@@SwiftMCy Sky gang! 🙌🏽 Ruby red (or black) was the color I was initially aiming for, but I could never find one in my area, sadly. I have a white '07 😊
@@samone_231 The white, dark blue, and ruby red are my favorites for sure. rarely ever see another sky on the road, but it's always a joy lmao. sky gang sky gang
@@SwiftMCy Yeah, you really don't see them at all anymore, so I'm like a kid in a candy store every time I do see one lol. And it's honestly even better whenever I come across people who own them!
For $750, you can get a Trifecta tune for these. 340hp on 93 octane. I bet probably 380 on E85. Insane even in today's standard for this tiny car. Back in the 2007-2009, you can get a Trifecta tune and it still would be under cover by warranty too! Making this car a beast back then.
@@BN99239 actually General Motors had a tune it was the GMPP tune 290HP, 340PFT 5 speed manual transmission. The automatic transmission with the GMPP tune, 290HP, 325PFT. If you get the trifecta tune, which I have on my 2008 Pontiac solstice GXP, controlled by the cruise control on and off. This tune is aftermarket, no way connected to General Motors. GM never had a warranty for the Trifecta performance tune, warranty was only good for the GMPP tune. The trifecta performance tune that's on my car, cost $400.00. The GMPP tune cost $1,200, also requires changing out sensors.
Same. Love the used car content from Harrison auto sales. With the economy and crazy new car prices, I see this channel thriving with more of these reviews
Had an 07 GXP, seriously underrated car. GM offered a performance tune that did not void the factory warranty that bumped power to 290hp/340tq (manual only, auto was rated less) that really woke the car up (also added no lift shift). The LNF was a very high tech engine for it's time that for some reason got largely overlooked.
😆 Right, the Sky was so much better. That's why Pontiac sold twice as many Solstices. At least the Pontiac had a distinct look.... The Sky was nothing more than a Corvette clone.
I have a 2008 Sky Redline with twin turbos customized by its original owner, and let me say, this car is amazingly underrated! Stunningly beautiful and excellent to drive!
I remember when these came out during my time in GM Technical College. I thought they were so cool. I thought of them as budget corvettes due to the clam hood and high performance variants. This is the GM I remember. The GM that brought the daring SSR, HHR, Solstice, and SKY designs.
Hi Matt, I am a long-time viewer (and moderately long-time subscriber), and helped talk you out of buying a GT350 when the insurance for my GT350 was three times higher than the similar insurance on my Mustang GT. I am sorry that you parted ways with the Bullitt, but it was likely the right decision for the reasons that you mentioned in the other video; at least your wife still drives a Mustang. While I am a long-time viewer, I am also an inconsistent viewer of the videos on your channel. A little constructive feedback that might help increase views of your videos: 1. The amount of detailed, occasionally quirky, or non-obvious vehicle information that you provided while driving the car in this video is impressive - please keep providing that type of information. 2. The vehicle in your video must be interesting, either a car that the viewers might be interested in purchasing, have odd quirks and features that set the car apart from others on the market, or something that feels special to you. 3. Significantly decrease the frequency of unnecessarily stating “you know” in the middle of a sentence - that is a hard habit to break, but it is similar to fingernails on a chalkboard for some viewers. Best of luck to you in the future.
I think one of the primary reasons I love this car so much is the fact that they are nowhere near sought after. Fingers crossed, the fact the kappa platform is disliked means the price will keep dropping, I’ll have time to cop one hehe, then the prices will surge when people finally get their heads outta their butts and realize it’s a better Miata. Love the review!
Under appreciated is an understatement ! Honestly Matt enjoy the older reviews , but I think you should dip into modified car reviews similar in a sense to one takes ! I’m sure with your fan base you could get some people with some quirky stuff ! Keep up the great work
I wonder if that might be a new Avenue for you to explore on your Channel reviewing older cars from the 90s and 00s when available and capturing some of the Nostalgia that some of us remember from simpler times
I had a 2009 Cobalt SS with this motor. With a downpipe and a custom tune it was putting down ~350WHP/WTQ. Thing was an absolute monster (with a plastic interior). The cars I’d embarrass in a roll race were hilarious. Fastest car I’ve ever owned.
