2009 Saturn Vue XE Review - The Sad Ending To The Saturn Brand

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@davinp 6 ай бұрын

In the end, GM mismanaged Saturn. Saturns were not supposed to be rebadged Chevy, Pontiac or Buicks. They were their own company that designed and built their own cars. Roger Smith, who launched Saturn died in 2007

@runoflife87 6 ай бұрын

This one is rebadged Daewoo😂

@Jonathan-bk3dq 6 ай бұрын

This shares a platform with Daewoo and yes, you tell us this all the time, we know.

@robertdiehl9003 6 ай бұрын

Roger Smith : Th G.m. C.e.o. who decimated the Detroit/ Flint city area who laid off the auto workers by the 10's of thousands and shipped jobs over seas. Great documentary movie by Michael Moore called " Roger & Me....

@anthonykiedis1765 6 ай бұрын

GM has been mismanaging Buick for decades and somehow that brand is still around.

@U.S.S.SOUTHSIDE 6 ай бұрын

@@robertdiehl9003 michael moore hates everything and everybody!!

@OLDS98 6 ай бұрын

You did a good job with the review. This was sold as a Saturn VUE, Chevrolet Captiva, Opel and Vauxhall Antara and as a Holden as well. The VUE came before the Chevrolet version. We got the Chevrolet version later. It was a rental car and people bought them after that. This was GM parts sharing and platform sharing that takes away from the brands. They were trying to keep Saturn alive by using Opels. It was supposed to become Opel North America. When Saturn died, Buick started selling Opels. GM was trying to sustain and keep its brands alive and integrating them. Buick lives and Chevrolet lives. Saturn is gone and Holden is gone and Opel was sold to Stellantis. Thank you for the review.

@SammysamHam 6 ай бұрын

Yay! Another Saturn! I love when you review Saturns!!

@oliverstemp9132 6 ай бұрын

I like the way the Antara/Vue looks, I like the neat lines and side vents

@celsovera91 6 ай бұрын

The second generation vue was a rebadged Opel Antara, which would later be brought back here as a fleet only Chevy Captiva

@Hobotraveler82 6 ай бұрын

Another Saturn review. Love Saturns. Never owned one my self. But i have driven my share. Love em. Especially the S coupe, sedan and wagon. 😊

@ShootingCars 6 ай бұрын

I have SL and SW videos coming!

@MilanStier 6 ай бұрын

What are you saying? This car is gorgeous! Absolutely stunning! I know this car doesn't mean much in North America, but in Brazil? The Captiva Sport was a true winner in Brazil. If it didnt break down and made costumers completely disgruntled this would be the greatest Chevy in decades. Nostalgia killed me right now. I remember driving this car so much RN. Excellent video!

@krizrozz610 4 ай бұрын

its a great car

@Jonathan-bk3dq 6 ай бұрын

Zack, that has the 6 speed automatic in it. Notice the M mode and plus and minus on the shifter. The 4 speed did not have that.

@theoddfurry141 6 ай бұрын

The 4 cylinder only came with a 4spd. Both transmissions have a manumatic mode

@aleshaalbertson4338 6 ай бұрын

I have a 2008 saturn vue xr v6 n I luv it..and its a bright orange color and cream color interior with leather seats...I js got it in January and I'm in luv with it..remote start heated seats sunroof it's a good lookin suv

@SaturnIonQCVTi 6 ай бұрын

2nd generation vue didn’t have the Honda V6. They used the GM 3.5 as an optional powertrain in the XE and the 3.6 as the optional engine in the XR. The 3.6 was the only engine choice in the redline

@Loiyaboy 6 ай бұрын

Zack, your videos are unfailingly entertaining and informative. The KZbin version of comfort food for me.

@bfuller5577 6 ай бұрын

Well This generation (2nd Generation) started with 2008. Its had origally the 3.5 (GM V6), 3.6 V6 and the 2.4 Hybrid. The honda 3.5 was only available on the first generation from like 04-07. this View is a rebadge of an Opel/Vauxhall

@bfuller5577 6 ай бұрын

I remember thr first gen originally had thr same 3.0l v6 the L series had. Also the 4 cylinder you could get with the vti transmission which basically a CVT

@robertdiehl9003 6 ай бұрын

Awesome final thoughts...... Just the way life rolls. " What used to be is no more folks..."

