1998 Saturn SC 2 review from North America

Faulty upstream O2 sensor. It costed $40.00 to replace. Came off the lot with faulty sensor so I knew about it when I bought it. Other than that the car has been excellent.

To start I won't lie, I have beat the crap out of this car at times (draged the car at WIR with a 15.3 at 96 MPH) at it still runs like it's brand new with no problems.

This car has great power and performance for only being a 1.9L engine. It runs through the powerband very quickly (3,500 RPM's to 6,000 RPM's) and it just sets you back in your seat. I have added performance parts to it such as : Cold air intake, Dynomax muffler, Racing chip, Performace Bosch +2 Platinum spark plugs, Performance spark plug wires and MSD Ignition coil pack. But even without having all these mods on it even when it was stock it had nice power.

The handling on the car is pretty good too because the car comes with a front sway bar and decent rated tires. I added a upper strut tower bar and it made a big improvement on cornering.

The braking power of the car isn't too bad, but it could have been better so I bought the factory upgrade brake pads and now it stops very well.

The nice thing about the car is that it is mostly plastic which is actually very sturdy and of course dent resistant. Being plastic it won't rust which is great. I would recommend a Saturn to anyone except if you buy a 96' or older vechile because those were not very well made, but 97' and up are a great solid car.