Spring is when a car fancier's attention turns to dealer showrooms.
But if you can wait, some interesting new models will be arriving starting later this year. Detroit Bureau Chief Kathleen Kerwin made the rounds of recent auto shows and found debuts ranging from practical midsize sedans to wagons to mammoth sport-utility vehicles that dwarf this year's newest roadsters. After nine years, General Motors' Saturn division gets a second model to sell with the arrival of the L-Series in July. GM hopes its conservatively styled LS sedan will win back Saturn loyalists who have been defecting to other makes as they outgrow their subcompacts. But it is the stylish LW wagon that could be Saturn's real smash among minivan-weary parents.