Love these older car reviews! If you run across a 2008 Challenger SRT8 First Edition, I would love to see that! The first year of the Challenger comeback.
Matt! I was just thinking about you this morning, wondering how you were making out since the Bullitt’s departure. After letting go of my 2010 Camaro SS/RS for reasons similar to yours, I ended up going through cheaper, yet fun cars, ending up with a Solstice GXP (manual). The Camaro was my unicorn, but I’m having a blast with the roadster. 75% of the fun for 25% of the cost. Keep the content coming! I think your acceleration clips was what birthed the “reaction video” that so many creators are now known for. You’re a pioneer, sir! Cheers to your success.
Interesting that these (apparently) were something of a follow on from Europe’s earlier Opel/Vauxhall VX220s but they didn’t sell these here in the UK. You can see the styling cues from the older models more than the with the Solstice.
Great cars. I own two, the base in white (5-speed manual) the Redline in midnight blue (automatic). Im now looking for the Redline in a 5-speed. I love driving these cars!!
I think you hit the nail on the head. The Sky is better looking, and they can be tuned to 300 hp pretty easily. I am surprised by how little interest they garner on the used market, given that they are rear-drive, have an available manual, and are fairly comfy. The only major drawback is the lack of storage space.
Have you also seen the rare Solstice coupe that they made only 1266 coupes? I love the Sky but mate the Solstice coupe looks outrageous gorgeous than the sky and I own a base coupe. First coupe in the UK 🇬🇧 and gets attention than some super cars. I always need to prepare myself anytime I stopped whether in a gas station or anywhere. People guessing is it a TVR, Porsche, Aston Martin, Ferrari or Jaguar F-Type. Now my next one will be a Sky.
My wife and I still love the Sky. A neighbor had one back when they were new, in black, and it was so cool. We might still go looking for one soon and hope to find a low-mile car somewhere. These were said by the car testing sites to be the lesser car compared to the Miata but for more relaxed driving it is the better cruiser.
These Sky Redlines and Solstice GXP are definitely underappreciated. I remember being in my teenage years reading about Bob Lutz being a big supporter getting the Solstice / Sky developed and built. Thanks for reviewing this, Matt.
Nice review Matt. How are you doing? Your video on your Mustang was tough to watch. I am glad to see you putting out content and doing what you love to do. Your reviews have always been some of my favorites! Keep up the good work. ✊
I’m in the UK 🇬🇧 and owns one of these super rare hardtop Solstice even though is an auto base but will never sell it. Such a lil fun car that gets attention than many supercars.
I’ve always loved the Sky it’s such a beautiful car. But I can tell you Matt that you’d be very proud of the investment I recently made. Just a couple weeks ago I bought myself an 03 Bugeye WRX Wagon completely stock. It’s an automatic with a little over 200k mileage. But it’s been very well taken care of the person I got it from had solid maintenance records and even came with a full set of snow tires and wheels. Mechanical the only thing it needs is the brakes serviced before winter comes. And the best part is I bought it cash in hand for $5k. $5k for a super clean very well maintained WRX wagon that’s completely unmolested with aftermarket.
So Pumped to see this car get some love ... And they look absolutely killer swapping out the wheels and flushing out the fitment... And purging the plasichrome. But for a miner investment these look absolutely killer. Just Google some custom builds on these. Owned one Pre-Kids and sold it running with 160k miles They're grown up a bit now and got myself the Carbon Flash Edition with 19k miles I'm going to keep as my last Gasoline car probably
I still own a Solstice GXP. Love it. The base models are much more sporty cruisers but the turbos are actually nice sports cars. Unfortunately these cars just happened to be released at the worse time possible. I'm pretty certain had GM not had to go through their restructuring during the recession, these cars would have continued to be a success. Sadly the feds forced GM to shut down Pontiac, which GM tried to fight to keep. I think they did brielfly consider a Chevy version (Skyline rebadged) once they realized Pontiac and Saturn weren't going to survive restructuring after bankruptcy. I can only imagine how they could have evolved these cars.
