At the 2006 SEMA Show, we saw more than a dozen SKYs and Solstices in the booths, a sign of good things to come. While walking the show, we identified more than 40 modifications that are either designed specifically for or would work on the Saturn SKY, and in coming months we hope to profile as many of these as we can.
The theme of this year's SEMA show was American Muscle, and at the keynote luncheon, GM distributed a poster about the history of the horsepower, culminating in 2007 with the Saturn SKY Red Line, Pontiac Solstice GXP, and others. While many may have not seen the SKY as a "muscle car" before, if you look at it from a pure power-to-weight-ratio perspective, the SKY can certainly hold its own with any of our most famous muscle cars of yesteryear.
The poster features two cars from the 40s, ten from 50s, and EIGHTEEN
introduced in the 60s, and then only FOUR more between 1961 and 2006.
Now, in 2007, GM is showing off six new high-performance vehicles,
including the Saturn SKY and the Pontiac Solstice. On our site, we
have a high resolution copy of the GM Evolution of Horsepower poster that you can zoom in on.
Below is a list of cars featured in the poster:
1949 Oldsmobile Futuramic
1949 Cadillac Coupe DeVille
1953 Buick Roadmaster
1955 Pontiac Star Chief
1955 Chevrolet Bel Air
1956 Chevrolet Corvette
1957 Chevrolet Bel Air
1957 Cadillac Eldorado
1957 Buick Century
1957 Pontiac Bonneville
1958 Chevrolet Impala
1958 Oldsmobile
1962 Chevrolet Imapala1963 Chevrolet Corvette
1963 Pontiac Catalina
1964 Pontiac GTO
1964 Chevrolet Imapa SS
1965 Buick Skylark GS
1965 Chevrolet Corvette
1965 Chevrolet Corvette1966 Pontiac 2+2
1966 Chevrolet Impala SS
1967 Chevrolet Corvette
1967 Oldsmobile 4-4-2
1968 Pontiac Firebird HO/Ram-Air
1969 Chevrolet Camaro Pace Car
1969 Chevrolet Corvette ZL-1
1970 Chevrolet Chevelle SS
1970 Cadillac Eldorado
1970 Buick GSX
1970 Oldsmobile 4-4-2/W-30
1970 Chevrolet El Camino SS
1987 Buick Grand National GNX
1990 Chevrolet Corvette ZR-1
1997 Chevrolet Corvette
2002 Chevrolet Corvette Z06
2007 Cadillac STS-V
2007 Pontiact Solstice GXP
2007 Chevrolet Corvette Z06
2007 Saturn Sky Red Line
2007 GMC Yukon XL Denali
2007 Cadilac Escalade ESV
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