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Re: 05 Relay
many people have voiced their opitions on saturnfans.com
i will warn you now they are not all favoriable. many people do not like the relay only because they don't really consider it a saturn, it doesn't have saturn's trademark dentless polymer panels, and its the first saturn that is a flat out cookie-cutter style GM rebadge shared with Buick/Pontiac/Chevy. in relialty, Saturn is becoming more of a typical GM division, not its unique entity of the past. thats what the RELAY simbolizes to many of the saturnfans community. i don't like it, but i have accepted it, most people haven't.
but besides that the facts about the RELAY -
2005 is the first year of the body style(and all rebadges of it)
2005 is the first year of the engine(in any GM division)
that alone is enough to say it is not yet road proven, you would not beleave how many changes are done in the first 2 years of any new model.
also i am told the electrical system is a little on the weak side, simular to the L-series(biggest complant is the lights dim and the alternator drags the engine under heavy load(IE - hitting the brakes with the highlights and defroster on at night)
also the sales of all 4 division have not been great, rumor has it if the sales do not improve GM will discontine the 4 vehicles in two years.
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