Hey Matt I’m currently on vacation in Guadalajara, Mexico and I have seen so many crazy cars from Raptors, Subies, Mazda Cx5’s, CX50’s, so many Range Rovers lol
It’s too late for me to watch now Matt (and it’s west coast time 😂) but, tomorrow! This sooo feels like your old stuff, you said one of your goals for the year was to review more affordable sports cars like your early days, please, keep trying with that! That’s a great objective. You are like the only one with a good Impala SS video and it paid off - your strategy should be to beat Doug to these weird cars, he didn’t do an Impala SS & you got 100k views! You paved the way to success without press cars, I know it was an easier time, there’s more to it than that, but, please just think about it, that’s all I ask - your unique value proposition, could be slowly pivoting to these weird old cool cars. Malibu SS, Forester XT, Audi TT, Grand Cherokee 5.9 Limited, TL and TL Type S, Charger Super Bee, stuff that you might find out in Ohio/KY/PA. I realize these cars don’t grow on trees, I don’t mean to say to bail on the press cars altogether, but..see what you can do! Think about it! No one else “big” is covering these affordable weird, but cool cars. They’re all from your era, so you can give context to why they were cool back in the day, and you can offer high quality, comprehensive coverage on them. Figure out what Doug hasn’t done, and beat him to them! Impala SS this shit!! You selling the Bullitt shows me you truly want to succeed - you CAN do this. But, it might take some pivoting. I hope you think about it!
I'm definitely working hard to work in more of the cool used cars whenever I get the opportunity. Finding the right cars and the free time are the hardest parts. But it's been a goal of mine for the past year or so because I totally agree that nobody else is really doing this and I think there's a ton of potential in it.
FWIW, GM did/does offer a tune that took the OEM 260HP, to 290HP. Torque rating was dependent on transmission, 325TQ for autos, 345TQ with manuals. It was covered by the factory warranty when they had them. Aftermarket (Trifecta, HPTuners, RPM-Motorsports) tunes take those numbers even higher, and they are cheaper than the factory tune.
13:20... you can...you can drop it into L 2-3 gear..you can manually shift the auto..obviously it's not as fun or like a manual but you can drop the gear and stay in 2-3 gear and have fun with the auto...
Same tires I have on my Sky..2008 LEA block swapped 2.4l (custom Borg Warner turbocharger)..~500rwhp...I love it..I've owned it since new(LE5 2.4l base model)..🏁
Shorts pay basically nothing. They get views and subscribers but it's all mostly worthless. The new Shorts subscribers only want to see more Shorts that I'd have to do for free basically. Not going to feed the family.
Didn't watch this video but saw some of your Bullitt video. Sorry to hear about your troubles, maybe a better title would help this video, packaging overall is super important because if people don't click, they don't watch. My idea to improve the title is just to remove the word "Review", or at least put it behind the headline of the video, like "2007 Saturn Sky Red Line Review - Criminally Underrated". I think something else that may help the channel overall would be to come up with a new format. I know you said in other comments you wouldn't want to do a build series since you don't enjoy working on cars, but something along those lines is what people want to see. Not exactly a build series of course, but people love seeing something more personal, where they really get to see who you are, what makes you interesting, and what you really love to share with viewers. Also, what about selling your Bullitt on Cars and Bids? You could do a deeper dive into the process and share how things go, which would definitely be interesting to me. I can see there are a couple videos already with this content, but none with an audience as large as yours.
These cars, along with the cobaltss, made good power for cheap money it was a ton of fun owning one and modifying it. 3k turbo kit and a nice tune and u had over 400whp all day long.
I owned a super low mileage 07 Sol GXP and sold it to buy a new challenger manual scat pack. My sol was manual as well as tuned. Man I regret that decision but currently trying to purchase a hydro blue sky redline manual.
Cars like this are often overlooked because xyz other options were faster or had a better badge, but people are definitely missing out . The price you can find these at is astonishing.
There's a dark green one with black and tan interior with manual transmission in southern Florida for sale. It has under 8k one owner miles on it. I want it badly!!
