Review: 2007 Saturn Sky Red Line - Criminally Underrated

[@jd39046]

Car is as criminally underrated as Matt is 🔥🔥🔥

[@MattMaranMotoring]

Thank you :)

[@Itsdavizzle]

Nah dood this is why his channel's tanking. He does reviews cars no one is interested in.

[@jd39046]

@@Itsdavizzle 🤡🤡🤡

[@anydaynow01]

Needed an LS swap version from the factory for a decent price. But yeah these cars a a bargain and they can be hshift LS swapped for less than 25k.

[@TheWVgoodguy22]

Yes I would have to agree 😎

[@samone_231]

As a 23 yr old Sky owner, this review made me so happy! These cars are seriously so underrated

[@SwiftMCy]

22 with a sky myself.. they're really pretty! I have a ruby red 09

[@samone_231]

@@SwiftMCy Sky gang! 🙌🏽 Ruby red (or black) was the color I was initially aiming for, but I could never find one in my area, sadly. I have a white '07 😊

[@SwiftMCy]

@@samone_231 The white, dark blue, and ruby red are my favorites for sure. rarely ever see another sky on the road, but it's always a joy lmao. sky gang sky gang

[@samone_231]

@@SwiftMCy Yeah, you really don't see them at all anymore, so I'm like a kid in a candy store every time I do see one lol. And it's honestly even better whenever I come across people who own them!

[@HamSandvich]

how reliable is it?

[@kylemills3070]

I’m a big fan of these videos in which you view cool, used cars. Reminds me of your original videos as subaruwrxfan! Cheers Matt!

[@nickelarcade6934]

Same. Love the used car content from Harrison auto sales. With the economy and crazy new car prices, I see this channel thriving with more of these reviews

[@MattMaranMotoring]

Thanks, yeah I'm hoping to continue to work them in when I can!

[@BN99239]

For $750, you can get a Trifecta tune for these. 340hp on 93 octane. I bet probably 380 on E85. Insane even in today's standard for this tiny car. Back in the 2007-2009, you can get a Trifecta tune and it still would be under cover by warranty too! Making this car a beast back then.

[@Red4banger]

@@BN99239 actually General Motors had a tune it was the GMPP tune 290HP, 340PFT 5 speed manual transmission. The automatic transmission with the GMPP tune, 290HP, 325PFT. If you get the trifecta tune, which I have on my 2008 Pontiac solstice GXP, controlled by the cruise control on and off. This tune is aftermarket, no way connected to General Motors. GM never had a warranty for the Trifecta performance tune, warranty was only good for the GMPP tune. The trifecta performance tune that's on my car, cost $400.00. The GMPP tune cost $1,200, also requires changing out sensors.

[@deej628]

Old coworker had a black redline. Thing was pretty cool. Nothing like top down cruisin and just Bumpin tunes on a sunny day.

[@scottlenahan8228]

Always thought the sky looked better. Man these redlines are tempting they are such good deals.

[@raver208]

I would love to see a proper HID retrofit on solstice. Then it would practically be perfect as a simple roadster or especially the GXP hard top

[@TumblingMustard]

I was so disappointed when they used the Solstice in Transformers since I thought the Sky looked so much better.

[@MattMaranMotoring]

I wonder why they picked the Solstice? Pontiac had more marketing dollars I guess?

[@TumblingMustard]

@@MattMaranMotoring That must be it. It’s still strange that both brands are gone.

[@jmt8706official]

@@TumblingMustard Before Saturn went under I thought they had some good looking vehicles starting to be made.

[@lclnbm]

You have to admit, the solstice they modified for Jazz was soooo good looking

[@LakeHowellDigitalVideo]

😆 Right, the Sky was so much better. That's why Pontiac sold twice as many Solstices. At least the Pontiac had a distinct look.... The Sky was nothing more than a Corvette clone.

