The Differences Between the Saturn Sky Redline and the Pontiac Solstice GXP!
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- Опубликовано: 3 фев 2024
- In this video we show you the difference between the Saturn Sky Redline and the Pontiac Solstice GXP.
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2007 Solstice GXP had Direct fuel injection, independent suspension, limited slip differential, traction control, ABS, air cooled front brakes, dual exhaust. Also, at 260 HP in a 2.0 liter engine it had the highest horsepower ratio of any American car in history. Pretty cool.
Crazy thing is you can still get a nice condition Solstice GXP with relatively low mileage for cheaper than a ragged out Honda s2000. I like the s2k but GXP has more power, more performance, etc for cheaper. I know which one I’d rather have.
@@Deetroiteryeah unless you try to get a GXP Coupe... They only made 2,100 of them and they run around $30k😭
Just got a clean title, no accident Sky Red Line with only 40,000 miles for $8500. These things are monsters, they’re essentially two seater rwd Cobalt SS turbos. They have a decent aftermarket and can make 300 hp with just a tune.
that's a deal !
That's a steal, cars either in rough shape, seller didn't know what he had, or made up story!
I have a gxp for about twice that. Flawless. 69,000 miles. With the gmpp tune.
I bought my NA Solstice in 2019 and I am very happy with my choice. Having owned two Fiat X1/9 roadsters previously, I am used to not having kick-ass power. Instead, I enjoy driving twisty two-lane country roads with the top down and the NA versions of these cars are very satisfying. I prefer the smooth look of the Pontiac, but everyone chooses for themselves. Now its true that the turbo versions of these cars had more of the options as standard, but this car was definitely a-la-carte. Features that were standard on other cars were options on these in order to keep the price at $20K in 2006. The turbo versions were not offered in 2006. My car has almost EVERY option that was offered, so its price came in at $28K! I hear a lot of comments in reviews that these were "parts-bin" cars, like that was a negative thing. I look at it differently. I am happy about that because many parts ARE available because of this. I have no problem buying many parts because they were found on other cars. However, you will have problems finding parts like body panels and such because they were unique to this car. The NA version of these cars are the easiest (cheapest) way to get to enjoy sporty open top motoring. They are best as a second car only because of their limited cargo capacity, but you could definitely do it if you must.
S2000 did NOT have an available turbo, outside of aftermarket.
Thanks for letting us know! We will keep that in mind for the future!
And.... a forced-induction version of the Miata *was available* for a short while.
It doesn't matter... The Honda is on the other end of the spectrum in quality, performance and reliability from these lowly GM cars! You've got to be hard up, or only into looks, to want one of these lower quality GM cars vs. the S2000 it any Miata!
@@KOrnhOliO1 - I have both. They are both pretty fun cars and I won't argue with the quality differences. The S2000 is far better built. My S2000 is far from being original at this point, so it does everything better, even power.
Saturn has a nicer interior and was positioned as the more “upscale” of the two, targeted to a different buyer/demographic.
I like the solstice interior better. The red lights over the traditional lighting scheme in the Saturn was very eye catching. That coupled with the round gauges, knobs, and vents gave it a more classic look.
Loved the video. I have a 2008 Redline. with about 53,000 miles that I bought last summer for $15,000 with 48,000 on it then. I couldn't find a low miles 5 speed garage kept Redline near me. I found one online about 450 miles from me at a car lot in San Antonio, Tx. The dealer assured me it was worth the flight, so I did. It was as promised so after the test drive I put the top up and spent all day at 80mph+ 130 once in 108deg. heat with no issues. I drove it hard because if it had any issues I wanted them to show themselves. I love this car. So-far I've put in a new head unit for navigation and hands-free phone ability, and a DDM short throw shift kit. RPM stage 3 = turbo upgrade, bigger intercooler, charge pipes, cold air intake for sound purposes only, a larger diameter catted exhaust downpipe, and the included remote tune are coming at tax return time. Most people are seeing around 315whp with that setup. I can hardly wait to get all that done. 😁
Are you on the Saturn Sky forum if not join! If so what’s your username.. I just bought a Sky for my daughter’s first car. She loves it! Your car sounds like it’s a little beast. What color combination do you have? We have a white with tan top… interior black & tan. We have a lot of aftermarket too but it’s a N/A…
@@thomasharris5151 yep, I'm a member. These cars have a low price and are a super value. I'm hooked on them for what you can do for a reasonable price.
Post videos as you upgrade we need more content for these cars
I bought a red Pontiac solstice 2008 GXP.
