Another contributor to what GM hopes will be a Saturn renaissance is the 2007 Aura midsize sedan, aimed at the Honda Accord. The Aura was first shown as a concept at the 2005 Detroit show. New York will be the world's first look at the production car, which goes on sale in August. The Aura design is clearly Opel-inspired, and it rides on the Epsilon midsize platform, which it shares with the Pontiac G6 and Chevrolet Malibu. GM's 3.6-liter, 250-hp V6 will power the uplevel XR models, mated to the new six-speed automatic transmission seen in the Outlook. XE models will have the 3.5-liter, 224-hp V6 and a four-speed automatic transmission. In spring 2007 Saturn will offer the Aura Green Line, a 2.4-liter Ecotec-based hybrid using a powertrain similar to the Vue Green Line.








