Saturn turns into a nova

Re “Death of Saturn dream,” editorial, May 3

A year ago, I sold my 1995 Saturn SC-2, which had about 220,000 miles on it. It still looked and ran great.

I absolutely would have purchased a 2008 version. Alas, as your editorial stated, there was no compact American Saturn anymore.

This company was supposed to be the Toyota/Honda killer; it was headed in the right direction. Unfortunately, between the cowardly corporation and greedy unions, and to my disappointment, this was not to be.

Gregory Greenfield

Santa Fe Springs

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Another loss in the demise of the Pontiac brand is the dearth of any American Indian name as a constant in public life outside the last weekend in November. Perhaps one of the new Fiat-Chrysler nameplates for an unusually reliable, ethically-made product could be the “Tecumseh,” or a high-performance vehicle could be named the “Thorpe.”

Michael Jelf

Lomita