[@strongb05]

Had an 07 GXP, seriously underrated car. GM offered a performance tune that did not void the factory warranty that bumped power to 290hp/340tq (manual only, auto was rated less) that really woke the car up (also added no lift shift). The LNF was a very high tech engine for it's time that for some reason got largely overlooked.

[@rickhunter6513]

Damn, 260hp!? That’s got to be a blast to drive! Beautiful car 👍🏼

[@torres3800]

I remember when these came out during my time in GM Technical College. I thought they were so cool. I thought of them as budget corvettes due to the clam hood and high performance variants. This is the GM I remember. The GM that brought the daring SSR, HHR, Solstice, and SKY designs.

[@godzilla7391]

And the Cobalt SS

[@HamSandvich]

@@godzilla7391 impala ss

[@nintendoatarikiller]

Crazy you got to review this and the solstice, back to back

[@jeremygillihan]

I have a 2008 Sky Redline with twin turbos customized by its original owner, and let me say, this car is amazingly underrated! Stunningly beautiful and excellent to drive!

[@PacoRobbins]

I remember the Solstice GXP and this when they came out. This always looked so much cooler than the Solstice.

[@F80zcp]

Matt, I love these reviews of everyday affordable enthusiast cars! I feel like most creators have departed from this. Great review!

[@MattMaranMotoring]

Thanks, I plan to do more whenever I can!

[@IReahpZz]

Under appreciated is an understatement ! Honestly Matt enjoy the older reviews , but I think you should dip into modified car reviews similar in a sense to one takes ! I’m sure with your fan base you could get some people with some quirky stuff ! Keep up the great work

[@benkromminga5739]

I feel like these are under appreciated cars that are going to be pretty hard to find in the near future.

[@chrisr8951]

As a saturn sky redline owner. Im proud of you for this video.

[@marfrandema1884]

I love the curiosities about the car at the begining.. No idea it was sold as Daewoo.

[@devusher]

Sold as Daewoo in Asia and as Opel Gt in Europe whiles the original name Saturn Sky is well known more in America.

[@Torquematterz]

I’d like to see some ads or sponsorships to help this channel keep running for as long as possible

[@schellingrs]

Same

[@JackieLanceTenor]

I was just thinking the same thing.

[@Smokin_Choochang]

I think one of the primary reasons I love this car so much is the fact that they are nowhere near sought after. Fingers crossed, the fact the kappa platform is disliked means the price will keep dropping, I’ll have time to cop one hehe, then the prices will surge when people finally get their heads outta their butts and realize it’s a better Miata. Love the review!

[@CharlesHooper2001]

Hi Matt, I am a long-time viewer (and moderately long-time subscriber), and helped talk you out of buying a GT350 when the insurance for my GT350 was three times higher than the similar insurance on my Mustang GT. I am sorry that you parted ways with the Bullitt, but it was likely the right decision for the reasons that you mentioned in the other video; at least your wife still drives a Mustang. While I am a long-time viewer, I am also an inconsistent viewer of the videos on your channel. A little constructive feedback that might help increase views of your videos: 1. The amount of detailed, occasionally quirky, or non-obvious vehicle information that you provided while driving the car in this video is impressive - please keep providing that type of information. 2. The vehicle in your video must be interesting, either a car that the viewers might be interested in purchasing, have odd quirks and features that set the car apart from others on the market, or something that feels special to you. 3. Significantly decrease the frequency of unnecessarily stating “you know” in the middle of a sentence - that is a hard habit to break, but it is similar to fingernails on a chalkboard for some viewers. Best of luck to you in the future.

[@inkman234]

I wonder if that might be a new Avenue for you to explore on your Channel reviewing older cars from the 90s and 00s when available and capturing some of the Nostalgia that some of us remember from simpler times

[@MattMaranMotoring]

Yep it's something I've been doing in the past year when I get the right opportunities and will continue to do.