Late to the party- current Redline owner. The Sky along with its GM cousin the Solstice were very underrated cars. GM's answer to the Miata as an affordable roadster. Yes, the Kappa platform has many quirky features to its design. Hard plastic interior, GM's bargain parts bin, suspect cup holders, lack of storage or trunk space. However- the stock turbo version is upgradable. GMPP adds a factory tune, different air intake with warranty. Aftermarket parts changes the platform- once again into a real canyon carver. What you didn't try during your drive was the competition mode- turning off the TC & ESC features and by dropping this transmission down a gear- into 2nd gear with the limited slip differential, I think you will get that tail happy experience you were looking for Matt. My car has been almost bullet proof in the 13 years I've owned it. Affordable. Reliable, even as a daily driver. Good gas mpg. Low insurance rate. Easy DIY repairs. They are becoming a rare car in the auto market these days. Attracts attention everywhere I go, even to this day. What you need to find & drive/review Matt- is a "Mallett" version of this model. A whole different animal. LS2/LS3 or even an LS7 with a manual trans.
Some suggestions Matt: More POV uploads on the twisties. ↪️ More road trips.👍🏾 More insight of your journalist trips. Bring us into the conferences and meet and greets. 🙂
Car is as criminally underrated as Matt is 🔥🔥🔥
Thank you :)
Nah dood this is why his channel's tanking. He does reviews cars no one is interested in.
@@Itsdavizzle 🤡🤡🤡
Needed an LS swap version from the factory for a decent price. But yeah these cars a a bargain and they can be hshift LS swapped for less than 25k.
Yes I would have to agree 😎
As a 23 yr old Sky owner, this review made me so happy! These cars are seriously so underrated
22 with a sky myself.. they're really pretty! I have a ruby red 09
@@SwiftMCy Sky gang! 🙌🏽 Ruby red (or black) was the color I was initially aiming for, but I could never find one in my area, sadly. I have a white '07 😊
@@samone_231 The white, dark blue, and ruby red are my favorites for sure. rarely ever see another sky on the road, but it's always a joy lmao. sky gang sky gang
@@SwiftMCy Yeah, you really don't see them at all anymore, so I'm like a kid in a candy store every time I do see one lol. And it's honestly even better whenever I come across people who own them!
how reliable is it?
For $750, you can get a Trifecta tune for these. 340hp on 93 octane. I bet probably 380 on E85. Insane even in today's standard for this tiny car. Back in the 2007-2009, you can get a Trifecta tune and it still would be under cover by warranty too! Making this car a beast back then.
@@BN99239 actually General Motors had a tune it was the GMPP tune 290HP, 340PFT 5 speed manual transmission. The automatic transmission with the GMPP tune, 290HP, 325PFT.
If you get the trifecta tune, which I have on my 2008 Pontiac solstice GXP, controlled by the cruise control on and off. This tune is aftermarket, no way connected to General Motors.
GM never had a warranty for the Trifecta performance tune, warranty was only good for the GMPP tune.
The trifecta performance tune that's on my car, cost $400.00.
The GMPP tune cost $1,200, also requires changing out sensors.
I’m a big fan of these videos in which you view cool, used cars. Reminds me of your original videos as subaruwrxfan! Cheers Matt!
Same. Love the used car content from Harrison auto sales. With the economy and crazy new car prices, I see this channel thriving with more of these reviews
Thanks, yeah I'm hoping to continue to work them in when I can!
Always thought the sky looked better. Man these redlines are tempting they are such good deals.
I would love to see a proper HID retrofit on solstice. Then it would practically be perfect as a simple roadster or especially the GXP hard top
Had an 07 GXP, seriously underrated car. GM offered a performance tune that did not void the factory warranty that bumped power to 290hp/340tq (manual only, auto was rated less) that really woke the car up (also added no lift shift). The LNF was a very high tech engine for it's time that for some reason got largely overlooked.
I was so disappointed when they used the Solstice in Transformers since I thought the Sky looked so much better.
I wonder why they picked the Solstice? Pontiac had more marketing dollars I guess?
@@MattMaranMotoring That must be it. It’s still strange that both brands are gone.
@@TumblingMustard Before Saturn went under I thought they had some good looking vehicles starting to be made.
You have to admit, the solstice they modified for Jazz was soooo good looking
😆 Right, the Sky was so much better. That's why Pontiac sold twice as many Solstices. At least the Pontiac had a distinct look.... The Sky was nothing more than a Corvette clone.
Old coworker had a black redline. Thing was pretty cool. Nothing like top down cruisin and just Bumpin tunes on a sunny day.
