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Buick Park Avenue is reborn... in China

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$64K for a V6 Buick, no thanks. I know why Buick is not offering it in the US. It wouldn't sell. This car would be Buick's Phaeton.
I would much rather have a V8 G8 for half the price, even if interior may not be as good, and it's not as big.
 
Buick sales in the US are very slow. I've worked at two dealerships in the past year, and only a few are sold each month.
In a typical toyota store around here, they'll sell two to three hundred new toyotas in a month. In a typical buick store around here, you'd be lucky to sell ten buicks per month. That's why most buick stores are normally coupled with another two or three GM products, like GMC and Pontiac. A stand alone buick store won't survive.
 
Originally posted by: Parasitic
Problem is that even if they were to bring that over sales would plummet because no youth will buy a Buick and the aging society either already has a Buick, a Caddy, or would not buy American.
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That's exactly it. Even if they brought that over here, I really can't see myself driving it because it's still a Buick. Of course, if they do bring it over I'm sure we'll get Chevrolet, Pontiac, and Saturn variants.

Isn't Buick crazy-popular in China? I thought I read that somewhere.
 
Originally posted by: Parasitic
Problem is that even if they were to bring that over sales would plummet because no youth will buy a Buick and the aging society either already has a Buick, a Caddy, or would not buy American.
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It's ironic that some young people are so narrow minded and set in their old ways of thinking that they would not even consider options.
 
Originally posted by: BDawg
Looks really nice. I wonder if it has the Buick patented "handles like it's riding on jello" suspension system.
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It does indeed look very nice.

My gf has a 96 lesabre. I love riding in it...its so smooth.

Driving it is a little scary though - the power steering is so loose you can use your pinkys to haul around that beast, and it rolls so bad that it feels like I'm going to flip it.
 
Originally posted by: MrBond
Originally posted by: Parasitic
Problem is that even if they were to bring that over sales would plummet because no youth will buy a Buick and the aging society either already has a Buick, a Caddy, or would not buy American.
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That's exactly it. Even if they brought that over here, I really can't see myself driving it because it's still a Buick. Of course, if they do bring it over I'm sure we'll get Chevrolet, Pontiac, and Saturn variants.

Isn't Buick crazy-popular in China? I thought I read that somewhere.
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I'm 25, and I'd have no problem driving a Buick. They're nice cars, and they have well above average reliability. I'd consider a Lacrosse as my next car, depending on what kind of car dealership my brother is working at next time I buy a car.
 
Originally posted by: dwcal
Originally posted by: ElFenix
why the hell does the 'world market' get better GMs and Fords than the home market does? it's been going on for years now. overseas gets compelling, clean, and handsome designs, and we get the aztec. overseas gets the second gen mondeo, and we get some sea-creature of a taurus. overseas gets a brand new focus, we get some warmed over 1st gen. overseas gets a BTS, we get nothing.
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Maybe because GM and Ford got burned too many times by people not buying their world market cars. Here's a few:

Merkur XR4Ti
Merkur Skorpio
Cadillac Catera
Ford Contour
Pontiac GTO
Pontiac LeMans (not sure if this bastard child belongs, it was an Opel Kadett built in Korea by Daewoo)
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it's their own dumb fault for bringing over the crappy versions, or crapifying the versions (contour was shrunk to ensure americans couldn't fit in it), or simply naming them stupid things that will turn off potential buyers by ensuring that the name is what is focused on *cough*GTO*cough*, or putting the wrong car in the market segment (catera. which had more stupid marketing)
Americans like their cars cheap and roomy. They won't buy refinement and quality unless it's attached to a "premium" brand. If it makes you feel any better the Mazda3 is the same platform as the European Focus. Just consider it the Focus Ford should have built.
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yes i'm well aware of the Mazda3/Focus/S40 connection.
 
The new Buick - which will be built at Shanghai GM's Jinqiao plant - is the first vehicle to go into production outside Australia utilising the global rear-wheel drive architecture developed by GM Holden.
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Zeta?
 
LOL @ retractable headlight washers. Neat, but a total gimmick. Nice looking car, though.
Originally posted by: dwcal
Merkur XR4Ti
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I almost bought one of those once. Ended up buying an MR2 instead.

 
Originally posted by: mugs
I'm 25, and I'd have no problem driving a Buick. They're nice cars, and they have well above average reliability. I'd consider a Lacrosse as my next car, depending on what kind of car dealership my brother is working at next time I buy a car.
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I too am 25, and wanting to look for something upscale (Lexus, BMW), something different (other than Lexus and BMW), something unconformist (American). Even though at this point in my life I would not be able to afford one, I considered a Chrysler 300 (heck, even the Pacifica), Lincoln LS, Ford 500, Acura RL, and most definitely the Cadillac CTS. but a buick? not really.
 
Originally posted by: mercanucaribe
Originally posted by: Viperoni
The new Buick - which will be built at Shanghai GM's Jinqiao plant - is the first vehicle to go into production outside Australia utilising the global rear-wheel drive architecture developed by GM Holden.
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Zeta?
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I call shenanigans. It looks like an Opel Vectra
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Opel Vectra = FWD. This Park Avenue = RWD.

Try again
 
Originally posted by: NFS4
Originally posted by: mercanucaribe
Originally posted by: Viperoni
The new Buick - which will be built at Shanghai GM's Jinqiao plant - is the first vehicle to go into production outside Australia utilising the global rear-wheel drive architecture developed by GM Holden.
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Zeta?
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I call shenanigans. It looks like an Opel Vectra
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Opel Vectra = FWD. This Park Avenue = RWD.

Try again
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I called shens because I don't believe it's RWD.
 
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