[@JakeStewart1343]

Best Saturn ever made 👍

[@patcurrie9888]

After the Chevy takeover, RIP Saturn after 2002

[@aspiratedaloha2946]

Cheers Matt, Love a review on a car I didn’t know existed. Doesn’t happen often and it’s always a joy. It’s weirdly cool!!

[@MattMaranMotoring]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@DM72513]

I had a 2009 Cobalt SS with this motor. With a downpipe and a custom tune it was putting down ~350WHP/WTQ. Thing was an absolute monster (with a plastic interior). The cars I’d embarrass in a roll race were hilarious. Fastest car I’ve ever owned.

[@originaljonone3714]

Interesting that these (apparently) were something of a follow on from Europe’s earlier Opel/Vauxhall VX220s but they didn’t sell these here in the UK. You can see the styling cues from the older models more than the with the Solstice.

[@chrissandvik288]

Love these older car reviews! If you run across a 2008 Challenger SRT8 First Edition, I would love to see that! The first year of the Challenger comeback.

[@MattMaranMotoring]

Thanks, yeah I'd love to review one of the older Challengers again.

[@ChowDownDetroit]

This is one of the best deals for used cars.

[@TurkeyWilliams]

Loved both these and the Solstice! Especially the super rare hardtop Solstice.

[@devusher]

I’m in the UK 🇬🇧 and owns one of these super rare hardtop Solstice even though is an auto base but will never sell it. Such a lil fun car that gets attention than many supercars.

[@BrianJohnson-kh7mg]

Watching and liking every Matt video from now on to support the channel

[@MattMaranMotoring]

Thank you! 🙏

[@DeerfieldDiscGolf]

He is Back Baby!

[@googleuser2170]

I think you hit the nail on the head. The Sky is better looking, and they can be tuned to 300 hp pretty easily. I am surprised by how little interest they garner on the used market, given that they are rear-drive, have an available manual, and are fairly comfy. The only major drawback is the lack of storage space.

[@devusher]

Have you also seen the rare Solstice coupe that they made only 1266 coupes? I love the Sky but mate the Solstice coupe looks outrageous gorgeous than the sky and I own a base coupe. First coupe in the UK 🇬🇧 and gets attention than some super cars. I always need to prepare myself anytime I stopped whether in a gas station or anywhere. People guessing is it a TVR, Porsche, Aston Martin, Ferrari or Jaguar F-Type. Now my next one will be a Sky.

[@Ride_Runner]

One of these days I will buy this car. Hopefully before everyone else does. Also great review!

[@melokulekumalo2225]

Great cars. I own two, the base in white (5-speed manual) the Redline in midnight blue (automatic). Im now looking for the Redline in a 5-speed. I love driving these cars!!

[@scottpeters8640]

My wife and I still love the Sky. A neighbor had one back when they were new, in black, and it was so cool. We might still go looking for one soon and hope to find a low-mile car somewhere. These were said by the car testing sites to be the lesser car compared to the Miata but for more relaxed driving it is the better cruiser.

[@tedadamgreen]

Great review of a fun affordable top down car! Thanks Matt

[@wayneyim8714]

These Sky Redlines and Solstice GXP are definitely underappreciated. I remember being in my teenage years reading about Bob Lutz being a big supporter getting the Solstice / Sky developed and built. Thanks for reviewing this, Matt.

[@Ch1797]

Great job Matt!

[@lucasl.5084]

that steering wheel was in literally every car from that era

[@sachemrock]

Nice review Matt. How are you doing? Your video on your Mustang was tough to watch. I am glad to see you putting out content and doing what you love to do. Your reviews have always been some of my favorites! Keep up the good work. ✊

[@MattMaranMotoring]

Thanks! I'm doing okay, just putting all my energy into doing the best videos I can and hoping for the best.

[@Tanner_Teves]

The sky looks so much better than the solstice!

[@LuisUrbieta]

Matt, I love this mod 2000s Saturn Sky & even though it's low on tech by modern standards I think it's a cool car.

