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  • The Buick Y Job is the first-ever concept car and it just stopped by Jay Leno's Garage

    When the Buick Y-Job was conceived by design legend Harley Earl in1938, its purpose wasn't to go into production but rather to highlight items and features that would be seen on future General Motors vehicles. Today, we'd call it a concept car, but 80 years ago it was the first of its kind. GM Vice President of Global Design Michael Simcoe is Earl's modern-day equivalent, so it's appropriate that he brought the Y-Job to California so Jay Leno could take it for a spin. As a concept car in 1938, the Y-Job traveled around the country to show future design elements that would be incorporated in...

  • 2019 Buick Envision
    More gears, less money: 2019 Buick Envision updated

    A 9-speed automatic mated to a torquier turbo-4 engine tops the list of updates to the facelifted 2019 Buick Envision, the automaker said Monday. The China-sourced 2019 Envision's styling is revised, it gains a handful of improved features, and it's priced up to $2,000 less than its predecessor...

  • 2018 Buick Regal Sportback
    2018 Buick Regal Sportback first drive review: the crossover of cars

    The decision to do away with a sedan shape and offer the 2018 Buick Regal as a hatchback (called Sportback) and a wagon (called Tour X) is an odd one at first blush. After all, mid-size sedans traditionally have been among the strongest selling vehicles, while hatchbacks and especially wagons have...

  • The first publicly available Buick GNX heads to auction
    Own the first Buick GNX sold to the public

    Grand National Experimental. Those three words mean a whole lot to Buick fans. That's because they are the name applied to a car that was once a humble Regal. When it gets the black paint applied, it is transformed into a truly menacing street beast that stalked the roads of America in the late...

  • 2018 Buick Lacrosse Avenir
    2018 Buick LaCrosse gets upmarket Avenir treatment

    The LaCrosse is the second model in the United States to receive Buick’s upmarket Avenir treatment. In case you’ve forgotten, Avenir, French for “future,” is the name of a luxurious sedan concept Buick rolled out in 2015. The concept didn’t make it to production but...

  • Buick Grand National GNX
    The Buick GNX ran the quarter mile quicker than a Ferrari F40

    The Buick Grand National was certainly appreciated in its time, but only recently has it resurfaced as a sought-after car. The Grand National was so powerful, and so quick, that many of its performance credentials were kept quiet to keep Chevrolet appeased—the final Grand National...

  • 2018 Opel Insignia GSi Sports Tourer

    Hot wagons are a rarity in the United States but over in Europe they’re all the rage, outselling their sedan equivalents in many cases. Opel will use this week’s 2017 Frankfurt auto show to introduce its latest high-performance wagon, the Insignia GSi. We’ve already seen the car in fastback sedan form, which we’re getting as the 2018 Buick Regal GS, but a wagon option, which Opel refers to as a Sports Tourer, will also be offered. General Motors’ Australian subsidiary Holden will get its own version of the Regal GS dubbed the Commodore VXR, and like the Insignia...

  • 2018 Opel Insignia GSi Sports Tourer spy shots - Image via S. Baldauf/SB-Medien
    2018 Opel Insignia GSi Sports Tourer spy shots

    Opel’s new Insignia GSi, which we’re getting as the 2018 Buick Regal GS, has just been spotted testing in its wagon body style, which Opel refers to as a Sports Tourer. We’re only getting the Regal GS as a fastback sedan but Opel will offer both fastback sedan and wagon versions...

  • 2018 Holden Commodore VXR
    Buick Regal GS does double duty as Holden Commodore VXR, Opel Insignia GSi

    Buick on Wednesday unveiled a new Regal GS for North America, but elsewhere the car will be badged a Holden Commodore VXR or Opel Insignia GSi or Vauxhall Insignia GSi. The Commodore VXR will serve as the performance flagship for the latest Commodore which is essentially a rebadged Buick Regal sold...

  • 2018 Buick Regal GS debut
    2018 Buick Regal GS debuts with 310-hp V-6, all-wheel drive

    The 2018 Buick Regal GS has been one of the worst-kept secrets of the year. Days after the April reveal of the Regal Sportback and TourX models, Buick’s website in Canada let slip that a Regal GS with a V-6 and all-wheel drive was coming. Shortly after, the first prototypes were spotted and...

  • Buick Regal GS (Chinese spec) leaked - Image via Kolesa
    Buick Regal GS leaked

    Well, what do we have here? It seems more photos of the redesigned Buick Regal GS have leaked. The latest shots come from Russian website Kolesa and join previous shots that surfaced on Chinese website CarNewsChina in April. They show the hottest of Regal variants sporting a more aggressive front...

  • 2019 Buick Regal Sportback GS spy shots
    Report: 2019 Buick Regal GS set to have 310-horsepower V-6, AWD

    It's becoming more clear than ever Buick has plans to drop a V-6 engine into the next-generation Regal GS. Rumors aside, the latest information comes straight from the brand itself. GM Authority reports the 2019 Buick Regal GS will arrive with a 3.6-liter V-6 engine that will produce 310...

