 2 ай бұрын

I grew up in the back of a burgundy one in the early 00’s. Unfortunately my parents decided to scrap it when the clutch blew and the frame got rusty in 2012.

@bwofficial1776 2 ай бұрын

My neighbors across the street had one of these in blue, along with a base model blue Mitsubishi Lancer. I haven't seen a Saturn wagon since they got rid of it. This design aged fairly well. Saturn lost the plot when GM started badge engineering just like they did with Saab. The window switches are in the middle because Saturn dabbled with right hand drive for the postal service and export markets.

@drewzero1 2 ай бұрын

I wish I could've had you review our '94 SW2. It was the first generation, so there were a lot of differences from this one, and it was the last year for automatic seat belts. 💔

@dave11686 2 ай бұрын

Love this

@aenoymotors 2 ай бұрын

I had a 99 SW2 with a stick back in 2012. Loved that car until my stupid back and leg told me my days of enjoying low sitting position cars especially with manual gearboxes is no longer for me.

@drewzero1 2 ай бұрын

I can't imagine driving stick in a Saturn. Our 94 SW2 had little enough legroom without adding an extra pedal. That's probably the biggest gripe I had with the car besides the fact that people in huge pickups never seemed to be able to see it.

@onecleangti 2 ай бұрын

I’ll never forget the time I got my buddies horn button stuck on his sedan 🤣 We drove for at least 15 minutes like that

@AdrianAzizSantoso-gq7rw 26 күн бұрын

2:28 Penélope-Tom CRUISE (VANILLA SKY)

@iamatlantis1 2 ай бұрын

My family had a dark blue 1994 model. Transmission grenaded at around 90k it was auto

@equalspro 2 ай бұрын

Was it 4 or 3 speed

@iamatlantis1 2 ай бұрын

@@equalspro damn I actually don't know. I think the 4 speed but we had the weaker sohc motor so maybe not? I was only 9 when we got it

@drewzero1 2 ай бұрын

@@equalsproOur 94 SW2 was a 4 speed auto. I paid a lot of attention to the transmission on that car after having some minor valve body issues. (Fixed by changung the ATF, luckily it didn't need the valve body rebuild).

@GeorgeStar 2 ай бұрын

I love the original wedge shape SW2. I'd be tempted to track one down if not for the oil consumption issue.

@thatcarguy1UZ 2 ай бұрын

Saturn was such a squandered opportunity for General motors. When they first came out they were truly special and they were as good as the import competition. The problem is in typical GM fashion they sat on it didn't improve it and their competition continue to evolve and get better. Then GM corporatized Saturn and ruined it. Saturn was GM's opportunity to be mentioned in the same breath as companies like Toyota or Mazda or Honda. Instead, they went from being the world's greatest automaker to being a laughing stock.

@drewzero1 2 ай бұрын

So true. I owned a 94 Saturn for a long time and loved how it felt much more like my '90 Camry than my friends' Cavaliers and Corsica. The Saturn never felt like a cheap car, just a small and basic car. A good little car, something GM otherwise never seemed to be able to get right.

@tedfreakinray 2 ай бұрын

Saturn's were great cars. Damn shame they were sent off.

@fortheloveofnoise 2 ай бұрын

Too reliable,.made Chevy look bad, so the made the final models bad so they could axe the brand.

@Crispychicken4u 2 ай бұрын

Miss these economy wagons . I notice the shock towers in the back take up a lot of the cargo room though.so.. with the seats folded down there’s limited width

@James-mw6se 2 ай бұрын

😊 Nice car look good

@gaufrid1956 2 ай бұрын

Way better than a crappy Cybertruck.

@JarmelSingsKaraoke 2 ай бұрын

🔥Happy Friday🔥

@fortheloveofnoise 2 ай бұрын

we lost wagons to get crossovers.....we are in the bad timeline

@notsolegitgarage2967 2 ай бұрын

Can you review a Saturn aura xr?

@timjohnson2748 2 ай бұрын

My mom had this same car when I was little

@jamessankey01 2 ай бұрын

No mention of the plastic panels? Most viewers would have no idea.

@patwentworth129 2 ай бұрын

I'm just noticing even the rear doors are right off the sl2...

@drewzero1 2 ай бұрын

Most of my experience is with the first gen, but iirc everything ahead of the back of the rear door frames is identical between the sedan and wagon. Made finding parts for my wagon easier for sure!

@sneakerfreak2002 2 ай бұрын

You know , if that owner just took some simple green, some warm water & a dish washing scrub pad to the seats you could clean it up quite a bit 🙄

@MYVP. 2 ай бұрын

I have a new seat cushion for the driver, but I haven't replaced it yet, but I'll try cleaner that on the rest of them.

@davinp 2 ай бұрын

It's sad what happened to Saturn. In the end, GM mismanaged Saturn. Saturn were never supposed to be rebadged Chevy, Pontiac or Buicks. After GM's 2009 bankruptcy, they shut down Saturn along with their other car brands. GM doesn't want to make small cars and sedans. They only want to make big expensive SUVs and trucks because those make higher profits than sedans. So, they didn't want to invest in Saturn anymore. When Saturn started they were just as reliable as Toyota and Honda, but as the 2000s went on they went downhill

@Dankcatvacs 2 ай бұрын

124hp122 ft lbs bs the single ohc 100hp 114 lb ft which aint much my 92 subaru has 92 hp 101 lb ft i b i have always wanted to drive a 5 speed one. let alone own. god loves us and gave us wagons lol🥰 its fast to me . "fast" auto cars are so boring , feeling the power between the gears is where its at. the base model would also have manual sterring i bet the twin cam has different gearing too.