The 2014 Buick Regal GS is nearly upon us, it has already been aired at the Shanghai Auto Show along with the refreshed Lacrosse, of course the GS is practically upon us.
GM kept its 270BHP motor behind the curtains for its own Cadillac models rather than giving the Chinese made GS the big boy it had to make do with the regular 2.0T with just 220bhp…
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Buick has positioned itself well in the Chinese market, whilst the brand maybe known as the semi official brand for senior citizens in North America, it has transformed into a semi luxury brand for Chinese consumers.
“The new Riviera offers a preview of Buick’s future design language,” said Shanghai GM President Ye Yongming. “By seamlessly integrating…
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The Buick Lacrosse has been a hit on the Chinese market, business users and personal users have taken to the cars oversized bulk with much glee making it a regular sight on Chinese roads. The Lacrosse hit the perfect price segment with the launch of the current generation, Chinese consumers love the idea of a ‘Da Qi‘ car that is able to command…
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The Chinese media are playing a guessing game over the Encore, they know its coming, but they don’t know if the road going versions currently camo’d up and out on China roads are Chinese market models or American market models. They also seem to think that the Chinese version will be carrying the same engines as the US version, which is headlined by…
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The chunky mini SUV from Buick is still doing road testing in China ahead of a potential December 2012 launch, the American version receives a 1.4T engine but the Chinese version is likely to call a 185bhp 1.6T unit its powerplant when it launches. Pricing is expected to be from 150,000rmb to 200,000rmb.
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This week the Chinese automotive media…
The Buick Regal GS will enter the market in September this year and will be packing an upgraded version of the 2.0T engine found in the current Regal, the GS will also carry a slightly more sportier face which was borrowed from the Opel OPC that is sold in Europe. The interior has also undergone some changes with improved sports seats and the surprise…
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The Buick Regal GS is expected to launch later this year with September being touted as a possible launch date, the GS will be be made in China and will make full use of the 2.0T Direct Injection engine that is currently used in the Cadillac SLS, the only four cylinder Caddy to date. The 2.0T in question produces an impressive 262bhp through the front…
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Buick owes its life to the Chinese auto market, if the brand did not get an early foothold in the door in China then there is no doubt that the brand would have gone the way of Saturn a long time ago, in the US market the brand only appealed to the silver haired army whilst youngsters ignored the brand completely, in China the Buick brand gained its…
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Buick are in dire need of a compact SUV to take on the Chinese market, it is a segment that they have almost lost to the Japanese, Korean and European compact offerings but a Buick branded SUV will have the pulling power to take back what has been lost, thus Buick have released the Envision SUV concept at the Shanghai Auto Show. The official unveiling…
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The Shanghai Auto Show is Shanghai-GM’s chance to shine on the world stage, especially as it is in their own backyard. This year they have an amazing array of cars on show including the Camaro, new Malibu, new Aveo (aka the Sonic) and various other models, one of their major concepts is the below Buick SUV.
The Envision SUV will have its official…
Read More →The Buick Regal has already been on the market in China for the past 18 months or so, but it could about to be joined by the Regal GS – the American version of the 2.0T that is already on the market in China.
When we say “already on the market” what we mean is, its available as a 220bhp form but lacks the styling and power of the GS; which puts out…
Read More →MPV’s have stayed in the realm of business use in China, where as in Western countries they are used for larger families that require extra space for the road – due to Chinese families being largely nuclear, there is of course not much need for a 7 seater van on every driveway in China (or rather apartment complex car park. The GL8 was originally designed…
Read More →The handsome new Buick GL8 is set to launch later this month but earlier today we got to have a look at a new set of pictures of the forthcoming people carrier thanks to some official pictures from GM as…
Read More →The next generation of Buick GL8 was recently sighted without camo in downtown Shanghai and shows that the GL8 is very close to production. The GL8 was introduced into China in 2001 and quickly became the industry standard for business use MPV’s within China. As it was popular from the start it only gained two major updates in its life time, although…
Read More →It appears that the 2011 Buick Regal will be getting the Opel Insignia’s VXR treatment in the front and rear. For those that are not familiar, the VXR series of cars were Opel’s and Vauxhall’s performance lines for the Insignia model in the European market.
The VXR range comes in 4×4 which is a 2.8 V6 Turbo power house for Europe, its…
Read More →Whilst the beautiful Buick Business MPV concept remains at the concept stage, Buick have to keep a business MPV in the market amidst an increasingly competitive market. Over the past few months both Dodge, Chrysler, and Mercedes have put…
Read More →The Buick Excelle GT is based upon the Opel Astra sedan and will be launching in both the USA and China under the Buick guise, although it is likely to make it into certain sedan friendly Euro markets towards the end of the year. This is the first time that the Buick Excelle has been posted to CCT in such detail, and we can safely say that this car…
Read More →The Buick Excelle GT sedan is expected to launch in July according to Chinese automotive media sources. The Excelle GT is based off the GM Delta II platform which is also shared with other China made products such as the Chevrolet Cruze and the Buick Excelle hatchback. The Chinese press are already referring to the Excelle as the baby Lacrosse due their…
Read More →The soon to be launched Buick Excelle GT Sedan is going to be launched in three different flavors at this weeks Beijing Auto Show according to our sources.
As with the hatchback version, the sedan will come with the same engines, a 1.6, a 1.8, and a range topping 1.6T. The cars will officially launch on April 23rd.