Purchase the car in 2018 with 12,000 miles. Paid $15,000 I now have 43,000 love this car. Summer driver only!
I installed a drop-in k&n filter, RPM aftermarket charge tubes, solo high flow cat, Trifecta performance tune, on and off at the cruise.
Pull up Pontiac solstice 0 to 60 RUclips, mines under the name Carl Chapin.
The Solstice was the only one available in a coupe, the Sky was always a convertible. There were some aftermarket companies that made hatches but nothing factory.
The Solstice Coupe had a Targa top. Very cool design.
The Sky did have a coupe but they're extremely rare
@@zachlovescats95 if you know of a factory Sky coupe then I’ve got a bridge to sell you. All Skys are convertibles unless the owner added the hardtop. None came from GM as a hardtop.
Thank you so much for all that good information I really appreciate it because I was thinking about buying one myself.
Glad it was helpful!
You will love either one. The pontiacs are considered slightly more reliable.
@williammcgee4690 no they aren't. They're the same car.......
I suggest you edit/repost this video. The Redline and GXP are faster than your 6.5 sec 0-60… it was more like 5.5 sec 0-60..! And guys PLEASE LEARN the options of a car BEFORE you spew something as facts… & the S2000 never had a turbo offered as a factory option. BUT I like your passion for cars and the production is good.
I’m subscribing because your channels and chemistry is really good too. Keep the videos coming! 🎉
I’m gonna blame this on producer Grayson, who is a Japanese car guy and gave us the info.
Yeah this video is all buggered up, if you're going to do a review on a car do your research first.
You just didn't get a couple of things wrong. Half of this video or more is made up bull crap!
That Solstice really needs the front license plate mount removed
I agree
We are lucky in Puerto Rico we have no front license plate
@@husmanbros Literally yank the licence plate holder straight out. Use heavy duty velco to mount the license plate to the lower side of the bumper.
Great informative video gentlemen. You deserve more views (so far). I just dont understand youtube some times. Maybe if you clown around more and know less about cars the algo will like you better? jk of course. I love roadsters. I have currently have a 986 boxster s and a 07 z4 3.0si. They are a blast to drive. I've owned many other types of cars, 7 or 8 different generation corvettes including the c8. i have a z06 on order but to be honest, I have more fun in these. Keep up the good work. Subscribed. Cheers
Still have my solstice. Bought it new in December 2006. Has about 47k miles now. Ive thought about selling it a few times but its still such a fun car.
I still have mine I bought in April 2006! Still love it! I upgraded to all LED lighting and added a few things like a lighted wind deflector, floor lights, and 7" touch screen digital media receiver with back up camera.
I still get compliments on it to this day.
I always preferred the Sky. I feel that its sharper body lines make it a tad more attractive, though both cars are sexy AF.
I would agree- the sky is just a little cooler
With 17" light aluminum rims, and race tires, my zero-60 time is close to 5 seconds on my Redline sky.
And the sky looks,,, soooo much better, coming and going (and from the side)
Why did you go from the 18 inch to 17 inch wheels? I agree the outside of the Saturn looks good, but the interior of the solstice is beautiful!
@@jimmiller7386 autocross racing performance, it's mostly lower speed, but fast accelerations and cornering
I had a soltice! Gxp it was sexy loved it getting a sky this week.
I like this video, I have 2007 GXP, same color I am trying to rehab, I've had it since new but piled a lot of mileage on it. Do you know how many of these were manual vs. automatic? Mine is 5 speed but I bought a flood damaged parts car that was automatic, I'm a little surprised anyone would want an auto in this car.
I think that breakdown of stats is available pretty easily online
I miss my 06 Solstice. I loved that car so much and I hate what happened to it.
I wasn't able to get new tires because I was broke from moving out after finding my girlfriend cheating on me a week after I moved in with her, and then it understeered really bad and went off the road on a 35mph sweeping turn into a pole. I will never hesitate on replacing 10 year old tires for a woman ever again.
Has anyone had trouble with the button in the glovebox to get the trunk opened in the Solstice?
I have a 2007 GXP solstice for only 3k and it is so much fun. Road legal go kart.
I love my 2008 sky. She has a few more curves that makes it a timeless look plus a little more chrome accents in the front.I know the whole pontiac/saturn deal is over but GM should find a way to make em again.Maybe have to rebadge as Buick or Chevy but I'll bet theyd sell.
I picked up my Redline about 3 months ago for about $7000. Was a great deal
Where in the hell are you guys finding these kind of deals?
I am going to say the car is in really rough shape, with 175,000 or this is a made-up story.