Damn, 260hp!? That’s got to be a blast to drive! Beautiful car 👍🏼
I have a 2008 Sky Redline with twin turbos customized by its original owner, and let me say, this car is amazingly underrated! Stunningly beautiful and excellent to drive!
I remember when these came out during my time in GM Technical College. I thought they were so cool. I thought of them as budget corvettes due to the clam hood and high performance variants. This is the GM I remember. The GM that brought the daring SSR, HHR, Solstice, and SKY designs.
And the Cobalt SS
@@godzilla7391 impala ss
Hi Matt, I am a long-time viewer (and moderately long-time subscriber), and helped talk you out of buying a GT350 when the insurance for my GT350 was three times higher than the similar insurance on my Mustang GT. I am sorry that you parted ways with the Bullitt, but it was likely the right decision for the reasons that you mentioned in the other video; at least your wife still drives a Mustang. While I am a long-time viewer, I am also an inconsistent viewer of the videos on your channel. A little constructive feedback that might help increase views of your videos: 1. The amount of detailed, occasionally quirky, or non-obvious vehicle information that you provided while driving the car in this video is impressive - please keep providing that type of information. 2. The vehicle in your video must be interesting, either a car that the viewers might be interested in purchasing, have odd quirks and features that set the car apart from others on the market, or something that feels special to you. 3. Significantly decrease the frequency of unnecessarily stating “you know” in the middle of a sentence - that is a hard habit to break, but it is similar to fingernails on a chalkboard for some viewers. Best of luck to you in the future.
I remember the Solstice GXP and this when they came out. This always looked so much cooler than the Solstice.
I think one of the primary reasons I love this car so much is the fact that they are nowhere near sought after. Fingers crossed, the fact the kappa platform is disliked means the price will keep dropping, I’ll have time to cop one hehe, then the prices will surge when people finally get their heads outta their butts and realize it’s a better Miata. Love the review!
I feel like these are under appreciated cars that are going to be pretty hard to find in the near future.
Crazy you got to review this and the solstice, back to back
Matt, I love these reviews of everyday affordable enthusiast cars! I feel like most creators have departed from this. Great review!
Thanks, I plan to do more whenever I can!
Under appreciated is an understatement ! Honestly Matt enjoy the older reviews , but I think you should dip into modified car reviews similar in a sense to one takes ! I’m sure with your fan base you could get some people with some quirky stuff ! Keep up the great work
I wonder if that might be a new Avenue for you to explore on your Channel reviewing older cars from the 90s and 00s when available and capturing some of the Nostalgia that some of us remember from simpler times
Yep it's something I've been doing in the past year when I get the right opportunities and will continue to do.
I’d like to see some ads or sponsorships to help this channel keep running for as long as possible
Same
I was just thinking the same thing.
As a saturn sky redline owner. Im proud of you for this video.
I love the curiosities about the car at the begining.. No idea it was sold as Daewoo.
Sold as Daewoo in Asia and as Opel Gt in Europe whiles the original name Saturn Sky is well known more in America.
Best Saturn ever made 👍
After the Chevy takeover, RIP Saturn after 2002
that steering wheel was in literally every car from that era
I had a 2009 Cobalt SS with this motor. With a downpipe and a custom tune it was putting down ~350WHP/WTQ. Thing was an absolute monster (with a plastic interior). The cars I’d embarrass in a roll race were hilarious. Fastest car I’ve ever owned.
Cheers Matt, Love a review on a car I didn’t know existed. Doesn’t happen often and it’s always a joy. It’s weirdly cool!!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Love these older car reviews! If you run across a 2008 Challenger SRT8 First Edition, I would love to see that! The first year of the Challenger comeback.
Thanks, yeah I'd love to review one of the older Challengers again.
Matt! I was just thinking about you this morning, wondering how you were making out since the Bullitt’s departure. After letting go of my 2010 Camaro SS/RS for reasons similar to yours, I ended up going through cheaper, yet fun cars, ending up with a Solstice GXP (manual). The Camaro was my unicorn, but I’m having a blast with the roadster. 75% of the fun for 25% of the cost.
Keep the content coming! I think your acceleration clips was what birthed the “reaction video” that so many creators are now known for. You’re a pioneer, sir! Cheers to your success.