[@aroundomaha]

I’ve always thought these looks amazing. What a great pick!

[@MattMaranMotoring]

Thanks so much!

[@JackieLanceTenor]

I always wanted one of these or the Solstice. I think they're really cool and unique, especially now considering how cheap you can get them.

[@aceofspades6667]

Beautiful car well done Matt!

[@MattMaranMotoring]

Thanks!

[@JeremyHartson2000]

Matt! I was just thinking about you this morning, wondering how you were making out since the Bullitt’s departure. After letting go of my 2010 Camaro SS/RS for reasons similar to yours, I ended up going through cheaper, yet fun cars, ending up with a Solstice GXP (manual). The Camaro was my unicorn, but I’m having a blast with the roadster. 75% of the fun for 25% of the cost. Keep the content coming! I think your acceleration clips was what birthed the “reaction video” that so many creators are now known for. You’re a pioneer, sir! Cheers to your success.

[@sokgso]

Well done, Matt!

[@MattMaranMotoring]

Thanks!

[@peachferrari]

Nice review overall. Good to see some more reviews of these cars coming out this year. I love my 08 Redline and hope to keep it for a long time.

[@nornibres]

I owned a Solstice GXP with an automatic. There is a large community of supporters for the Gamma platform cars. Great little cars. Thanks for the vid.

[@gregcarterfineart]

Engine note sounds amazing!

[@Jorge_Magallon]

Cool review. If it wasn’t for the chrome, the exterior still looks relevant.

[@Mirstrip]

Wow the nature in the background is so green. Pittsburgh is awesome

[@nickelarcade6934]

Would have loved this with the Corvette motor. Sweet review 👍🏻

[@bryantcurtis2573]

Love it these are options I’m looking at!

[@MattMaranMotoring]

Glad you liked it!

[@iankaiser2401]

Got a 40,000 redline with manual transmission and the drive is phenomenal. So stable on the freeway and zipping around corners!

[@andrewolson4280]

I’ve always loved the Sky it’s such a beautiful car. But I can tell you Matt that you’d be very proud of the investment I recently made. Just a couple weeks ago I bought myself an 03 Bugeye WRX Wagon completely stock. It’s an automatic with a little over 200k mileage. But it’s been very well taken care of the person I got it from had solid maintenance records and even came with a full set of snow tires and wheels. Mechanical the only thing it needs is the brakes serviced before winter comes. And the best part is I bought it cash in hand for $5k. $5k for a super clean very well maintained WRX wagon that’s completely unmolested with aftermarket.

[@themightyshogun]

Dude both of those cars still look awesome

[@yubeeeep]

Loved the skys looked like a mini corvette

[@micahstory]

Great video Matt! I always preferred the look of the Solstice, but the Sky is not a bad looking car either.

[@jareddrake619]

So Pumped to see this car get some love ... And they look absolutely killer swapping out the wheels and flushing out the fitment... And purging the plasichrome. But for a miner investment these look absolutely killer. Just Google some custom builds on these. Owned one Pre-Kids and sold it running with 160k miles They're grown up a bit now and got myself the Carbon Flash Edition with 19k miles I'm going to keep as my last Gasoline car probably

[@MattMaranMotoring]

That's awesome that you were able to get another one!

[@antonarcane93]

Looks soooo much better than the Solstice too

[@theeEXAR]

Great content mate!

[@RyanLove06]

The performance packages you could get dealer installed on these were bananas. GM was ahead of the curve there, then bailed.

[@w1ndw4ker95]

I'd probably still take an S2000 or Miata over this, but I do think these cars were underrated. Great video, Matt!

[@MattMaranMotoring]

Thanks! 👍

[@Theonestrongbusleader]

Excellent video Matt.