@@carlchapin8352 it was throwing oil all over the engine and smoking when I got it. It cost me $250 to put a new gasket on it to stop the oil leak. Other than that and the cup holder, this car has no issues.
@@waytruthlifedisciple 🤔
Traction is a function of good tires. I have 2 “08 Redlines. Performance Summer tires that have not aged out (over 4 years) do not have traction issues. I suspect the tire on the (presumed low mileage) Solstice are old and the rubber has hardened.
Both nice looking cars,but I think the Pontiac looks sportier & more unique! 😍😍 Amazing how much wider the Saturn looks with the more hoizontal healights & grille , though I assume they are almost the same width!?
Same exact size for the most part. Also look a lot smaller and more sleek in person than in videos.
Im looking at a 2007 Solstice with 53,000 miles for $10,000. Might get it!
Do it!
10:50 COOP!
I’d love to swap the faces and turn it into a drift build
You want to take his face . . . off?!?
-AA
4500 and 4200... they're not that rare. There are somewhere in teh ballpark of 60,000 solstices, and 40,000 sky's Certainly not common, but your numbers are wildly rarer than the cars really are. I know you're referring to the 2007 turbo models, but there are much more of those too from other years. There are 1266 coupes all from pontiac and all from 2009. These are very fun cars, I highly enjoy mine. Wranglers were sold without AC until very recently btw ;). You could also get roll up windows on a base solstice! :D. The red stitch on the GXP is quite rare.
The Diff is a Cadillac diff, the transmission is from GMC canyons and Hummers. The rear reflectors are from a GMC ... envoy? I think?
The S2000 is admittedly the best roadster of the era, but the solstice looks better in my opinion :D
Good video overall!
The Saturn looks so much nicer than the Pontiac. You mentioned a windscreen on the boxer. You can get a windscreen for the Sky and I would think the Solstice. I installed a ton when I was a line tech at Saturn. Saturn was a political casualty. 16 buyers lined up to purchase Saturn. Zero for Pontiac, 1 for Hummer, 1 for Saab. Roger Penski won the bid for Saturn. He was working with Nissan to bring the Sentra up to the safety standard of Saturn. It would have come with the 2.4L Ecotec Motor. At the same time President Obama's Car Zar wanted to buy Saturn and turn it into a full EV car company. On the day of closing Nissan pulled out of the deal and also happened to come to an agreement of using an ONstar type of tech. Penski would have had to start paying big fines for being above the standard EPA. He asked for six months to secure another compact car. They said no. He asked for 3 months. again no. So he did not sign. The plan became that the car zar would buy Saturn a year later but he was found to be dirty just like Nissan was found dirty in pulling out and receiving OnStar tech.
Saturn was actually known for being "A different kind of car and a different kind of car company". This was true until Oldsmobile was dropped and Saturn was moved into that GM cookie cutter spot. The main goal of Saturn was to exceed the customers expectations. The engineers actually listened to the tech's who had to work on them. The "S" car (SL, SL1, SL2, sedans SW1, SW2 Station Wagons and SC1, SC2 Sports Coupe) the 1 models had a single cam 1.9L inline 4 cylinder, 14" wheels, and dark textured bumpers. The 2 Models had Twin Cam 1.9L inline 4 Cylinder and upgraded interior as well as bigger 15" wheels and painted bumpers. The SC2 had popup lights from 1991 (The cars first year) to 1996. 95 SC2 was my favorite. My wife bought a brand new SC2 in 1995 right before we got married. When she got her 2001 Yellow coupe a made it a beast. At 200k miles I swaped out the auto transmission for a five speed manual. I rebuilt the engine the Tom Brandileer way using pistons from a 1999 twin cam and head from a 1991 along with other secrets. If you know you know. It ended up with 300HP from 124 stock HP. I sold it when my son started to drive. It's still going. It's a track car now and doing great. Very underrated cars. They were Honda Civic killers in the street racing wars and nobody expected it. The early Saturns were great to work on. They made sense. They were great cars as well. We still have one Saturn in our fleet. 2001 SC2 3dr coupe special edition yellow. It has just over 300k miles. It still has the original clutch! That is with my wife, son, daughter, and nephew all learning how to drive manual on that car. It still has the original Timing chain. The deepest I have been into the engine has been the Cam Cover gasket and intake manifold gasket. My daughter is now the driver of Tweety. It was my wife's but she now has a 2018 yellow Jeep Renegade-BigBird. She loves yellow vehicles. The car and our daughter are both 2001 models (23 this year). Our daughter started in a rear facing infant seat in the back and is now in the drivers seat. The car has a body kit and and some bolt on performance mods. Still looks great and runs great. Saturn was a great car and company. It's a shame politics got in the way!
