Saturn L-Series

I FELL IN LOVE with the front of this car on the showroom floor. I was in for a routine service for my 2001 SC2 Saturn when I saw the elegant style and unique look of this car. The sticker price was pheonominally low for the amount of features included with this car as standard. As I had a fuel efficient 4 cylinder, 1.9 liter sports coupe, I was surprised that a 4 door sedan with automatic tranny, with a 4 cylinder 2.2 liter would get about the same! The test drive sold me. Quick off the line response, actually as good or better than my 5 speed. Power there for you at top speeds, for freeway passing, jack rabbiting, etc. And comfortable, my sports coupe was growing smaller as my child grew larger. The 4 door sedan had room, tons of room, front and back. I didn't want to lose the split seat design or the trunk space that my SC2 had. Well, the L-200 not only had the split seat design, including a cup holder builtin for my kid, the trunk was ultimately Larger! You would not believe what I have hauled in the trunk of this luxurious sedan. Items ranging from a rocker/recliner (did bottom half in trunk, top half in rear passenger), kitchen base cabinet, even my lawn mower! I've packed enough camping gear, tent, cooking stuff, food, coolers, etc. for us for 4-5 day trips. It's great to vacation with enough room to carry your luggage INSIDE of your car! Performance, will it handle like my sports coupe? The test was an 8 mile stretch near Santa Cruz called "Hecker Pass". Hairpins, curves, up and down. This 4 door sedan, with automatic tranny surprised me with it's quick response and road hugging capability. I my opinion, having traveled this stretch of mountain road many times in many different vehicles, I can say the L-200 takes it the best and actually out manuvered my sports coupe. I could not U turn in a neighborhood street with my SC2, always had to Y turn. The wheel base on the L-200 allows a U turn on the same street. For Comfort, there is nothing more appealing than a warm toasty leather seat, for "your seat", on a cold winter morning. Reliable quick startup and quick warm up is a must in my book, and this car has it. Quality safety features like the daytime running lights, oncoming traffic always knows that you're there, and if you set it for automatic, you don't have to worry about when to turn your lights on or if you turned them off when you got out of the car! I chose the Premium sound stereo with it's 8 (EIGHT) speakers and 6 CD changer. While you can deafen yourself inside your ride as you cruise with your tunes, the entire neighborhood and the world outside does not have to know it! Crisp sound with your choice of sound format. Custom technology for this american made car. My hat's off to Saturn, they are a 5 star company, to me anyway, and 5 stars to the 2003 L-200. My favorite car, so far! More people should know about Saturns!