GM Drops Price on 2006 Saturn Ion Red Line

BMWDave · July 28, 2005, 08:14:35 PM

GM Drops Price on 2006 Saturn Ion Red Line
Date Posted 07-28-2005

DETROIT ? As part of a larger campaign to permanently lower the sticker prices on its new models, General Motors has reduced prices on the 2006 Saturn Ion Red Line coupe from $21,450 to $19,990, including a $565 destination charge, a GM spokesman told Inside Line.

The cost of the optional competition package on the Ion Red Line has also dropped from $1,470 to $1,375 to reflect what GM says is a "change in content." Projector-beam foglamps, which had been part of the competition package, are now standard on all Ion Red Lines for 2006. The 2006 competition package includes a limited-slip differential, a boost gauge and painted aluminum wheels.

The 2006 Ion Red Line is on sale now.

What this means to you: This is a real car to consider for cheap performance power.

Raza · July 28, 2005, 08:49:12 PM

Still, an SRT-4 isn't much more expensive.

Secret Chimp · July 31, 2005, 12:25:14 PM

QuoteStill, an SRT-4 isn't much more expensive.

Probably more difficult to live with as a singular vehicle, though.

ifcar · July 31, 2005, 12:29:59 PM

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QuoteStill, an SRT-4 isn't much more expensive.
Probably more difficult to live with as a singular vehicle, though.

Why would that be?

TBR · July 31, 2005, 12:59:08 PM

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QuoteStill, an SRT-4 isn't much more expensive.
Probably more difficult to live with as a singular vehicle, though.
Why would that be?

Hard ride and no muffler.

ifcar · July 31, 2005, 01:06:10 PM

The Ion RedLine is no Town Car either.

Raza · July 31, 2005, 01:46:34 PM

Ion Red Line is two doors, right? the SRT-4 is still a sedan. That's like saying that a CLK500 is easier to live with than an M5.

TBR · July 31, 2005, 02:04:23 PM

QuoteIon Red Line is two doors, right? the SRT-4 is still a sedan. That's like saying that a CLK500 is easier to live with than an M5.

No it isn't, the M5 has a muffler and a decent ride, the SRT-4 doesn't.

Raza · July 31, 2005, 02:13:41 PM

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QuoteIon Red Line is two doors, right? the SRT-4 is still a sedan. That's like saying that a CLK500 is easier to live with than an M5.
No it isn't, the M5 has a muffler and a decent ride, the SRT-4 doesn't.

You can't boil analogies down to exact specifics. The SRT-4 may not have a muffler, but it still has four doors--and that's much more practical than two.

TBR · July 31, 2005, 02:17:50 PM

I will agree that the SRT-4 is more practical in the common definition of that word, but it isn't nearly as comfortable which makes it less practical for everyday use.

ifcar · July 31, 2005, 02:22:04 PM

Comfortable and refined are not the same as practical.

TBR · July 31, 2005, 02:27:54 PM

QuoteComfortable and refined are not the same as practical.

Once you get to a certain point that isn't true, when a car's ride is rough enough and its exhaust loud enough to give you headaches it is no longer practical, no matter how big of a back seat it has.

ifcar · July 31, 2005, 02:29:10 PM

It's not at quite that level of roughness.

Raza · July 31, 2005, 02:33:46 PM

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QuoteComfortable and refined are not the same as practical.
Once you get to a certain point that isn't true, when a car's ride is rough enough and its exhaust loud enough to give you headaches it is no longer practical, no matter how big of a back seat it has.

I've met plenty of people that have SRT-4s as their daily driver. None of them seemed to suffer from chronic migraines.