[@boosted2.4_sky]

Same tires I have on my Sky..2008 LEA block swapped 2.4l (custom Borg Warner turbocharger)..~500rwhp...I love it..I've owned it since new(LE5 2.4l base model)..🏁

[@axtran]

These were just so awesome

[@slmdsdn351]

Hey Matt I’m currently on vacation in Guadalajara, Mexico and I have seen so many crazy cars from Raptors, Subies, Mazda Cx5’s, CX50’s, so many Range Rovers lol

[@MattMaranMotoring]

Nice! Hope it's a good vacation!

[@MyCatW3ll]

I have this exact car, but a manual. Love it. 200k miles.

[@rattlesnakeesq]

I remember being surprised when these came out. Saturn was a pokey little budget car company and then GM gives them a slick roadster.

[@Angryeddie14]

Very cool car! That auto shifter brought back memories lol

[@im_an_alvani]

I've always thought that this was so much more attractive than the Solstice. Saturn in general was criminally underrated.

[@RANDsreviews]

Love the Sky! At that time the Mustang GT offered so much more for less money. Got that instead.

[@goo4xbm]

Great video as always

[@christianaviles2199]

I still own a Solstice GXP. Love it. The base models are much more sporty cruisers but the turbos are actually nice sports cars. Unfortunately these cars just happened to be released at the worse time possible. I'm pretty certain had GM not had to go through their restructuring during the recession, these cars would have continued to be a success. Sadly the feds forced GM to shut down Pontiac, which GM tried to fight to keep. I think they did brielfly consider a Chevy version (Skyline rebadged) once they realized Pontiac and Saturn weren't going to survive restructuring after bankruptcy. I can only imagine how they could have evolved these cars.

[@mgreco1988]

I remember when I was in high school and my neighbor got a sky. I thought it was the coolest car back then.

[@johnlongnecker8776]

Loved the look but that lack of a trunk made it so impractical that I went for the Miata.

[@cobaltss50]

These cars, along with the cobaltss, made good power for cheap money it was a ton of fun owning one and modifying it. 3k turbo kit and a nice tune and u had over 400whp all day long.

[@erikhanes9491]

Wow , I remember that one and solstice. Such a shame it came at the end and it was too late

[@Thebuscommunityleader]

I love this video & this could be my first car.

[@joepen1955]

always a great video

[@colbyjk]

It’s too late for me to watch now Matt (and it’s west coast time 😂) but, tomorrow! This sooo feels like your old stuff, you said one of your goals for the year was to review more affordable sports cars like your early days, please, keep trying with that! That’s a great objective. You are like the only one with a good Impala SS video and it paid off - your strategy should be to beat Doug to these weird cars, he didn’t do an Impala SS & you got 100k views! You paved the way to success without press cars, I know it was an easier time, there’s more to it than that, but, please just think about it, that’s all I ask - your unique value proposition, could be slowly pivoting to these weird old cool cars. Malibu SS, Forester XT, Audi TT, Grand Cherokee 5.9 Limited, TL and TL Type S, Charger Super Bee, stuff that you might find out in Ohio/KY/PA. I realize these cars don’t grow on trees, I don’t mean to say to bail on the press cars altogether, but..see what you can do! Think about it! No one else “big” is covering these affordable weird, but cool cars. They’re all from your era, so you can give context to why they were cool back in the day, and you can offer high quality, comprehensive coverage on them. Figure out what Doug hasn’t done, and beat him to them! Impala SS this shit!! You selling the Bullitt shows me you truly want to succeed - you CAN do this. But, it might take some pivoting. I hope you think about it!

[@MattMaranMotoring]

I'm definitely working hard to work in more of the cool used cars whenever I get the opportunity. Finding the right cars and the free time are the hardest parts. But it's been a goal of mine for the past year or so because I totally agree that nobody else is really doing this and I think there's a ton of potential in it.

[@cgtactical6619]

Drove a turbo once, underrated is not the word I would have chosen.

[@homerfeltheim12345]

I remember when this came out. Sadly it was too little too late to save Saturn or Pontiac.

