Buick News
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Despite the attention they garner, rollovers are among the rarest of vehicle crashes though they can be the most dangerous. According to the NHTSA, rollovers accounted for 2.2 percent of all vehicle crashes, though fatalities from these crashes amounted to 35.4 percent of all traffic deaths. Not surprisingly, automakers have spent a lot of time and money on developing technology to help mitigate their occurrence. Take GM, for example. On its latest 2011 Buick Enclave crossover, engineers have installed advanced sensors designed to predict rollovers and help protect vehicle occupants before a...
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Buick Verano To Receive 250 Horsepower Turbo Four?
The new 2012 Buick Verano was first revealed with GM’s familiar Ecotec 2.4-liter four-cylinder engine, matched to a six-speed automatic transmission and delivering a reasonable--albeit a little underwhelming--177 horsepower and 170 pound-feet of torque. Since that initial reveal of the car...
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Buick Beating Lexus In Luxury Car Sales
Quick, what's the second-best selling luxury nameplate in the U.S.? BMW? BZZZT, they're in first place these days. How about Mercedes-Benz? Nope. Cadillac maybe? Closer, but no cigar. No, according to our friends over at Kicking Tires, Buick has outsold every other luxury brand in the U.S. in the...
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2011 Buick Regal Turbo Gets Flex-Fuel Capability
The best non-news of the day comes from Buick: the 2011 Buick Regal Turbo is flex-fuel capable, meaning it can run on either E85 or gasoline. We're not terribly excited (E85 still isn't all that common in most places), but we are looking forward to the first pure ethanol tune. The E85 capability...
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2012 Buick Regal to Get eAssist
Buick unveiled its eAssist mild hybrid technology on the 2012 LaCrosse at the Los Angeles Auto Show last year. Now, the company will unveil a similar system for the smaller, hot-selling Regal sedan. If you're thinking that eAssist is Buick's answer to full-hybrid systems from Infiniti, BMW...
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Video: All 2012 Buick Regals To Get Standard Touchscreen Interface
The launch event for the 2012 Buick Regal with eAssist is going on right now in Chicago, and our man Joel Feder is on the scene. The video below is the first footage of the eAssist Regal's hybrid information screen, part of the touchscreen interface that will be standard on all 2012 Regals. The...
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We first saw GM’s new-generation of ‘eAssist’ mild-hybrid technology in the 2012 Buick LaCrosse, where it is equipped as a standard feature on the base four-cylinder LaCrosse. Today GM is announcing that the 2012 Buick Regal will also come with eAssist, though it will be offered as an option. eAssist essentially pairs a small electric motor with the Regal’s 182 horsepower 2.4-liter four-cylinder engine and six-speed automatic gearbox to boost acceleration during high load situations and help reduce fuel consumption. The electric motor also acts as the car’s...
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Report: Buick Regal Hybrid Coming To Chicago Auto Show
Buick has yet to officially confirm the plans, but reports are breaking that the Buick Regal Hybrid will be on display at the 2011 Chicago Auto Show. Borrowing the eAssist hybrid system from the LaCrosse, the Regal Hybrid is expected to turn in 25 percent gains, reaching as high as 24 mpg city and...
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Video: 2012 Buick Verano Unveiling At The 2011 Detroit Auto Show
We know you've seen the photos and read up on the details of Buick's new compact luxury sedan, but if you weren't in Detroit, you didn't get to see the unveiling as it happened. We've got you covered. The flash and bang is all done with pretty quickly, followed by a detailed description of the car...
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2011 Detroit Auto Show: 2012 Buick Verano Live Photos
Buick’s foray into the burgeoning compact luxury segment has made its official debut today in the form of the new 2012 Buick Verano. The car is Buick’s third new model in the past two years and its first compact in decades, so understandably it managed to grab a lot of attention at the...
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CES 2011: OnStar-Verizon 4G LTE Prototype Screenshot Tour
A few days ago we brought you the full details on the new prototype OnStar telematics/infotainment system launched at CES this week. Today, we have a screenshot tour showing you what it looks like, and an interesting tidbit of info from OnStar's senior systems engineer Mark Frye. According to Frye...
