I can respect someone taking a slow car and making it quick as long as they modify the car intelligently and know a hell of a lot about their car. If you are the kid who's parents bought him a saturn and you are trying to make it fast by adding parts from autozone, then I hate you. An example of a car I would respect even though it is originally slow is a well built turbo civic.
As far as hating saturns, yes I hate them very much. I think they are the worst auto brand in production, although I must admit they are doing a little better. I have driven quite a few saturns, and I honestly believe that everyone in hell will have to drive saturns as punishment. Saturns feel shittier than a hyundai, and that is pretty hard to do. If you want to go through all the trouble of making a saturn quick then go for it, but every time I see a modded saturn i think WHY? and WTF.