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Ahhh -errr excuse me. Saturn is GM – one of if not the largest corporation in the world. It was a cooperative effort with the United Auto Workers and Teamsters, the largest and most powerful unions in the world. And Saturn had not as of '93 turned a profit. The layoffs in the other divisions kept them afloat, essentially. And there is nothing "state of the art" in the saturn. MaPherson struts have been around for ages as has power steering, disc brakes and plastic bodies ('Vettes have had them for years). You actually get more modern technolgy in the Geo Prizm (actually a Toyota Corolla built at the Sumi Factory near Oakland, CA, a joint venture between GM and Toyota.) The thing that sets Saturn appart is the emphasis on people in the factory (workers) and the buyers as people. GM expects to Saturn to eventually becpome profitable and the experiment is supposed to show that empowering employees to act with initiative at all levels and treating customers like people first and money spouts second can produce higher quality product that will have a reasonable market share. wmc – via Autopilot!