@Roadbunny777 3 ай бұрын

For the year they came out they were some amazing vehicles, I used to owned the SC1 and the ION, they were awesome

@scott8919 6 ай бұрын

The Gurnee Edition sticker reminds me of a local dealership in Vermont that sold Toyotas with "Green Mountain Edition" vinyl graphics on the bottoms of the front doors. Makes me wonder if they charged people for that.

@Mr6384 5 ай бұрын

Our son had an 08 Vue Red Line with GM’s 3.6 engine. It was a very good vehicle. I never could understand that they couldn’t add at least a temperature gauge, and we hated the unlock-move-lock tilt only wheel. We are fans of the old style tilt style wheel where you simply pull a lever and a spring pulls the wheel up. That car was hard on gas but very reliable. Sadly, it was rear ended and the insurance company took 10 seconds to total it

@SammysamHam 6 ай бұрын

Idk why but Saturns are nostalgic to me :]

@Jacklyn-Arts 11 күн бұрын

hai! i daily drive the same car! i have the max option 3.5 V6 and i love it, baring for the time the transmission went bonzai on itself and blew up OH ALSO 5:13 there was a leather option

@JakubSemoda 6 ай бұрын

Hey Zack, greetings from Slovakia, I remember, when I started to explore what was on sale, and on the roads of the United States (it was 2010, I think), and saw this, which I’ve knew as an Open/Vauxhall Antara. Funny is, that it has completely different interior, and dashboard, unlike Opel. Just

@ccroy2001 6 ай бұрын

My sister and BIL have one! I was going to share the video, but then thought "better not". They are all about how little they can spend on a car that fits their needs so I a used Vue was a great choice.

@davidp2888 6 ай бұрын

An ex had a 2002 Saturn Vue. Probably still has it.

@SulikTrucker95 6 ай бұрын

Opel Antara looks great

@michaelhoskins832 6 ай бұрын

This seems like the kind of car you'd get as a rental.

@bwofficial1776 6 ай бұрын

After GM killed Saturn, this lived on as the fleet-only Chevy Captiva.

@joypeaceandhappiness1501 6 ай бұрын

@bwofficial1776 for the most part it was. My mom bought a 2012 cap in 2014 after her old car died and money was tight. She paid less than 20k for it and still has it. She also has another suv now but it's still decent for her winter beater

@bazilwreckerloughead 6 ай бұрын

It's kinda sad Saturn was ended, I wonder what they'd be like if they were still around today!

@rustyshackleford1687 6 ай бұрын

Probably just a selection of mediocre economic cross overs. Now if they were permanently left to be independent? That could make for an interesting what-if video.

@jimjam4049 6 ай бұрын

My aunt had this car, but with the V6…biggest pos I’ve ever seen. She bought it because she had a Saturn sedan from the ‘90s at the time of upgrade, and that car had been nothing but reliable and fantastic. Well, even with proper maintenance, this piece of garbage blew up before 80k miles, both the engine and transmission. Thousands in repairs, it had to be upwards of $10k that she had put into that car. JUNK!!! No hate on the review though lol.

@moeanthony9308 6 ай бұрын

Lmao. Thats sad but hilarious. Tell me something. Why did or do old people stick to GM after fully knowing the constant runs to have it repaired .

@jimjam4049 6 ай бұрын

@@moeanthony9308 Well to her credit, my grandfather who was very much a car man wasn’t around at that point to guide her buying decision, and I was too young at the time to know better lol. She just got it because her last Saturn sedan was a great little car for the money. I will say that in their later years especially, both my grandfathers switched to Ford with little problems (F-150 and Taurus). She kept fixing that pos though because she thought “that’d be the last time it needs major money put into it” or it was a matter of convenience cuz she was a traveling nurse and needed a car.

@robertdiehl9003 6 ай бұрын

Ironic but when you beat the snot out of an engine with no maintenance, oil or coolant, - they seem to last a lifetime with the best everlasting stories to tell. Sounds like the $ 500 dollar cars used to do 20-30 years ago

@TaelsDoll 4 ай бұрын

i had a redline and you never hit me up. keyword had, it was a time bomb. the 6 speed transmission sucked. but it was speedy for an suv i loved it while it lasted

@jonlosito2004 6 ай бұрын

I remember my friends neighbor had a 2009 Saturn Outlook (rebadged GMC Acadia). I always thought that car was weird with its exterior design with rear brake lights that are halogens, because my uncle had a 2010 GMC Acadia (Denali) before he traded it for a 2020 Acadia Denali, and I've been in one before. He got rid of the Outlook after 140k miles and replaced it with a 2019 Honda Odyssey Elite.

