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2008 Saturn VUE Hybrid By Bottom Designs

AfterMarket Mayhem: 2008 SEMA Show Photos & Coverage Part 1

2008 Saturn VUE Hybrid by Bottom Designs

Saturn Hybrid Vue Concept

Rick Bottom Designs' 2008 Saturn VUE hybrid, which runs on either gasoline or propane, Features Solatec solar panels on the roof, which Bottom calls "a symbolic leap, but a leap in the right direction nonetheless."

Performance:
ICOM North America Propane Conversion
Irmscher Free Flow Exhaust
Green Filter Free Flow Air Filter
Solatec Solar Panels

Exterior:
BASF Water Based Paint
Irmscher Front Fascia
Freedom Grill Cooking Grill
R. Bottom Design Belly Pan

2008 Saturn VUE Hybrid By Bottom Designs

Interior: Roadwire Leather/Raphia fiber seat upholstery

Audio/Video:
Eclipse Head unit with Navigation
Eclipse Amps and Speakers
Roadwire Flip down Monitor/DVD

Suspension:
Irmscher Lowering Springs 35

Wheels and Tires:
Konig Importers 20"x8" lightweight Unknown Wheels
Dunlop 245-R20" Low Rolling Resistance Tires

2008 Saturn VUE Hybrid By Bottom Designs
2008 Saturn VUE Hybrid By Bottom Designs


2008 Saturn VUE Hybrid By Bottom Designs
2008 Saturn VUE Hybrid By Bottom Designs


2008 Saturn VUE Hybrid By Bottom Designs Rear
2008 Saturn VUE Hybrid By Bottom Designs Rear


2008 Saturn VUE Hybrid By Bottom Designs
2008 Saturn VUE Hybrid By Bottom Designs


2008 Saturn VUE Hybrid By Bottom Designs
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Community Comments

eericm  (09/06/09 10:57 AM)

Maybe now Ford can produce a 4X4 that can revive the popularity of the original Bronco.  Remember "Peppy" in "Romancing the Stone"?  Ever since that movie Ford has seemed hellbent on pulling the Bronco's teeth and making a suburban station wagon.

Each line of cars needs a "marque" vehicle.  They're not meant for the masses but for the people that appreciate the vehicle's qualities.  The masses will follow for the milk-toast versions.

This technology should go into the whole line.  At first as a Prius Beater, Hybrid F-150/Bronco and perhaps a hi-performance all electric GT-40 then as the only kind of drive train that Ford sells.

This is a chance for Ford to stop following everyone else and step out in front!  It's been a looonnnng wait since the GT-40 and Shelby AC Cobra.

Question is how long will Ford wait to introduce this truck and other vehicles with the same technology in their show rooms?  Or, will they sit on it until everyone else has introduced it and their sales are plunging, again?

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