BUSINESS
By Ted Shelsby | April 5, 1991
Ronald Johnston was standing in the showroom of Saturn of Glen Burnie yesterday morning leaning on the trunk of a shiny blue SL2 four-door and talking about General Motors' newest product when a service technician interrupted and pushed the car out the door.The $11,345 car was on its way to a new owner.A minute or two later, about 20 feet away, Lenore Fagen was eyeing a flashy red version of the new Saturn. The 22-year-old recreation therapist said the car had "gotten good reviews," and she liked its sporty appearance and the price: $13,650, before state taxes and tags.
NEWS
By Luther Young | November 21, 1990
A giant white spot hurtling around the equator of Saturn and recently photographed by the Hubble Space Telescope may be the result of a rare "burp" of gas from the ringed planet's interior into its frigid upper atmosphere, scientists said yesterday.The rapidly changing spot -- 6,000 miles wide, hundreds of miles thick and propelled by an eastbound jet stream at more than 1,000 miles per hour -- shows similarities to Jupiter's Great Red Spot, a massive, hurricane-type storm that has raged uninterrupted for at least 300 years.
BUSINESS
By Knight-Ridder News Service | August 27, 1992
LORDSTOWN, Ohio -- Saturn dealers and General Motors officials have their eyes on Lordstown, where a strike deadline looming today threatens to halt production of the GM showpiece."
BUSINESS
By Knight-Ridder News Service | March 24, 1993
Outside, Saturn Corp.'s future appears as bright as th dogwoods that will soon blossom in the Tennessee spring. For the first time, Americans last month bought more Saturns than Honda Accords. The company is hiring 1,000 workers for a third crew to start in June. The president of Saturn, General Motors Corp.'s $3.5 billion small-car venture, predicts that the subsidiary will break even by the end of the year.But inside Saturn's complex in Spring Hill, Tenn., three dissident groups are trying to unseat Mike Bennett, president of the United Auto Workers union local.
FEATURES
By Chris Kaltenbach | June 25, 1994
Saturn owners who couldn't make the trek to Spring Hill, Tenn., needn't feel left out this weekend.A local homecoming celebration, sponsored by Saturn of Ellicott City and Saturn of Glen Burnie, has been scheduled for noon to 7 p.m. tomorrow at Sandy Point State Park, just west of the Bay Bridge off U.S. Route 50.Bryan Mears, general manager of Saturn of Glen Burnie, which opened in July 1990 as the area's first Saturn dealership, says they realized it...
BUSINESS
By Meredith Schlow and Meredith Schlow,Evening Sun Staff | November 15, 1990
Marylanders who want to test drive a Saturn, the car that General Motors recently introduced to meet foreign competition, won't have to travel to Richmond, Va., to find the closest dealership much longer.Work has already begun on the three Saturn dealerships scheduled to open in Maryland in February.The site dedication of the Griffith Organization's Saturn of Glen Burnie was to take place today.Saturn of Owings Mills will service the northern Baltimore area. The Reisterstown Road Saturn will be run by the Heritage Automotive Group, an Owings Mills-based company.