2007 Saturn Sky Road Test

The latest edition to the quirky Saturn automotive family is a true open-air roadster capable of stealing the heart of a sports-car purist on looks alone. Saturn has taken Pontiac's ever-so-cool Solstice to the next level of design utopia. That a purely domestic roadster can look so good is counter-intuitive to all we have grown to understand of our wheeled universe; nonetheless its plebian nameplate doesn't diminish its sports car persona. In addition to sharpening body creases and adding a dose of aggressiveness to the exterior lines of the Solstice, Saturn took the vehicle's interior a little further upscale as well. The result is a product that is visually more exciting than the Pontiac Solstice. Perhaps it's the pulse-quickening lines of the Sky messing with my psyche but I sense it drives a darn sight better than the early production Solstice I hammered through the paces spring of this year. However, with a starting MSRP of $31,665, the basic Canuck-issued Sky will draw an additional $5,000CA or so from one's wallet over the leanest Solstice.