General Motors got quirky in 1990, buying Saab, best known as the college-professor car brand, and creating Saturn--"a different kind of car company"--from scratch.

FORBES: Come Home to Momma

Saturn, the money-losing small car division, disappeared into the darkest, iciest regions of the corporate galaxy.

FORBES: Saturn Rising?

The Ion small sedan and the Vue small crossover will be replaced (not a moment too soon) late next year, and then Saturn will get at least one other small car.

FORBES: Saturn Rising?

In the beginning, Saturn was supposed to be a different kind of car sold by a different kind of car company.

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But GM recently announced that because of slow sales it will stop production this month of the L-Series car, which was meant to be Saturn's bread and butter, earlier than planned.

FORBES: Come Home to Momma

Epsilon could determine the fate of five of General Motors' car divisions: Chevrolet, Opel, Pontiac, Saab and Saturn.

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General Motors launched the Saturn Corp. back in 1985 to create not only a brand-new car from scratch but a brand-new way of building cars and empowering workers.

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The car of the year at this year's North American International Auto Show was the Saturn Aura.

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