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AMP converts Saturn Sky into a 300-hp electric car with 125mpg

omarrana submitted on 5/25/2008 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 2:27:31 PM

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AMP, Advanced Mechanical Product, is an electric sports car company based out of Cincinnati, Ohio that is focused on converting Saturn’s models into electric cars.

Why Saturn? Well, AMP believes that Saturn cars are lightweight and high-quality American vehicles.

First in AMP’s electric vehicle lineup is the Saturn Sky. Out goes the 2.4 liter 4-clyinder engine and in goes AMP’s electric motor capable of producing over 300 horsepower. That will give the Saturn Sky the ability to do 0-60 in...

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AMP converts Saturn Sky into a 300-hp electric car with 125mpg

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simmonsdp

Now that is impressive, wonder why they are only taking 300 orders?

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Posted on 5/25/2008 4:33:45 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 2   

devitocoke

Why? Who is going to pay $60,000 for a Saturn. If you can pay $60,000 for a car, then you can afford gas at the current prices.

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Posted on 5/25/2008 5:11:51 PM | | Votes: 0   

ceric

90mph? Prius can run up to 108mph for half of the price.

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Posted on 5/25/2008 5:24:49 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 2   

dimitri_010

yes but the people that buy prius' will never go over 60 mph :)

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Posted on 5/25/2008 5:51:38 PM | | Votes: 4   

toolatetorace

unless it gets a stuck throttle and starts accelerating wildly

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Posted on 5/25/2008 7:59:48 PM | | Votes: 3   

sector

so you're one those clowns that purchased a floor mat from Walmart that didn't properly fit in the Prius, and then went on to sue Toyota for your stupidity... welcome to the Darwin awards!

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Posted on 5/25/2008 9:01:37 PM | | Votes: -1   

t_bone

I think all these stories of electric conversions are fun for those of use who grew up with Tamiya R/C cars (Grasshopper, remember it?) and always just knew that someday we'd be able to drop a giant Mabuchi 550 motor into a real car...yep, it'll burn serious rubber!

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Posted on 5/25/2008 7:13:52 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 0   

BigShow50

Good for Saturn. GM is an idiot for choosing Chev as the brand of "electric". Saturn has more of an orignal history when it comes to this segment(Saturn EV1). Just the other day a GM press release explains how the CEO of GM state that the Saturn product has a lost its' image. The American public does not really recognize. Now they are forced to spend billions more a year to boost the Saturn image. If they know any better...Saturn is the better pic for electricity...Trash the Chevy Volt, they are just cannibilizing a better product.

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Posted on 5/25/2008 10:36:15 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 0   

91z4me

The EV1 was the GM EV1 (it wasn't a Saturn). Chevrolet has more dealers and a deeper market penetration that Saturn ever will. Chevrolet appeals to more of the market than Saturn does and more people would consider a Chevrolet than Saturn. Also the Volt will help bring up the environmental image of Chevrolet whereas Saturn really isn't even on the 'gas hogs' map for most greenies.

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Posted on 5/26/2008 11:48:43 AM | | Votes: 3   

BigShow50

Good for Saturn. GM is an idiot for choosing Chev as the brand of "electric". Saturn has more of an orignal history when it comes to this segment(Saturn EV1). Just the other day a GM press release explains how the CEO of GM state that the Saturn product has a lost its' image. The American public does not really recognize. Now they are forced to spend billions more a year to boost the Saturn image. If they know any better...Saturn is the better pic for electricity...Trash the Chevy Volt, they are just cannibilizing a better product.

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Posted on 5/25/2008 10:36:15 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: -2   

truckmen

Still not as impressive as PML! But I am still somewhat impressed. Why can't one of the manufacturers from any auto company produce these numbers? Fuel mielage... This company is probably under funded, under staffed and they still make all the auto companies look like forest Gump! Although $25,000 is too high a price to transform an existing car into an electrical car.

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Posted on 5/26/2008 3:59:26 AM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1   

maikoazu

Sir, you have answer your own question. It's all about the money and not many people are willing to pay over $30k for an electric car.

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Posted on 5/26/2008 10:43:25 AM | | Votes: 1   

truckmen

Maikoazu, I was trying to suggest that an auto company would make a car with simular numbers as PML's for around the same price as a gas car, give or take a few thousand. You must remember the gas savings of an electric would pay for its self.And you are right not many people would pay $30,000. for an electric car today because there is nothing worth buying!

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Posted on 5/28/2008 3:27:07 PM | | Votes: 1   

carguy68

t bone
I had a tamiya lunch box with a trinity motor that would really burn rubber.

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Posted on 5/27/2008 11:00:15 AM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1   

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