[@Therafester14]

Interesting car. You don’t see these on the road anymore. I wonder if fiat was inspired by this for the 124 Spyder

[@Borp56]

Always thought these were neat, and always looked like they really wanted an LS2 in it.

[@vargasjohnson540]

FWIW, GM did/does offer a tune that took the OEM 260HP, to 290HP. Torque rating was dependent on transmission, 325TQ for autos, 345TQ with manuals. It was covered by the factory warranty when they had them. Aftermarket (Trifecta, HPTuners, RPM-Motorsports) tunes take those numbers even higher, and they are cheaper than the factory tune.

[@tonyn3227]

loved the look of this car i had 2009 redline, but sold it after few yars , i started having issues with it.

[@Jlbernabe831]

Fire review.

[@danchristopher7957]

Just bought a red 2008... It's so precise

[@CHRISCRAZZ-t7w]

My mom purchased one of these brand new. She’s now 70 anyways my 15 year-old daughter that’s 2016 loves this car and just really wants one. I think they’re gonna start having more of the following with young people as they’re not making any cool convertibles with style anymore everything looks like a jellybean SUV in the past 15 years and with the over complication, of course will hold more value as I have no interest in buying anything in the future.

[@ZACH_95_]

Great little car! Plenty power to have some fun. The negative would be no trunk really and I’d take the manual. Looks beautiful

[@2Bunphettered788]

Some suggestions Matt: More POV uploads on the twisties. ↪️ More road trips.👍🏾 More insight of your journalist trips. Bring us into the conferences and meet and greets. 🙂

[@Eric_Bassett]

Cars like this are often overlooked because xyz other options were faster or had a better badge, but people are definitely missing out . The price you can find these at is astonishing.

[@marcusperry9481]

That body design still looks fresh in 2024. Saturn was ahead of their time.

[@SCHMALLZZZ]

The designer is now the Head of Tesla's design team.

[@marcusperry9481]

@@SCHMALLZZZ You are kidding me; I didn't realize that. Who is it?

[@jakefox3677]

You need to try and do shorts as well it’s a format that if you get down will help this channel a lot. KZbin mainly pushes short content now a days.

[@MattMaranMotoring]

Shorts pay basically nothing. They get views and subscribers but it's all mostly worthless. The new Shorts subscribers only want to see more Shorts that I'd have to do for free basically. Not going to feed the family.

[@randomname7636]

Maybe make shorts with content already shot for the review videos?

[@spyderf16]

I have a 2007 one I bought 3 months ago with 126,000 miles from a BHPH lot for $7,500 in cash and it's been a great touring car. LNF and the AR-5 combo is a fun cruiser. My 05 SS/SC Cobalt was great, but the Sky is a fun replacement.

[@spyderf16]

Just as a little update: still going strong. Just put Michelin Pilot 4S on it to replace the Goodyear Eagles.

[@joeyfowler3857]

I have always liked the sky redline

[@trava0477]

Well, I don't know if i missed this part in the video but being the Saturn Sky a rebranding of the Opel Gt (the same goes with pontiac solstice but it got a bit more of an aesthetic restyling), which is the "son" of the Vauxhall VX220/Opel Speedster, which are the main differences by the european and the US version? We can say that practically there are 4 versions of the Saturn Sky: Opel GT (german), Vauxhall GT (UK), Saturn Sky (USA practically identical) and Pontiac Solstice (the same platform but with just a bit of a restyling, again USA). Are these 4 versions all equal in Engine, hp, torque, safety and limits? Or there are main important differences between them? (Surely the biggest difference between Opel, Saturn, Pontiac and Vauxhall is that the last one being exclusively for british market is "right drive", the wheel is on the right).

[@fms7293]

I owned a super low mileage 07 Sol GXP and sold it to buy a new challenger manual scat pack. My sol was manual as well as tuned. Man I regret that decision but currently trying to purchase a hydro blue sky redline manual.