Great insight, thanks for sharing these stories!
I have to disagree on the looks. In a video it might look nice, but close up the Sky always looked cheap to me. Some of the "chrome" accents look like something kids buy at Auto Zone to stick on the car. Just my opinion of course. I don't recall if it's mentioned but there were also the Daewoo G2X in Korea and the Opel GT in Europe which were the same car. I believe the Daewoo looks more like the Sky than the Solstice.
Only the Solstice came in coupes. The Sky never got coupes unfortunately
Better be under 6' tall or less, I am 6'1" and no way.I had to open the door to get my left foot on the clutch, great cars through.
Will a 6'2" adult fit in these?
Yes - it might be tight with the top up, but why bother, amirite?
Man that's a tight fit.
REDLINE - Current setup - rarely engaged 24lbs Boost, 440 HP, 460 TQ. Stock turbo, stock internals. Love this thing. P.S. The guy that later designed the Tesla's, first designed the Sky.
ruclips.net/user/shortsbT2FETNsR9I?si=4fPQhN8pZeJjaDuU
The solstice and sky out perform the boxter and miata
Would be great to get a stock one of each on the track for a vid.
-AA
In my Miata, I can drop the top at a red light without even have to take my seatbelt off. And it actually had a trunk.
I’ve owned two Miatas; one had the optional “Hard S” suspension, and my Solstice handles WAYYYY sharper. As for putting the top down, I never put the top up on my Solstice.
too bad you don't have power....
Was the Saturn not a re-branded Opel GT?
Who cares about these two when then Opel Speedster exist 🥰
If we ever get our hands on an Opel Speedster you will see the review. Trust.
- AA
@@husmanbros this would be amazing.
The Speedster is forgotten for some reason. :(
Chrysler crossfire srt 6 was a rival also
*The American built Sky was also exported to Europe & badged as an Opel GT!
I thought it was the other way around. Thanks!
@@husmanbros I think it was designed & developed by Opel,but they were built in Wilmington,Delaware.
I heard not a single detail what is the difference between the two, besides the look.
That’s pretty much the difference
Saturn actually first came out in 1985 guys
I don’t remember seeing any in my favorite trilogy.
How about the Audi TT?
We will see if we can get our hands on one to review
The bad news, the Sky is a collector car now, and may parts are unavailable, such as the headlights, tail lights, clutch flywheel (and the list goes on). A fun collectors car, but not a practical car for every day driving, very expensive to maintain. Those front side panels crack and break, and are no longer made. Heck, you can't even buy shocks for it (you are stuck with expensive aftermarket racing coilovers). Having said that.... fun fun fun...and a look like no other in town.
I feel your pain haha. Anything body related is unobtainium. I had a nice chunk missing out of my taillight and the only way I could find a replacement was from pulling it off of another Solstice that was in a front-end wreck.
I'd take the Sky over the Solstice- easy choice.
Saturn sky never made a coupe! G.M. made just over 1,200 2009 coupe's all Pontiacs. GM built 12, 2010 Pontiac coupes.
It's said all 12 were sold through a auction.
There was recently a rare 2010 blue 1 of 1 Pontiac solstice coupe with 8 miles that has come available, appraisal on this car is $150,000.
13:00 He says while driving on a straight and flat road. Sports cars belong in the mountains... I could drive it no handed on flat ground with straight roads.
I am not sure if you have ever been to Dallas, but “flat and straight” describes 99% of roads around us.
Oh get lost with the Porsche crap. For the money, my 2007 GXP RPM Motorsports tuned Solstice is right there with your Porsche, especially given that I have 320 HP. Bye bye Porsche. We want to hear about these 2 cars which quite frankly still hold up in 2024, are great looking, great handling and the fun factor is unbeatable. Solstice=beauty. Porsche = UGLY
YOU DIDNT COMPARE THE TWO WELL ENOUGH LOOKS WISE OR EVEN A SIMPLE DRIVING COMPARISON ??!! INCOMPLETE VIDEO
They are the same car, driving wise.
Pontiac solstice front end is so ugly compared to the saturn
The Pontiac Solstice has an ugly front end.
You lost me 75 seconds in, with the redundant repetitive "how many of these were built?"
Car salesmen - thumbs down. Just wanted to learn about the cars but couldn't watch this
We don’t sell car. Just trying to inform! Thanks.