One of these days I will buy this car. Hopefully before everyone else does.
Also great review!
Interesting that these (apparently) were something of a follow on from Europe’s earlier Opel/Vauxhall VX220s but they didn’t sell these here in the UK. You can see the styling cues from the older models more than the with the Solstice.
Great cars. I own two, the base in white (5-speed manual) the Redline in midnight blue (automatic). Im now looking for the Redline in a 5-speed. I love driving these cars!!
The sky looks so much better than the solstice!
This is one of the best deals for used cars.
Matt, I love this mod 2000s Saturn Sky & even though it's low on tech by modern standards I think it's a cool car.
Watching and liking every Matt video from now on to support the channel
Thank you! 🙏
I think you hit the nail on the head. The Sky is better looking, and they can be tuned to 300 hp pretty easily. I am surprised by how little interest they garner on the used market, given that they are rear-drive, have an available manual, and are fairly comfy. The only major drawback is the lack of storage space.
Have you also seen the rare Solstice coupe that they made only 1266 coupes? I love the Sky but mate the Solstice coupe looks outrageous gorgeous than the sky and I own a base coupe. First coupe in the UK 🇬🇧 and gets attention than some super cars. I always need to prepare myself anytime I stopped whether in a gas station or anywhere. People guessing is it a TVR, Porsche, Aston Martin, Ferrari or Jaguar F-Type. Now my next one will be a Sky.
He is Back Baby!
My wife and I still love the Sky. A neighbor had one back when they were new, in black, and it was so cool. We might still go looking for one soon and hope to find a low-mile car somewhere. These were said by the car testing sites to be the lesser car compared to the Miata but for more relaxed driving it is the better cruiser.
These Sky Redlines and Solstice GXP are definitely underappreciated.
I remember being in my teenage years reading about Bob Lutz being a big supporter getting the Solstice / Sky developed and built.
Thanks for reviewing this, Matt.
Nice review Matt. How are you doing? Your video on your Mustang was tough to watch. I am glad to see you putting out content and doing what you love to do. Your reviews have always been some of my favorites! Keep up the good work. ✊
Thanks! I'm doing okay, just putting all my energy into doing the best videos I can and hoping for the best.
Great review of a fun affordable top down car!
Thanks Matt
Cool review. If it wasn’t for the chrome, the exterior still looks relevant.
Great job Matt!
Loved both these and the Solstice! Especially the super rare hardtop Solstice.
I’m in the UK 🇬🇧 and owns one of these super rare hardtop Solstice even though is an auto base but will never sell it. Such a lil fun car that gets attention than many supercars.
Wow the nature in the background is so green. Pittsburgh is awesome
I always wanted one of these or the Solstice. I think they're really cool and unique, especially now considering how cheap you can get them.
I'd probably still take an S2000 or Miata over this, but I do think these cars were underrated. Great video, Matt!
Thanks! 👍
Would have loved this with the Corvette motor. Sweet review 👍🏻
I’ve always loved the Sky it’s such a beautiful car. But I can tell you Matt that you’d be very proud of the investment I recently made. Just a couple weeks ago I bought myself an 03 Bugeye WRX Wagon completely stock. It’s an automatic with a little over 200k mileage. But it’s been very well taken care of the person I got it from had solid maintenance records and even came with a full set of snow tires and wheels. Mechanical the only thing it needs is the brakes serviced before winter comes. And the best part is I bought it cash in hand for $5k. $5k for a super clean very well maintained WRX wagon that’s completely unmolested with aftermarket.
Great video Matt! I always preferred the look of the Solstice, but the Sky is not a bad looking car either.
Loved the skys looked like a mini corvette
So Pumped to see this car get some love ... And they look absolutely killer swapping out the wheels and flushing out the fitment... And purging the plasichrome. But for a miner investment these look absolutely killer. Just Google some custom builds on these.
Owned one Pre-Kids and sold it running with 160k miles
They're grown up a bit now and got myself the Carbon Flash Edition with 19k miles I'm going to keep as my last Gasoline car probably
That's awesome that you were able to get another one!
Beautiful car well done Matt!
Thanks!
