Saturn Aura Green Line Hybrid

Saturn has recently announced that the new 2007 Aura Green Line hybrid will be available starting price of $ 22,695 including destination charge, making it the lowest price hybrid on the market. Regardless of its value-oriented price, the Internal Revenue Service has certified the Aura Green Line buyers tax credit 1300 $.

Saturn General Manager Jill Lajdziak said, Â "Aura Green Line, is a great value among mid-size car segment hybrids. The initial sticker price of more than $ 2000 less than a medium-sized hybrid sedan and $ 1,300 tax credit, it is true hybrid fuel savings available to more people than ever before.Â "

Saturn Aura Green Line gets official EPA fuel economy rating of 28 mpg city driving and 35 mpg for highway driving, which represent up to 30 percent improvement EPA combined fuel economy compared with non-hybrid Aura XE model depending on driving conditions.

Saturn Aura Green Line is assembled at General Motors Fairfax Plant in Kansas City, Kan, and is now ready to meet a variety of Saturn retail facilities.

What makes the Saturn Aura Green Line is different from other hybrid out there? Hybrid system used in the Aura combines sophisticated controls with a precise electric motor / generator mated to 2.4-liter engine. The system offers fuel efficiency gains by providing power assist during acceleration and at the beginning of the fuel cut-off during deceleration with torque leveling and close the engine off at idle. Aura Hybrid system also captures electrical energy, regenerative braking.

Regenerative braking on Wikipedia are systems that reduce vehicleÂ's speed, turning the kinetic energy electricity. This electricity is stored for future use or incorporate a system of energy use in other vehicles.

Aura Green's hybrid drive provides 164 horsepower or 122 kW at 6400 rpm. / Min and 159 lb-ft or 215 Nm of maximum torque at 5000 rpm. / Min. The concept of the new Saturn hybrid sedan is based on all the new Aura mid-size sedan, which won the 2007 North American Car of the Year Award. Green line features the same comprehensive list of the package that earned Aura a full five stars in government frontal and side impact crash tests, making it one of the safest vehicles. Some standard features included in the Aura Green, are as follows: dual front, side head-curtain and front seat thorax protection air bags, four-wheel disc brakes with ABS, StabiliTrak electronic stability control and GMA's OnStar safety and security system. Aura Green will also be equipped with the original GM shares, which are renowned for quality and durability, for example, GM dampers, which dissipate or absorb energy, and this process does not allow uncontrollable movements of the vehicle especially when driving on uneven road surfaces.

Aura Green is just one of the four hybrids that Saturn previously communicated with the 2007 Vue Green Line, which was launched last summer. Vue Green Line hybrid technology that employs using Aura Green and give the EPA highway fuel economy rating of 32 mpg.

2008 Saturn Vue Green line offers the first front-wheel drive the application of new GMA, 2-mode hybrid system and plug-in technology. Its Lithium-ion battery pack, which hopefully will be ready soon, together with a powerful electric motor, as well as a highly efficient electronics, Vue will get a much greater fuel economy.

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