Final Parking Space: 2005 Saturn Ion Red Line

Saturn’s Red Line program produced performance versions of the Ion, Vue and Sky, but only briefly—spanning the division’s high-performance foray from 1991 through the 2010 model years. Hagerty’s article follows a 2005 Saturn Ion Red Line found last week in a Denver boneyard at upullandpay, described as a junkyard rarity today. The piece places the car in the wider context of GM brands that disappeared or exited the U.S. between 1997 and 2013, starting with Geo and Oldsmobile and accelerating after GM’s Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing. Saturn ultimately vanished, even as devoted fans remain.