my dad use to work at saturn north and i realy hated saturns but once he came home with the Ion Redline i began to love the car and the company. the base model is ok but the redline version is the way to go so definently dont back out of the redline. you will love the car and it will handle amazingly for you. oh yea get the extended warranty too. my dads car had some problem with the suspension and his 2 front tires where way lower then the back, they ended up giving him 4 brand new $200 tires