Though it's early, the Saturn car seems to be attracting an almost cult-like following.

Thus, there were no new Saturn cars for four years.

Consider the Saturn small car, which the world's biggest auto company, General Motors, created as its import-beater.

At G.M., sales of Saturn small cars almost doubled, to 31,814.

Both rigs careered into a 2000 Saturn car occupied by a 38-year-old pregnant woman and her 4-year-old son.

In its December issue, Automobile magazine published what it said were photos of the new Saturn cars.

And now we're ready to sell our Saturn cars around the world.

While Saturn cars proved very popular with buyers, actual sales never met the optimistic projected targets, in part because of a recession in 1990.

When it mistakenly put the wrong coolant into the engines of 1,100 Saturn cars, it decided to replace the cars at no cost.

The suspicion raised by this secrecy - that the Saturn car was not ready - was vigorously denied by the spokeswoman.