@tbi_350 6 ай бұрын

I rented one of these one time. It was like driving a clawfoot bath tub down the road. Slow as hell too.

@Jonathan-bk3dq 6 ай бұрын

Both the first and this second generation Vue, ride on Daewoo platforms. But I find the first generation to be way better.

@GeeEm1313 6 ай бұрын

Yesterday, I saw a Relay driving around.

@calvin4319 6 ай бұрын

What’s that gear selection icon below park and above neural?

@U.S.S.SOUTHSIDE 6 ай бұрын

That's the "put your foot down on the brake pedal before you shift between the gears in the transmission" symbol. Back in the day you could shift from park to reverse or drive or whatever without applying the brakes even with the engine off. I did it accidentally in my 1980 Cutlass.😱😧🧐

@calvin4319 6 ай бұрын

@@U.S.S.SOUTHSIDE yea I was thinking that but didn’t realize why it would even be necessary , not common anymore as pretty much every car is like that now, if anything that could be mistaken for a “brake hold” icon nowadays.

@James-mw6se 6 ай бұрын

My dad had a Saturn's SUV 2008

@md2k8 6 ай бұрын

Saturn's were excellent vehicles back then.

@moeanthony9308 6 ай бұрын

Not this pos

@barron204 6 ай бұрын

Was sold as the Holden Captiva 5 where I live and they were not great. Transmission and build quality problems.

@calvin4319 6 ай бұрын

They had Chevy captiva’s in the US as well, this was just the Saturn variant of that.

@cthewave9955 6 ай бұрын

Zack, what was the Saturn Aura based off of? What member of the GM family tree is its distant cousin? It was like Saturn's first large sedan.

@MichaelB-cs6ke 2 ай бұрын

It’s based off the Malibu 👍

@Calamity8 3 ай бұрын

My first car ever ❤

@michaelw2263 6 ай бұрын

Please find a Saturn Astra!!

@jacobyo99 6 ай бұрын

I would N E V E R buy this with the 4 cylinder. This car is ridiculously heavy for its size so you NEED the V6. However. With the V6 they actually drive and ride very well

@astina7574 6 ай бұрын

Ah yes, Opel Antara.

@jxun4l3ht10 6 ай бұрын

Nice Opel Mokka

@seb_1504 6 ай бұрын

*antara

@celsovera91 6 ай бұрын

The mokka was the basis for the chevy trax/buick encore

@alg003 6 ай бұрын

It's both sad to see Saturn dead and a relief. Their cars were honestly crap for what they are. Rode in a 05 with 80k original miles for a few years. The suspension was genuinely horrible. It was so stiff and just not at all comfortable. The Honda V6 was silky smooth, but the awful 5 speed transmission was not. Lots of very violent shaking and shuttering when taking off in the city. It always had a lot of small issues, mostly with the electrics. The paint was pretty in the teal, but it started coming off the plastif soor panels. The seats were not at all comfortable or durable, front or back.

@Jonathan-bk3dq 6 ай бұрын

The first generation Vue with Honda V6, had Honda's 5 speed automatic and not a 4 speed.

@alg003 6 ай бұрын

@@Jonathan-bk3dq thanks for the correction

@doug6191 6 ай бұрын

The brand went from being a legitimate alternative to the imports to being redundant to the uncompetitive GM stable of sh*t vehicles. Quite the disappointment.

@bwofficial1776 6 ай бұрын

Saturns were good at being "a car". GM should have kept Saturn as a quasi-independent cheap car brand instead of rebadging Opels and Chevy minivans. This one is fairly stylish and lived on as the rental-only Chevy Captiva after GM killed Saturn.

@pev2197 6 ай бұрын

Too bad you see a boring car in it. Compared to the Chevrolet Captiva here in Europe, the Sarurn Vue (Opel Antara here with us) was a very nice car! (Xenon headlights, diffirent taillights, leather seats, other center dashboard. Nicer bigger wheels... for example, look at the lines on the hood. how they flow through the headlights and bumpers. In my opinion, this model looked good for a long time, partly thanks to the design. Also, the interior of the Opel versions had a higher quality finish. :)