Honda put up the lowest bid when Saturn went looking for a motor.

Money talks, ,and when someone can cut corners (ie not build thier own
motors) and profit from it, it was a better business decision.

Eightupman


"Jason" <Jason@nospam.com> wrote in message
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> I was reading the August 2004 of "MotorTrend" magazine and was shocked
> when I read about the "Saturn Vu AWD Red Line". Is a SUV. The article (on
> page 120-121) clearly says that it comes from the factory with a Honda V6
> engine. The Displacement is 211.8 / 3471.
> They compared it in their tests to three other SUVs. It was the fastest of
> the group but came in third place in the tests.
>
> The next time someone invades this group and says that American made cars
> are better than cars designed in Japan--I plan to ask them:
> If Japanese cars and engines are so bad then how come Suturn places a
> Honda engine in their SUV?
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