  • 2018 Buick Regal TourX

    Buick’s new Regal TourX soft-roader wagon offers superb value thanks to sharp pricing. Cars Direct has learned from order guides that the 2018 Regal TourX is priced at $29,995, including destination. That’s significantly cheaper than potential rivals such as the Audi A4 Allroad and Volvo V60 Cross Country, both of which start above $40k, though it’s still more expensive than the Subaru Outback which starts at $26,810. We’re talking about a German-built wagon with raised suspension, all-wheel drive, a 2.0-liter turbocharged inline-4, and an 8-speed automatic...

  • 2018 Buick Enclave Avenir
    2018 Buick Enclave priced to start at $40,970

    SUV shoppers looking for mainstream SUV with some luxury thrown in have a redesigned Buick Enclave to mull over. It comes this fall, as a 2018 model, and Buick has disclosed how much it will cost. Up $980 over the previous model, the 2018 Enclave will start at $40,970, including destination. Each...

  • 2018 Buick LaCrosse
    2018 Buick LaCrosse offered with standard mild-hybrid powertrain

    The 2017 Buick LaCrosse made waves with its attractive design and impressive build quality at its unveiling at the 2015 Los Angeles auto show. For 2018, the large sedan gets a new standard powertrain which happens to be a mild-hybrid system, referred to as eAssist by General Motors. Like the...

  • 2019 Buick Regal Sportback GS spy shots
    2019 Buick Regal GS Sportback spy shots

    Buick has introduced a larger, more sophisticated Regal for 2018. The car comes in liftback (Regal Sportback) and wagon (Regal TourX) body styles in the United States, but skips the more traditional notchback sedan shape offered in China. Also missing is a sporty GS variant, though one is coming...

  • 1966 Buick Riviera on Jay Leno's Garage
    Custom 1966 Buick Riviera stops by Jay Leno's Garage

    There's always room for another restomod in the automotive world, especially when the attention detail is akin to what we have here. This custom 1966 Buick Riviera stopped by Jay Leno's Garage and it is an utter labor of love. The owner of the shop responsible for the build, Randy Clark, gladly...

  • 2018 Buick Regal sedan for China
    2018 Buick Regal sedan revealed in Shanghai minus GS model

    Along with the debut of the Buick Velite 5, Buick has taken the wraps off of the 2018 Regal sedan at the 2017 Shanghai auto show. Yes, you read that correctly, China will still be receiving a traditional 4-door sedan with a trunk. The Chinese-spec Buick Regal sedan doesn't deviate from the global...

  • 2018 Buick Velite 5

    Buick will add an extended-range electric car to its lineup in China later this year. The vehicle, labeled a Buick Velite 5, is a rebadged Chevrolet Volt and was revealed to the world on Wednesday at the 2017 Shanghai auto show. The news isn’t a complete surprise as we’ve known since September that the Volt was going to be rebadged a Buick for the Chinese market. And the Velite name was first used on a concept unveiled at the 2016 Guangzhou auto show that Buick said foreshadowed a series of new electrified models it planned to launch in China. The Velite 5’s powertrain is...

  • 1987 Buick Regal Grand National Barn Finds
    Pair of 1987 Buick Grand Nationals each driven less than 1,000 miles found in Oklahoma

    While technically not a "barn find" as collectors like to say, the pair of 1987 Buick Regal Grand Nationals certainly meets all the criteria of one. According to GM-EFI, William Avila and friend Shawn Matthews went to investigate a pair of 1987 Grand Nationals for sale in their small Oklahoma town...

  • 2018 Buick Enclave Avenir, 2017 New York auto show
    2018 Buick Enclave revealed with luxurious Avenir trim

    The Enclave has defined the Buick brand since arriving on the scene a decade ago. Here was a big, roomy SUV with a car-like demeanor, styling that was easy on the eyes, and a level of refinement not normally found in the segment—at a time when the crossover SUV craze was just taking off...

  • 2018 Buick Regal Sportback
    Buick may have accidentally confirmed V-6 power for next Regal GS

    For those hoping for a 2018 Buick Regal with its engine cylinders arranged in a 'V' formation, it seems the brand will oblige with the next hopped-up GS variant. While the recently revealed 2018 Buick Regal Sportback and Regal TourX will arrive with 4-cylinder power only, the brand has apparently...

  • 2018 Opel Insignia Country Tourer
    2018 Buick Regal TourX’s Euro twin is the Opel Insignia Country Tourer

    Last night we were treated with the reveal of the 2018 Buick Regal TourX, a wagon—yes, a new Buick wagon!—with all-wheel drive, a raised ride height, and underbody protection. It’s not unique to Buick, however, as General Motors will sell the vehicle in Europe as the Opel Insignia...

  • 2018 Buick Regal
    2018 Buick Regal coming as hatchback and wagon, but no sedan

    Mid-size cars might be yesterday's news (even though they're still the third-largest vehicle segment in the U.S.), but Buick is sticking with them. Sort of. Ahead of the 2017 New York auto show, GM's near-premium brand introduced a fresh take on its mid-size car with the new 2018 Regal Sportback...

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