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2001 SL 5sp Plastic Fantastic USA !!!
duston22, 12/29/2007
2001 Saturn S-Series SL 4dr Sedan (1.9L 4cyl 5M)
1 of 1 people found this review helpful
Car purchased used from dealer as lease trade in with 50k on odometer. To date, 4 years 55,000 miles later with 110k miles, have replaced front brakes, and original serpentine belt. Thats it. zero maintenance other than oil ..... Averaging 36 mpg in daily comute, all time 2-way Round trip mpg was 46 mpg in Southern Oregon trip of 800 miles. No oil consumption. Zero. Car is low to ground, tub like, hard to get in and out of. As an economy car, this has to be one of the best vehicles ever built anywhere. Check out the empty curb weight and compare it to ANY 2008 auto. 2351 lbs, with a drag coefficient of 0.295. The EPA estimate of 40 mpg is easily reachable if you stay under 60 mph.
Great No-Hassle Car
bharat, 05/20/2002
2001 Saturn S-Series SL2 4dr Sedan (1.9L 4cyl 5M)
1 of 1 people found this review helpful
I bought the 1997 Saturn SL2 in OCT 1996 I put a lot of miles (by my standards). Its now at 107,000. Drives great. Looks perfect. Mileage- excellent. Posted - 27/37. Seats do get a little uncomfortable for 4hr + rides. Audio system's quality was totally unexpected. Sounds great, more like in a Lexus or Infiniti. At 80K, Fuel injection pump got busted. $400 out of pocket.No other problems. Still gives about 36 mpg on highway. Overall absolute no-brainer if you're looking for value. Saturn's a real smart person's choice.
For a small motor, darn good!
Randy, 09/13/2005
2001 Saturn S-Series SC1 3dr Coupe (1.9L 4cyl 5M)
1 of 1 people found this review helpful
For a small motor, the car is nice. You really can bring out the HP after 4500 RPMs. But that will take away from the MPGs that most people want when they buy a manual transmission on a small motored car. All in all, i think that the car is fun to drive and is definitely worth looking at all of the other models also.
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SDovedoll, 02/02/2003
2001 Saturn S-Series SC2 3dr Coupe (1.9L 4cyl 5M)
1 of 1 people found this review helpful
Very dependable car so far. Performance wise, could use a little more horsepower. Bad blind spot toward the back left side of the driver. Interior build quality is kind of cheap.
A Decent Kind Of Car
gabbyranger100, 04/20/2011
2001 Saturn S-Series SL1 4dr Sedan (1.9L 4cyl 4A)
1 of 1 people found this review helpful
I bought the car back in February 2007 for my wife with 95,849 miles on the odometer. We drove it to Florida 6 months later and spent 100 dollars roundtrip on fuel. The only problems we had with it were a bad ignition coil, a/c compressor quit working, water leak(ending up replacing the radiator, water pump and thermostat). Otherwise, it's a decent kind of car but I rarely drive it because it's too small for me but perfect for my 5'3" wife. I have no complaints about it. We currently have over 160,000 miles on the car and still going strong.