GM Division Starts Pilot Production: Saturn Corp.,...
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
GM Division Starts Pilot Production: Saturn Corp., the new subsidiary of General Motors, began pilot production of the subcompact cars announced with great fanfare six years ago as America’s answer to the Japanese challenge. Saturn will build 80 pilot cars at its state-of-the-art, $3-billion factory in Tennessee before beginning commercial production in June or July. GM plans to send cars to showrooms in November. Saturn is scheduled to build 240,000 coupes, sedans and station wagons priced between $10,000 and $12,000 to compete against Japanese imports.
