Buick regal in the US for 2010!
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The Buick version of the Opel Insignia will be sold in the US as the Buick Regal.
No big surprises there.
Engine choices, at least in it home land of China, are the familiar 2.4 Liter, as well as a 211hp version of the 2.0 Liter Turbo.
I just wonder if these cars will actually be built in China.
Would GM really import Buicks from China for the US market?
This means the Regal would be the 1st Chinese made car sold in the US.
Or will they build it somewhere else????
Has anyone heard anything about this?
This is a bit disappointing to me after the new Lacrosse. The Lacrosse has a bit of a sense of history to it and aligns itself nicely with Buicks of yore. But this is just a re-badge job lacking any sense of tradition… and styling has nothing linking it to Buick (a new grille, I'm afraid, isn't enough GM)
My guess is that they'll be made in Germany, alongside the Insignia. Since it would cost very little to tool for it.
It'll be built in North America alongside the Lacrosse. The only vehicle that GM is planning to bring over from China is the Chevrolet Spark.
They really need to be built here.
It will be a volume selling medium sized car. It could produce some much needed employment.
Half of GMs line up is built in Korea as it is.
Vince,
Didn't you post a pic of a 'mystery Buick' some months ago? I think the front was camouflaged but the showed the now-emblematic Buick 'coke bottle' side sculpting.
It was hard to figure out from the picture if it was this size class or the smaller Cruze C-class size.
Do you remember the photo I'm talking about? If so, could you repost it or provide a link?
It could be GM has a more extensive re-skin planned for the North American market Insignia-based model.
"The Lacrosse has a bit of a sense of history to it and aligns itself nicely with Buicks of yore. But this is just a re-badge job lacking any sense of tradition…"
Of "yore"… Really John Davis? What tradition would you like exactly? Opera lights and a vinyl top? More chrome portholes? Of course this is a rebadge. It was supposed to be offered stateside as a Saturn and was changed last minute since Saturn was sold to Penske. But I'm glad GM decided to offer it as a Buick, because that's where the whitespace is right now in their lineup. Frankly, any visual history to the new LaCrosse, which was designed in China, is awfully abstract and meaningless to most people. The similarities need to be that they build stately looking sedans, and both the LaCrosse and the Regal hit the nail on the head in that regard. (hate the name "regal" though)
Sorry for the John Davis dig. I couldn't help it.
Why does Buick need both the LaCrosse and the Regal????? Still haven't learned their lesson I see…….
New Regal is supposed to be built in Oshawa, Ontario alongside the Camaro, next gen Impala, and Caddy XTS.
It has a slightly goofy look to it.
people in china cant ad ffor d to eat so there is no way they can buy a buick buick is all american
I like the Insignia better than the Invicta –
– just personal preference – they're both good
& just different enough to attract different buyers
but
don't like either name that they're going to use instead
Mmmmm, A tasty Buick.
Buick will have another car based on the Cruze platform…Korean…They can afferd to eat Buicks.
What's the difference between the LaCrosse and the Regal? They look much the same to me.
Is one of them much smaller than the other? If not, why offer both in the U.S.?
Buick is a top selling name in China Douchebag, and the Chinese market is now bigger than the American market. At the moment it seems to be the Americans who can't afford to eat though doesn't it.
its just another Buick model, new born, short live, then die soon! I just don't see this as a new design, and it does looks like a design from the 2000 MY the most!
Its already been put for a while in other countries. This will be pretty dated if if gets here.
Looks like last gen Camry from the side.
Yes, the Regal is slated to be Built in Oshawa.
Slated?
Chinese GM's…….Buy American! say the touters of the American brands, Hey Eagle loving, flag wavers, you are the same idiots that blame the Japanese for your problems. Ohhhh, I see, it's only ok if GM does it.
CM not GM said…
Chinese GM's…….Buy American! say the touters of the American brands, Hey Eagle loving, flag wavers, you are the same idiots that blame the Japanese for your problems. Ohhhh, I see, it's only ok if GM does it.
July 23, 2009 12:46 PM
Well said. Spoken like a true gentleman. I couldn't have put it better myself.
The only american car GM has left is the Impala. Everything else is an import.
How ironic that the Federal Government (60% owner of GM) and the big Union Bosses (40% owner of GM)have joined forces to make each other rich by importing foreign-desighn/engineered/built cars and selling them to Americans as "ALL AMERICAN" cars!
So much for GM being an american company. It is now a korean company.