1997 Saturn SC sc2 review from North America

Leather seats are toast. Engine light goes on at random. Water accumulating in the trunk and it's not from the trunk lid seal, had to remove the spare from its compartment cause once frozen what do you do in an emergency?. Was running on four cylinders for a while as nobody including mechanics and DEALER had a clue as to what the problem was, mind you they didn't know it was running on 3 cylinders. Turns out there was massive corrosion on one of the plugs so I changed them for some high quality ones with new wires and voila! back to a 4 banger no thanks to the saturn gurus. Put in a new exhaust, but hey, after 190K what do you expect. This is my beater car with 10 years on it and the exhaust on my 4 year old 350Z already needs replacing. I can't say I have too many gripes about this vehicle. It sucks, but I compare it to my 350Z which isn't fair. Used to have a high mileage Honda Accord and this thing is in about the same state with less engine problems believe it or not.

I would never buy this car again cause there are tons of better options in the price range. Some people say it is sporty and fun, well I must totally disagree. Besides the complete lack of power this thing handles like garbage! My 1992 Honda accord was MUCH more nimble than this thing. The Saturn is very scary in turns, I never even try to push it. This car is meant for one thing and that is going from point A to B with nothing in between.