Saturn ION
Overview
Compact car
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sold by the Saturn marque of American
United States
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automaker
Automaker
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General Motors
General Motors
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between the 2003 and 2007 model years. It used the GM Delta platform
GM Delta platform
Delta was General Motors' compact front-wheel drive automobile and crossover SUV platform, a successor to the GM T platform; it also replaced GM J platform and the Z platform used by the Saturn S-Series. The platform debuted in the 2003 Saturn Ion. Vehicles of this platform generally carry the...
. The Ion replaced the Saturn S-Series
Saturn S-series
The S-Series was part of a family of compact cars from the Saturn automobile company. This was the first series of Saturn vehicles. The automobile platform, the Z-body, was developed entirely in-house at Saturn and shared very little with the rest of the General Motors model line...
in 2003,
and was replaced by the new Saturn Astra in 2008. As of 2006, the Ion was the longest compact car
Compact car
A compact car , or small family car , is a classification of cars which are larger than a supermini but smaller than or equal to a mid-size car...
sold in North America
North America
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. Production of the Ion ended on March 27, 2007.
The 2003 Ion came standard with a 2.2 L
Litre
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140 hp
Horsepower
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(104 kW
Watt
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) DOHC Ecotec
Ecotec
Ecotec is a General Motors trademark that refers to a series of emissions technologies that were implemented throughout a range of GM engines...
I4 engine.
