Read more Saturn stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/5180/saturn.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 18:30:21 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/71169/mammoth-ring-found-around-saturn.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagScientists have discovered a colossal ring around Saturn, the biggest planetary ring yet found. It's enormous even by solar system standards: Among the analogies being used to make it clear to our little earthly minds is that it would take 1 billion Earths to fill it. "This thing is just...http://www.newser.com/story/71169/mammoth-ring-found-around-saturn.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 07 Oct 2009 12:28:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/70855/saturn-gms-biggest-mistake.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAs General Motors’ Saturn experiment ends with a whimper, it’s important to understand that the brand was a failure from the start. Some obituaries blame GM for not providing a fuller roster of vehicles to build customer loyalty—but if anything, the automaker gave Saturn too much, writes Mark Ritson....http://www.newser.com/story/70855/saturn-gms-biggest-mistake.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 02 Oct 2009 17:39:54 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/70676/saturn-to-shut-down-as-penske-deal-collapses.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSaturn's hopes of a life after GM ended today when a deal to sell the brand to Penske Automotive fell through. GM said it will now begin shutting down manufacturing and dealership operations. Penske canceled the deal—which could have saved about 13,000 jobs—because it couldn't swing an...http://www.newser.com/story/70676/saturn-to-shut-down-as-penske-deal-collapses.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 30 Sep 2009 16:08:32 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/67308/twitter-helps-kill-ugly-buick-hybrid.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIrate Twitterers appear to have forced General Motors to scrap a proposed Buick plug-in hybrid based on the Saturn Vue, Jalopnik reports. “VUE, with a touch of Buick,” tweeted one hater. “I dub thee the Vue-ick.” GM cited “the overwhelmingly negative response to this vehicle” in its decision to cancel...http://www.newser.com/story/67308/twitter-helps-kill-ugly-buick-hybrid.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 19 Aug 2009 16:33:02 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/66587/saturns-rings-vanish-today.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSaturn's rings will disappear from sight for three months starting today, Space.com reports. The rings, 170,000 miles long but only 30 feet thick, are visible because they reflect sunlight. But they vanish once every 15 years as equinoxes occur in its 30-year orbit and the rings are directly...http://www.newser.com/story/66587/saturns-rings-vanish-today.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 11 Aug 2009 2:14:32 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/63072/gm-saturn-dealers-split-on-playing-up-penske-name.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSaturn dealerships around the country have been using the brand’s planned acquisition by Roger Penske to attract customers, the Wall Street Journal reports. "People want to buy from someone they like," said the owner of a Saturn dealership in Wichita. But dealership owners nationwide have since received letters from GM...http://www.newser.com/story/63072/gm-saturn-dealers-split-on-playing-up-penske-name.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 29 Jun 2009 7:01:59 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/61174/penske-can-make-saturn-work.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagRoger Penske could be just what the mechanic ordered for Saturn, analysts tell the Detroit News . By leaving the manufacturing work to others—initially GM and then, for a time, foreign automakers—Saturn's new buyer will be able to focus on sales and marketing and avoid the pitfalls GM faced....http://www.newser.com/story/61174/penske-can-make-saturn-work.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 06 Jun 2009 15:36:38 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/61092/racing-legend-penske-will-buy-saturn-from-gm.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagRoger Penske, the racecar driver turned business tycoon, will buy the Saturn brand and dealer network from GM. The deal will save 350-plus dealerships and some 13,000 jobs if it goes through, the bankrupt parent company said in confirming the tentative agreement. The price is between $100 million and...http://www.newser.com/story/61092/racing-legend-penske-will-buy-saturn-from-gm.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 05 Jun 2009 10:19:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/60711/vehicles-that-drove-gm-to-bankruptcy.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWith the move finally official, Matt Hardigree, for Jalopnik, lists the 10 vehicles that bankrupted General Motors: Chevrolet SSR: “Meant to capture the imagination of buyers. Unfortunately, few buyers were imagining an expensive, gas-guzzling convertible truck that …was basically unusable as a truck." Saturn L-Series: Trying “to pass off an...http://www.newser.com/story/60711/vehicles-that-drove-gm-to-bankruptcy.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 01 Jun 2009 17:45:02 CDT