By Scott Doggett, Contributor

The 2009 Saturn Vue 2-Mode Hybrid sport utility vehicle packing a V6 engine will be available in dealerships the first quarter of next year, not on the first day of next month as parent company General Motors had earlier announced.

"We regularly review the status of our vehicle programs and have decided to re-time the Vue 2-Mode launch for Q1 2009," GM spokesman Brian Corbett told Green Car Advisor in a email earlier today. No explanation for the "re-time" was given.

GM and Saturn representatives have touted the all-new hybrid model as delivering an estimated 50-percent fuel economy over the comparably powered and capable XR V-6 model.

The new hybrid will come fitted with a 3.6-liter V6 with direct injection achieving 260 horsepower, a 0-60 time estimated at 7.3 seconds and a 3,500-pound towing capacity.

It will come with GM's first front-wheel-drive two-mode transmission, a driving range exceeding 500 miles on a tank of gas, and get 28 miles per gallon in the city and 31 mpg on the highway.

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