I believe I heard that it was cheaper for Saturn (GM) to buy the Honda
engines. Those V6's are made in the US, and many of GM's engines are made
in mexico now.

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> You are correct but I believe the real reason is because the top staff at
> Saturn including the CEO knows that Honda makes better engines than any
> division of GM. Those top level staff members could have placed engines
> made by various divisions of GM or Isuzu in their Saturn SUV but they
> chose Honda engines because they are superior to any engines made by any
> division of GM or Isuzu.