


These polymer panels were dent-resistant, something that remained a selling point for Saturn until just a few years before the Saturn brand was discontinued. This meant that the side panels did not carry load and could be made of plastic instead of metal.

It implemented a spaceframe design, which had been used on some Pontiacs during the 1980s. The automobile platform, the Z-body, was developed entirely in-house at Saturn, and it shared very little with the rest of the General Motors model line. Saturn pioneered the brand-wide "no haggle" sales technique. The Saturn S-series was a family of compact cars from the Saturn automobile company of General Motors. Transverse front-engine, front-wheel drive United States: Spring Hill, Tennessee ( Spring Hill Manufacturing)