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2011 Detroit Auto Show Preview: 2012 Buick Verano
Like the size and look of the new Chevrolet Cruze but think its packaging and trim are just a little too mainstream? Well, the new 2012 Buick Verano may be just what you’re looking for as it’s essentially a more upmarket version of the Chevy compact sedan. Making its debut at the 2011...
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Just yesterday AT&T and BMW announced their partnership for in-car cellular Web connectivity, but it's today's OnStar-Verizon prototype that's really proving to be interesting, if ephemeral. Why? Because the proposed tech allows things like Skype video chat, voice-to-text, vehicle and home monitoring from a smartphone, and more. The advances in what the OnStar prototype can do with voice, video, and Internet access presented in the new OnStar prototype are huge. Ford's SYNC system is the only other in the U.S. market that has introduced such a massive feature set all at once--and OnStar...
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New eAssist Mild-Hybrid Technology Debuting On 2012 Buick LaCrosse
The new Buick Lacrosse and Regal have made waves with their attractive design and overall build quality since their arrival in showrooms, but soon they’ll also be recognized for stellar fuel economy. General Motors is bringing back its mild hybrid technology next year, beginning with the 2012...
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Poll: Does The 2012 Buick Regal GS Meet Your Expectations?
Last week Buick showed off the production version of the 2012 Regal GS to some very mixed reactions. The interwebz went ablaze with enthusiasts and non-enthusiasts both commenting on the looks and powertrain of the Regal GS. Making 255 horsepower and 295 pound-feet to only the front wheels, many...
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2012 Buick Regal GS Preview
The 2012 Buick Regal GS is here, unveiled in Miami ahead of a likely showing at the 2010 Los Angeles Auto Show. Just as expected, it's essentially unchanged from its concept form, powered by a 2.0-liter turbo four-cylinder, and it gets a handful of other upgrades that should make it the driver's...
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Buick Builds The World's Worst Roads...Virtually
If you've been paying attention to the world of car development over the last several years, you know the simulator is playing an ever-increasing role. At Buick, part of that role is cloning some of the world's toughest roads and driving them virtually to help tune the car. As interesting as that...
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GM Promises 2012 Buick Verano Won’t Be Chevy Cruze Clone
Despite vowing to end the practice of badge engineering following its bankruptcy process and streamlining of brands, GM is on the verge of launching a new compact sedan under its Buick label that will essentially be a reskinned Chevrolet Cruze. The car is the upcoming 2012 Buick Verano, a teaser of...
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We've already seen a preview of the upcoming Cruze-based compact Buick sedan in the form of the Chinese-market Excelle GT, but today we finally have confirmation of the U.S. market car’s name and the location where it will be built. The new compact sedan is the 2012 Buick Verano, depicted here partially in this latest teaser. General Motors will invest $145 million at its Orion assembly plant in Michigan to prepare for production of the Verano, which is scheduled to start in the middle of next year. The investment will retain 1,550 hourly and salaried jobs at Orion, along with 120 jobs...
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Buick Wants Six To Seven Car Lineup
Criticism of General Motors' choice to can the Pontiac brand while keeping Buick ran rampant in the days following the announcement last summer, but as the brand's new image becomes clearer, it makes more and more sense. After all, Buick does have some exciting new products in the pipeline, such...
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Rendered: 2013 Buick Regal Convertible
A few weeks ago Buick let slip that both a coupe and convertible were being considered for the Regal range. A few days later we brought you a preview of the hardtop two-door, and today, we have a preview of what the convertible version might look like. Roger McCormack, Buick's product marketing...
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Buick Regal Coupe Under 'Very Strong Consideration,' Convertible Possible
The idea of a Buick Regal Coupe is certainly very appealing to some.
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Rendered: Buick Regal Coupe
We’ve already seen Opel expand its Insignia lineup with the Hatchback and Sports Tourer, as well as the more recent OPC performance variant, but there’s one more model in the works that’s destined to be the most exciting and extreme. The model in question is a new coupe variant based on...
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Video: Buick Touts Regal's German Heritage In Promo Spot
The move contrasts sharply with Chrysler's move toward ultra-American branding.
Nelson Ireson