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With Roger Penske's PAG (Penske Automotive Group) taking control of General Motors' Saturn division, the question among product geeks was what vehicles will make up the new Saturn's line?

According to AutoblogGreen and other sources, the Penske deal apparently includes a continued supply of some current Saturn products on an interim basis until Penske lines up one or more suppliers for new vehicles.

For TheCarConnection, one of 2010's most anticipated new Saturn vehicles was to be the new two-mode Vue Hybrid. We were invited to -- even had a plane ticket -- to a press event where we were drive this vehicle last December, but then the...

It should hardly be a surprise that GM doesn't plan to toss out years of hybrid engineering work when it bids adieu to the Saturn brand. We always felt that recent reports to that effect made no sense.

Instead, the General will hang onto the intellectual property it derived through designing and engineering a front-wheel-drive variation of its Two-Mode Hybrid system. That system was destined to appear in a model of the 2010 Saturn Vue this summer, with a plug-in variant arriving later in 2010 or 2011.

According to Automotive News, GM vice chairman of global product development Tom Stephens said the powertrain would now be delivered to U.S....

Just two months ago, GM brought out a fleet of ten Vue 2 Mode Hybrids, marked as 2009 models in huge side decals, for a media-buzz caravan from the Detroit auto show, bound for the inauguration and meandering through college campuses.

But the 2009 Saturn Vue 2 Mode Hybrid—with a full hybrid/V-6 powertrain capable zero to 60 in 7.3 seconds and getting an EPA rating of 28 mpg city, 31 highway—is not yet to be. GM will instead roll out the model later this summer, for 2010.

In the meantime, there’s the 2009 Saturn Vue Hybrid, which will still be sold next year as the lower-priced of the two hybrids. The Vue Hybrid’s mild-hybrid powertrain is...