Archive for the ‘Buick’ Category

If you're anxious already about the growing influence of China in America, brace yourselves for the next decade of cars.

The Wall Street Journal points out this afternoon how China's role in the development, manufacturing and marketing of cars is deeper and wider than ever. According to the paper, consumer trends now are beginning in the Middle Kingdom and making their way to North America and western Europe, in a reversal of history that shows no sign of abating.

The Journal cites examples from Volkswagen to GM, particularly the deep relationship General Motors has with Chinese consumers and American shoppers under the Buick brand. For a...

♦ What is it?: The relaunch of the popular Regal nameplate, which will be Buick's new mid-size sedan

♦ The basics: Four- and six-cylinder options, front-wheel drive, 180+ hp

♦ Price: $21,500 (estimated)

♦ On sale: late 2010/early 2011

Rumors of the Buick Regal's return to production have been circulating for months, and at a dealers' meeting this week, GM finally confirmed them. After being out of the public eye for six years, the Buick Regal will return to showrooms in late 2010 or early 2011, likely as a 2011 model.

The revamped Regal mid-size sedan will be based on the Opel Insignia. (In fact, there's already an...

The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) has released new crash-test results and ratings for the mid-size 2010 Buick LaCrosse sedan.

The newly redesigned Buick LaCrosse earned perfect ‘good’ scores all around, in frontal, side, and rear tests plus all subcategories, with the IIHS assessing a “low risk of any significant injuries in a crash of this severity.” With electronic stability control standard, it earns the Top Safety Pick designation.

In TheCarConnection.com’s Bottom Line review of the 2010 Buick LaCrosse, Nelson Ireson notes that rear-seat-mounted thorax airbags—a relative rarity in mid-size sedans and in vehicles of this...