Got a 40,000 redline with manual transmission and the drive is phenomenal. So stable on the freeway and zipping around corners!
I owned a Solstice GXP with an automatic. There is a large community of supporters for the Gamma platform cars. Great little cars. Thanks for the vid.
Well done, Matt!
Thanks!
I’ve always thought these looks amazing. What a great pick!
Thanks so much!
Looks soooo much better than the Solstice too
Nice review overall. Good to see some more reviews of these cars coming out this year. I love my 08 Redline and hope to keep it for a long time.
I still own a Solstice GXP. Love it. The base models are much more sporty cruisers but the turbos are actually nice sports cars. Unfortunately these cars just happened to be released at the worse time possible. I'm pretty certain had GM not had to go through their restructuring during the recession, these cars would have continued to be a success. Sadly the feds forced GM to shut down Pontiac, which GM tried to fight to keep. I think they did brielfly consider a Chevy version (Skyline rebadged) once they realized Pontiac and Saturn weren't going to survive restructuring after bankruptcy. I can only imagine how they could have evolved these cars.
Dude both of those cars still look awesome
The performance packages you could get dealer installed on these were bananas. GM was ahead of the curve there, then bailed.
Hey Matt I’m currently on vacation in Guadalajara, Mexico and I have seen so many crazy cars from Raptors, Subies, Mazda Cx5’s, CX50’s, so many Range Rovers lol
Nice! Hope it's a good vacation!
Engine note sounds amazing!
It’s too late for me to watch now Matt (and it’s west coast time 😂) but, tomorrow! This sooo feels like your old stuff, you said one of your goals for the year was to review more affordable sports cars like your early days, please, keep trying with that! That’s a great objective. You are like the only one with a good Impala SS video and it paid off - your strategy should be to beat Doug to these weird cars, he didn’t do an Impala SS & you got 100k views! You paved the way to success without press cars, I know it was an easier time, there’s more to it than that, but, please just think about it, that’s all I ask - your unique value proposition, could be slowly pivoting to these weird old cool cars. Malibu SS, Forester XT, Audi TT, Grand Cherokee 5.9 Limited, TL and TL Type S, Charger Super Bee, stuff that you might find out in Ohio/KY/PA. I realize these cars don’t grow on trees, I don’t mean to say to bail on the press cars altogether, but..see what you can do! Think about it! No one else “big” is covering these affordable weird, but cool cars. They’re all from your era, so you can give context to why they were cool back in the day, and you can offer high quality, comprehensive coverage on them. Figure out what Doug hasn’t done, and beat him to them! Impala SS this shit!! You selling the Bullitt shows me you truly want to succeed - you CAN do this. But, it might take some pivoting. I hope you think about it!
I'm definitely working hard to work in more of the cool used cars whenever I get the opportunity. Finding the right cars and the free time are the hardest parts. But it's been a goal of mine for the past year or so because I totally agree that nobody else is really doing this and I think there's a ton of potential in it.
Great content mate!
Love it these are options I’m looking at!
Glad you liked it!
FWIW, GM did/does offer a tune that took the OEM 260HP, to 290HP. Torque rating was dependent on transmission, 325TQ for autos, 345TQ with manuals. It was covered by the factory warranty when they had them. Aftermarket (Trifecta, HPTuners, RPM-Motorsports) tunes take those numbers even higher, and they are cheaper than the factory tune.
loved the look of this car i had 2009 redline, but sold it after few yars , i started having issues with it.
I've always thought that this was so much more attractive than the Solstice. Saturn in general was criminally underrated.
Excellent video Matt.
I remember being surprised when these came out. Saturn was a pokey little budget car company and then GM gives them a slick roadster.
I love this video & this could be my first car.
Very cool car! That auto shifter brought back memories lol
These were just so awesome
Interesting car. You don’t see these on the road anymore. I wonder if fiat was inspired by this for the 124 Spyder
I have this exact car, but a manual. Love it. 200k miles.
I remember when I was in high school and my neighbor got a sky. I thought it was the coolest car back then.
Wow , I remember that one and solstice. Such a shame it came at the end and it was too late
Always thought these were neat, and always looked like they really wanted an LS2 in it.
