Last week, auto dealership magnate Roger Penske's bid to buy the Saturn brand fell apart just before the deal was finalized when a contract to make vehicles was rejected by the Renault board.

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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.

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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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