

Saturn Aura Green Line
The Saturn Aura Green Line starts at $22,695 including destination charge






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RE: Give it a chance
By dever on 3/20/2007 2:14:08 PM , Rating: 4
My father retired from GM. I learned from his experience and have always bought Toyota (except for my 1966 Mustang and various motorcycles). My preference is mostly due to the well documented reliability of Toyota. It also has a little to do with growing up in a union household witnessing firsthand the socialist agenda and strong-arm tactics of the UAW. It's hard to make a quality product at a good price when all your workers belong to a organization bent on destroying the viability of the company.

My Toyotas typically average 200K miles before giving away the still-running vehicle to someone who needs it. They've all had tremendous gas mileage as well. The old late-80's Corrolas averaged about 35/40. They've all been easy to work on, and safety ratings are typically high. It's humorous to see people still think that bigger is always better in terms of safety. The safest cars in the world are tiny formula one racers. Old bulky vehicles often transmitted the force of the shock directly to the passengers as opposed to absorbing or deflecting the shock through smartly engineered crumple zones and such.

Also, note that a large percentage of the money spent on "Japanese" cars, ends up going to US workers, and often small "American" cars are made elsewhere.

