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Saturn S series, the Glossary

The Saturn S-series is a family of compact cars from the Saturn automobile company of General Motors.^[1]

42 relations: Anti-roll bar, Car, Car platform, Compact car, Coupe, Disc brake, Front-engine, front-wheel-drive layout, Fuel economy in automobiles, General Motors, General Motors Z platform, GT World Challenge America, Hidden headlamp, Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, Isuzu, Japanese asset price bubble, Left- and right-hand traffic, Lost Decades, Manual transmission, Metal, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Outsourcing, Overhead camshaft engine, Pickup truck, Plastic, Polymer, Pontiac Fiero, Roger Smith (executive), Saturn Corporation, Saturn I4 engine, Saturn Ion, Sedan (automobile), Space frame, Spoiler (car), Spring Hill Manufacturing, Spring Hill, Tennessee, Station wagon, Straight-four engine, Suicide door, Taiwan, Toyota dealerships (Japan), United States Environmental Protection Agency, Window.
Cars discontinued in 2002
Cars introduced in 1990
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Anti-roll bar

An anti-roll bar (roll bar, anti-sway bar, sway bar, stabilizer bar) is an automobile suspension part that helps reduce the body roll of a vehicle during fast cornering or over road irregularities.

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Car

A car, or an automobile, is a motor vehicle with wheels.

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A car platform is a shared set of common design, engineering, and production efforts, as well as major components, over a number of outwardly distinct models and even types of cars, often from different, but somewhat related, marques.

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Compact car

Compact car is a vehicle size class—predominantly used in North America—that sits between subcompact cars and mid-size cars. Saturn S series and Compact car are compact cars.

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Coupe

A coupe or coupé is a passenger car with a sloping or truncated rear roofline and two doors. Saturn S series and coupe are coupés.

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Disc brake

A disc brake is a type of brake that uses the calipers to squeeze pairs of pads against a disc or a rotor to create friction.

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Front-engine, front-wheel-drive layout

In automotive design, a front-engine, front-wheel-drive (FWD) layout, or FF layout, places both the internal combustion engine and driven roadwheels at the front of the vehicle.

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Fuel economy in automobiles

The fuel economy of an automobile relates to the distance traveled by a vehicle and the amount of fuel consumed.

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General Motors

General Motors Company (GM) is an American multinational automotive manufacturing company headquartered in Detroit, Michigan, United States.

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General Motors Z platform

The Z platform or Z-body automobile platform designation was used on three different types of vehicles made by General Motors not including their trucks.

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GT World Challenge America

The GT World Challenge America is a North American auto racing series launched in 1990 by the Sports Car Club of America.

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Hidden headlamps, also commonly known as pop-up headlamps, pop-up headlights, flip-eye headlamps, or hideaway headlights, are a form of automotive lighting and an automotive styling feature that conceals an automobile's headlamps when they are not in use.

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Insurance Institute for Highway Safety

The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety and Highway Loss Data Institute (IIHS-HLDI) is an American nonprofit organization.

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Isuzu

, commonly known as Isuzu, is a Japanese multinational automobile manufacturer headquartered in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture.

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Japanese asset price bubble

The was an economic bubble in Japan from 1986 to 1991 in which real estate and stock market prices were greatly inflated.

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Left- and right-hand traffic

Left-hand traffic (LHT) and right-hand traffic (RHT) are the practices, in bidirectional traffic, of keeping to the left side and to the right side of the road, respectively.

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Lost Decades

The Lost Decades are a lengthy period of economic stagnation in Japan precipitated by the asset price bubble's collapse beginning in 1990.

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Manual transmission

A manual transmission (MT), also known as manual gearbox, standard transmission (in Canada, the United Kingdom, and the United States), or stick shift (in the United States), is a multi-speed motor vehicle transmission system, where gear changes require the driver to manually select the gears by operating a gear stick and clutch (which is usually a foot pedal for cars or a hand lever for motorcycles).

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A metal is a material that, when polished or fractured, shows a lustrous appearance, and conducts electricity and heat relatively well.

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National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is an agency of the U.S. federal government, part of the Department of Transportation, focused on transportation safety in the United States.

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Outsourcing

Outsourcing is a business practice in which companies use external providers to carry out business processes that would otherwise be handled internally, or in-house.

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Overhead camshaft engine

An overhead camshaft (OHC) engine is a piston engine in which the camshaft is located in the cylinder head above the combustion chamber.

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Pickup truck

A pickup truck or pickup is a light or medium duty truck that has an enclosed cabin, and a back end made up of a cargo bed that is enclosed by three low walls with no roof (this cargo bed back end sometimes consists of a tailgate and removable covering).

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Plastic

Plastics are a wide range of synthetic or semi-synthetic materials that use polymers as a main ingredient.

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Polymer

A polymer is a substance or material consisting of very large molecules linked together into chains of repeating subunits.

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Pontiac Fiero

The Pontiac Fiero is a rear mid-engine, light sports car manufactured and marketed by Pontiac for model years 1984–1988. Saturn S series and Pontiac Fiero are coupés and motor vehicles manufactured in the United States.

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Roger Smith (executive)

Roger Bonham Smith (July 12, 1925 – November 29, 2007) was the chairman and CEO of General Motors Corporation from 1981 to 1990, and is widely known as the main subject of Michael Moore's 1989 documentary film Roger & Me.

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Saturn Corporation

The Saturn Corporation, also known as Saturn LLC, was an American automobile manufacturer, a registered trademark established on January 7, 1985, as a subsidiary of General Motors. Saturn S series and Saturn Corporation are 2000s cars.

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Saturn I4 engine

The powerplant used in Saturn S-Series automobiles was a straight-4 aluminum piston engine produced by Saturn, a subsidiary of General Motors.

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Saturn Ion

The Saturn Ion is a compact car sold by Saturn between the 2003 and 2007 model years. Saturn S series and Saturn Ion are compact cars, coupés, front-wheel-drive vehicles, motor vehicles manufactured in the United States, Saturn vehicles and sedans.

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Sedan (automobile)

A sedan or saloon (British English) is a passenger car in a three-box configuration with separate compartments for an engine, passengers, and cargo. Saturn S series and sedan (automobile) are sedans.

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Space frame

In architecture and structural engineering, a space frame or space structure (3D truss) is a rigid, lightweight, truss-like structure constructed from interlocking struts in a geometric pattern.

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Spoiler (car)

A spoiler is an automotive aerodynamic device whose intended design function is to 'spoil' unfavorable air movement across the body of a vehicle in motion, usually manifested as lift, turbulence, or drag.

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Spring Hill Manufacturing

Spring Hill Manufacturing is a General Motors factory in Spring Hill, Tennessee.

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Spring Hill, Tennessee

Spring Hill is a city in Maury and Williamson counties in the U.S. state of Tennessee, located approximately south of Nashville.

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Station wagon

A station wagon (US, also wagon) or estate car (UK, also estate) is an automotive body-style variant of a sedan with its roof extended rearward over a shared passenger/cargo volume with access at the back via a third or fifth door (the liftgate, or tailgate), instead of a trunk/boot lid. Saturn S series and station wagon are station wagons.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturn_S_series

Also known as Saturn S-Series, Saturn SC, Saturn SC2, Saturn SL, Saturn SL2, Saturn SW, Saturn sl1, Saturn sw2.

Saturn S series, the Glossary

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Cars discontinued in 2002

Cars introduced in 1990

Saturn vehicles

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