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Although the Saturn Sky The Saturn Sky is the first ever roadster from the Saturn marque of American automaker General Motors. It was released in the first quarter of 2006 as a 2007 model. It uses the Kappa automobile platform shared with the Pontiac Solstice.  Red Line appears to be aggressive, what's really aggro ag·gro  
n. Chiefly British Slang
1. Aggressive or violent behavior.

2. Irritation or exasperation:
 is what's found under its hood: a 260-hp, 2-liter turbocharged engine with direct injection technology. This engine, which also produces 260 lb.-ft. of torque @ 2,500 to 5,300 rpm, is also being used in the Pontiac Solstice GXP GXP Geospatial Exploitation Products
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 and the Opel GT, is said to be General Motors' highest specific output engine ever built: 2.1 hp/[in.sup.3] of displacement.

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The Ecotec 2.0-liter Turbo features a dual-scroll turbocharger tur·bo·charg·er  
n.
See turbosupercharger.



turbo·charged adj.
 and dual cam phasing. Because of the demands of the engine in action, the 319 aluminum engine block bulkheads and the bore walls were enlarged compared with the 2.4-liter Ecotec engine with which it shares an architecture. In order to get direct injection, the fuel injectors are mounted in the cylinder head. Among the robust components are a forged steel crankshaft, forged steel connecting rods, cast aluminum pistons, and cast stainless steel stainless steel: see steel.
stainless steel

Any of a family of alloy steels usually containing 10–30% chromium. The presence of chromium, together with low carbon content, gives remarkable resistance to corrosion and heat.
 exhaust manifolds. The exhaust valves are sodium-filled.
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Publication:Automotive Design & Production
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Date:May 1, 2006
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