The classic first-generation Saturn SC2’s DNA lives on in today’s General Motors cars.
Kudos to Saturn: Those plastic body panels really do work. The pristine S-Series you see here—a time machine of a car if there ever was one—resides not in rust-free Arizona or California but in the heart of Chicago. Twenty-seven years ago, Barbara Schreiber custom-ordered this bright red SC2, attracted not only to the coupe's Coke-bottle planform and pop-up headlights but also to Saturn's new way of doing business.
If we wanted to experience what the Saturn S-series was like when it was new, we couldn't do any better than this coupe. It was with those memories in mind that we climbed into Schreiber's SC2. Our first impression—barring the mind-bender of sitting in what felt like a brand-new 27-year-old car—is an overwhelming sense of Saturn's mission: to turn its back on the rest of GM and build a car as good as the Japanese brands. Saturn, like its trans-Pacific rivals, focused on the tactility of frequent contact points. The SC2's turn signals and shifter engage with an exaggerated clack.
The 2 in the SC2's name denotes, among other things, the 16-valve, twin-cam, 124-hp version of the Saturn-exclusive 1.9-liter I-4. The SC2's engine is strongest in the midrange, with power trailing off as the revs rise—unusual for a 1990s 16-valver but arguably better suited to American driving habits than the rev-happy Hondas.
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