Buick News
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After a relatively quiet past 12 months, Buick is about to embark on a new model explosion that will see all-new crossover and convertible models added to its lineup. The new crossover has just been revealed in China as the Envision and is due in U.S. showrooms in the second half of 2015, as a 2016 model. The convertible, meanwhile, will be a version of the striking Opel Cascada sold overseas, possibly on sale here as early as 2016. But what about the rest of the Buick lineup? Automotive News (subscription required) has all the details. Starting with the Verano, we should see a...
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2015 Buick Verano Gains Appearance Package, Loses Manual Transmission
Buick is believed to be working on a new generation of its Verano compact sedan for the 2016 model year, so that means the current model, introduced for 2012, needs to soldier on for at least one more year. To keep it competitive, Buick has introduced some updates, but sadly those updates have come...
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Buick And Cadillac Top J.D. Power’s 2014 Customer Satisfaction Study
When it comes to keeping customers happy, dealerships for General Motors Company [NYSE:GM] brands Buick and Cadillac take top honors, according to the latest findings of a study conducted by J.D. Power. In the annual U.S. Customer Service Index study, Cadillac ranked highest among luxury brands for...
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Opel To Build New Buick For U.S., Pull Out Of China
In its latest effort to bring together its Buick and Opel brands, General Motors has announced that Opel will start production of a new model for Buick in the second half of the decade. The news follows a recent announcement that Buick and Opel will have a single design boss, as well as comments...
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2015 Buick Models Get 4G LTE Connectivity
Buick is the latest GM brand to sport 4G LTE.
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Buick Sells Four Times As Many Cars In China As In U.S.
For the second time in its 110-year history, Buick has topped one million sales in a year--and set a new overall record in the process. Last year saw the marque shift 1,032,056 vehicles, beating the company's last million-sale year in 1984, when it sold 1,003,345 cars. Whereas that 1984 volume was...
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General Motors Company’s [NYSE:GM] European division Opel has registered the Calibra and Cascada names with the U.S. Patent and Trademark office. A quick check of the register shows that the names were registered on December 18, 2013 for automobile use. This suggests two major happenings within General Motors Company [NYSE:GM]; that Opel is looking to revive its Calibra nameplate for a new model, and that this new model may be offered in the U.S. alongside the existing Cascada convertible. If the models do reach the U.S., they will almost certainly be badged as Buicks, despite the...
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Did Holden just tease a new Buick 4-door coupe in its latest ad?
Holden has released a new television ad in Australia to sure up the locals that the brand will remain despite rumors of its demise and the fact that it won’t be engineering or manufacturing any of its own cars beyond 2017. In the ad, at the 24-second mark, a Holden designer is shown working...
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2018 Holden Commodore To Be A Chinese-Built Buick: Report
Whether production of the Holden Commodore remained in Australia or not beyond the life of the current VF model, one thing was certain, future versions would be based on General Motors’ global platforms. We can now reveal that the global platform destined for the next-generation Commodore...
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More Buicks To Wear ‘GS’ Performance Badge: Report
The only Buick wearing the brand’s GS performance badge, short for “Gran Sport”, is the Regal GS. Going forward, we'll see more Buicks wearing the famous badge, especially with the Buick brand expected to launch a new Grand National complete with T-Type and GNX variants. The...
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2014 Buick Regal Gets Standard Turbo, Better Fuel Economy
Just as it did in the 1980s, Buick is using turbocharging to make the Regal better.
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Buick Lights 40 Birthday Candles For The Regal
The Buick Regal was born in 1973. It's original name was the Century Regal, and it's undergone quite a few changes over the course of the last 40 years. Originally launched with a 350 cubic-inch V-8 engine, the Regal eventually helped usher in an early look at smaller displacement American cars...
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The 1940 Buick Model 81C trunkback phaeton used in Casablanca is coming up for auction.
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2015 Small Buick Crossover Spy Shots
Buick is working on a new crossover designed to squeeze in between its compact Encore and larger Enclave. The vehicle is tipped to be called the Anthem and was previewed in 2011 by the Buick Envision concept. Today we have our first spy shots of a prototype for the new crossover, which we expect to...
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Buick Mulls Diesel For Certain Models
Diesel has struggled for acceptance in the U.S. in the past, too many customers haunted by horrific dabblings with diesel in the 1970s, or the image of lifted trucks "rolling coals" tarnishing its reputation. Anyone familiar with modern diesels will dismiss both and even overlook the occasionally...
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2014 Buick Regal Priced From $30,615
Buick is ready to brings its updated 2014 Regal to market later this year. Before they do that, however, it needs to have a pricetag, and that's just what the automaker has announced. The base 2014 Regal will start at $30,615, and Buick is prepping the car with some great improvements over the...
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2013 Opel Insignia Country Tourer: Forbidden Fruit
Joining the updated Opel Insignia range at the 2013 Frankfurt Auto Show in September will be the all-new Insignia Country Tourer, revealed today as the Opel brand’s new flagship. The vehicle is based on the Insignia Sports Tourer station wagon but gets some off-roading attributes such as...
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Major Shakeup At GM Design, Single Designer To Lead Buick And Opel
General Motors has announced several key changes affecting its design operations, most of which are aimed at improving cohesion across the automaker’s global design studios and strengthening the attributes of its individual brand identities. Crucially, the automaker states that the changes...
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Buick currently sells the Encore and Enclave crossovers but a third tall-riding model is reported to be joining its lineup in the coming years. The origin of the speculation is the recent siting of a prototype for a smallish crossover sporting some telltale Buick design themes, near a General Motors facility in Michigan. According to GM Inside News, a new crossover dubbed the “Anthem” is in the works and destined for Buick’s lineup, most likely in the second half of 2014, making it a 2015 model. The vehicle would target the likes of the Acura RDX, Audi Q5 and upcoming Lexus...
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Buick And Opel Link To Become Stronger, Says GM CEO
Buick currently sells three vehicles that were originally conceived as Opels, and by the looks of things it's set to have more. Buick’s latest Encore, Regal and Verano models all share their underpinnings and most of their bodywork with models sold overseas as Opels (Vauxhalls if you’re...
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Buick Celebrated Its 110th Birthday On May 19th
Buick is more than old enough to qualify for an AARP card. There's a joke about the average age of the Buick driver in there somewhere, but we're going to leave that alone. The current crop of cars boast pretty smart styling meshed with quality interiors. There's been a lot of excellent machines...
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Buick Remembers Its Hellcat History
Last week was the anniversary of Victory In Europe Day, a date celebrated every year to commemorate May 8th, 1945--the day when Germany's unconditional surrender was accepted by the Allied forces. Buick has a reason to reflect on V-E Day. Over the automaker's 110-year history, there was a period...
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Buick Riviera Concept Isn't Your Father's: Shanghai Auto Show
Rumors of a plug-in Buick hybrid have been making the rounds for a while now--but this Riviera concept brings it to life. Conceptually. While the look of the Riviera is orders of magnitude too wild for a production Buick, the Riviera name is orders of magnitude too mild. To borrow a catchphrase...
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Buick Celebrates 110 Years With 11 Special Cars
Looking back on Buick's history makes it a bit difficult to correlate the brand with the present, but that's bound to happen to some degree over the course of 110 years. In celebration of the anniversary, Buick has released 11 photos of special cars, along with a few details on each. You can find...
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