Great video as always
13:20... you can...you can drop it into L 2-3 gear..you can manually shift the auto..obviously it's not as fun or like a manual but you can drop the gear and stay in 2-3 gear and have fun with the auto...
Love the Sky! At that time the Mustang GT offered so much more for less money. Got that instead.
Drove a turbo once, underrated is not the word I would have chosen.
Same tires I have on my Sky..2008 LEA block swapped 2.4l (custom Borg Warner turbocharger)..~500rwhp...I love it..I've owned it since new(LE5 2.4l base model)..🏁
You need to try and do shorts as well it’s a format that if you get down will help this channel a lot. TH-cam mainly pushes short content now a days.
Shorts pay basically nothing. They get views and subscribers but it's all mostly worthless. The new Shorts subscribers only want to see more Shorts that I'd have to do for free basically. Not going to feed the family.
Maybe make shorts with content already shot for the review videos?
Great little car! Plenty power to have some fun. The negative would be no trunk really and I’d take the manual. Looks beautiful
Loved the look but that lack of a trunk made it so impractical that I went for the Miata.
Didn't watch this video but saw some of your Bullitt video. Sorry to hear about your troubles, maybe a better title would help this video, packaging overall is super important because if people don't click, they don't watch.
My idea to improve the title is just to remove the word "Review", or at least put it behind the headline of the video, like "2007 Saturn Sky Red Line Review - Criminally Underrated".
I think something else that may help the channel overall would be to come up with a new format. I know you said in other comments you wouldn't want to do a build series since you don't enjoy working on cars, but something along those lines is what people want to see. Not exactly a build series of course, but people love seeing something more personal, where they really get to see who you are, what makes you interesting, and what you really love to share with viewers.
Also, what about selling your Bullitt on Cars and Bids? You could do a deeper dive into the process and share how things go, which would definitely be interesting to me. I can see there are a couple videos already with this content, but none with an audience as large as yours.
These cars, along with the cobaltss, made good power for cheap money it was a ton of fun owning one and modifying it. 3k turbo kit and a nice tune and u had over 400whp all day long.
always a great video
I owned a super low mileage 07 Sol GXP and sold it to buy a new challenger manual scat pack. My sol was manual as well as tuned. Man I regret that decision but currently trying to purchase a hydro blue sky redline manual.
Cars like this are often overlooked because xyz other options were faster or had a better badge, but people are definitely missing out . The price you can find these at is astonishing.
There's a dark green one with black and tan interior with manual transmission in southern Florida for sale. It has under 8k one owner miles on it. I want it badly!!
I remember when this came out. Sadly it was too little too late to save Saturn or Pontiac.
Fire review.
Considered one of these when I was shopping Miata and s2000 but good ones are hard to find/ a little pricey for what they are, so I went with s2000
Late to the party- current Redline owner. The Sky along with its GM cousin the Solstice were very underrated cars.
GM's answer to the Miata as an affordable roadster. Yes, the Kappa platform has many quirky features to its design.
Hard plastic interior, GM's bargain parts bin, suspect cup holders, lack of storage or trunk space.
However- the stock turbo version is upgradable. GMPP adds a factory tune, different air intake with warranty.
Aftermarket parts changes the platform- once again into a real canyon carver.
What you didn't try during your drive was the competition mode- turning off the TC & ESC features and by dropping
this transmission down a gear- into 2nd gear with the limited slip differential, I think you will get that tail happy
experience you were looking for Matt.
My car has been almost bullet proof in the 13 years I've owned it. Affordable. Reliable, even as a daily driver.
Good gas mpg. Low insurance rate. Easy DIY repairs. They are becoming a rare car in the auto market these days.
Attracts attention everywhere I go, even to this day.
What you need to find & drive/review Matt- is a "Mallett" version of this model. A whole different animal.
LS2/LS3 or even an LS7 with a manual trans.
Thanks for sharing your ownership experience and yeah I’d love to try a V8 swapped one someday!
Some suggestions Matt:
More POV uploads on the twisties. ↪️
More road trips.👍🏾
More insight of your journalist trips. Bring us into the conferences and meet and greets. 🙂
Second day of watching each upload till matt can get another mustang
I really appreciate your support!
Wait, you don't have your Bullitt anymore?! What did I miss? Lol stupid TH-cam algorithm.