| Saturn S series | |
|---|---|
 First generation Saturn SL1 (1995) | |
| Overview | |
| Manufacturer | Saturn Corporation (General Motors) |
| Production | 1990–2002 |
| Model years | 1991–2002 |
| Assembly | United States: Spring Hill, Tennessee (Spring Hill Manufacturing) |
| Body and chassis | |
| Class | Compact car |
| Layout | Transverse front-engine, front-wheel drive |
| Platform | GM Z platform |
| Chronology | |
| Successor | Saturn Ion |
The Saturn S-series is a family of compact cars from the Saturn automobile company of General Motors. Saturn pioneered the brand-wide "no-haggle" sales technique.
Its automobile platform, the Z-body, was developed entirely in-house at Saturn, and it shared very little with the rest of the General Motors model line. It implemented a spaceframe design, used on the Pontiac Fiero during the 1980s, with non-load-carrying side panels made of plastic instead of metal. These polymer panels were dent-resistant, something that remained a selling point for Saturn until just a few years before the Saturn brand was discontinued.
The S series was marketed from the fall of 1990 for the 1991 model year through the end of the 2002 model year. Significant design updates were made in 1996, 1997, and 2000 for all cars. Although nearly every year of the S-series's existence brought some minor changes to the architecture of the car, each model kept the same basic body styling throughout its respective production period.