The…
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The Buick Lacrosse is Buick’s latest fantastic sedan, it has the size and styling of a high end Lexus but has the price tag that we can all afford,…
The Buick Excelle hatch has only just been on the market for a few months in naturally aspirated and turbo form, of which the turbo form is a 1.6T producing 184BHP (named the Excelle XT) which is quite the little rocket, however Buick at some point decided that this was not enough and laid out plans to launch a Buick…
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Buick are throwing their hat into the Chinese hot hatch segment, and plan on giving the Chinese built Golf GTI a good thrashing with its…
The Buick Execlle hatch is set to launch in China this month on the 23rd according to various websites.
The 23rd January will see the launch of the full range of the 1.6L, 1.8L and the flagship 1.6T unit, pricing is being estimated by the Chinese media as being from 126,000rmb to 176,000rmb with the 1.6T unit being at the higher end of that price…
Read More →Buicks new Excelle hatchback was launched late 2009 at the Guangzhou Auto Show, and will hit the dealerships very soon. Shanghai GM are also working on an saloon version which will launch sometime in the middle of 2010.
This car has already been spotted testing in the USA, but this is thought to be the first…
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The Chinese automotive media are estimating…
The Buick Excelle hatchback, alongside the MG6 are arguably the big stars of the Guangzhou Auto show this year. The Excelle hatch signals the end of the dated Daewoo Lacetti hatchback, and the rebranding of the European Opel Astra for the Chinese marketplace.
Whilst it maybe a rebranded Astra, the Chinese version known as…
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Read More →The Buick HRV is lining up to become one of the best looking compact cars in the Chinese market for 2010, especially with its handsome powertrains that are going to be both cheaper, and more powerful than the competition in its segment.
Apparently the new HRV is in pre-production testing and will launch at the…
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The current Buick HRV is the only hatchback…
The Buick MPV is practically a staple of Chinese business practice, they ferry clients from office to office in reasonable luxury, they’re comfortable, they look good, but it seems they only come in blue and silver. The 2011 Buick MPV is a step away from the boxy MPV of 2009, with a more rounded shape and a better looking dashboard, the 2011 version…
Read More →The Buick line up in China is quite frankly fantastic, you have a mixture of cars, everything from mini sedans, to larger sedans and MPV’s and SUV’s, it’s simply brilliant. It almost makes me want to become a Buick owner just looking through the glass at the dealership, cars like the new Regal and the Lacrosse want me to get my cash out right there…
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The Buick Regal 1.6T is the latest model model from Shanghai…
This year GM has successfully launched the Chevrolet Cruze, the Buick Lacrosse and the new Buick Regal. The Regal was a massive breakaway from the last generation of Regal which was an American designed land yacht, but the current Regal is based on the German designed Opel Insignia.
Buick currently have the naturally aspirated 2.0, 2.4 as well as…
Read More →The new Buick Regal is set to get itself a new 2.0 Turbo brother, that will retail for between 250,000rmb and 300,000rmb. CCT was first dissapointed that there wasn’t a 2.0T model available, but it seems that GM have realized their error after reading CCT (this is probably…
Read More →The Shanghai Auto Show will see the launch of another new Buick. This wont be another new vehicle, but it is another case of badge engineering. The current Buick HRV is the Daewoo Lacetti, but that has reached the end of its current lifespan for Buick, and is begining to look a…
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Lets get one thing straight from the start, Im no Buick fan, the reason being that all Buick automobiles from the 70′s to 2007 have been giant…
Read More →The new Buick Regal is quite a car, Europeans will know it as the Opel Insignia, but to Chinese markets its certainly the new Regal. CCT is by no means a Buick fan, but the new Regal makes us want to become a Buick owner in our tender 20′s, and it seems the Regals attraction was just too much for this Shanghai girl:
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The new Buick Regal has finally been launched in the PRC, and the prices are anything but expensive.
The…
Read More →The Buick LaCrosse has been out in China for barely two years, but GM have decided that the already excellent looking car is due for a face lift. The Chinese LaCrosse was designed by Shanghai GM’s Pan Asia Technical Automotive Center, which bestowed quite a beautiful sedan on China, Read More →
The Buick SUV has been scheduled to come into the Chinese market place for some time, perhaps various small issues with its USA factory going on…
According to the Chinese automotive media, the Buick Regal, aka the Opel Insignia, is to be…
The last photos we posted regarding the new Buick Regal were heavily camoflauged, making the lines of the Regal hard to see.
The Opel Insignia was unveiled at the 2008 London Auto Show, but CCT readers will know that the car was spotted out testing in the PRC branded as a Buick, as the Insignia seems set to replace the aging Regal.
The Buick Regal has finally come to an end in the PRC, the Regal was the first ‘big Buick’ to enter the PRC, and perhaps the only ‘true Buick’ to go on sale in the PRC to date.
The Regal only sold 3791 cars in the first half of 2008, a long way from the 8000 cars per month it would sell when it was launched in 2003. A new Read More →
Buick is GM’s flagship brand in China, without Buick regulary pumping up sales figures for GM, what shape would they be in now? Its no wonder that GM give Buick China extra special care, in such a boom or bust environment they would be foolish not to.
Many people comment that the Chinese Buick line up is far better than the American one, an odd observation…
Read More →The original Buick Regal was Buick Chinas first ‘big hit’, it was the first non Asian big car to hit the big time in PRC, middle class executives lapped up the motor which ranged from a pokey 2.0l 16v to 2.5V6 and 3.0 V6 model that offered a decent amount of power and luxury, whilst not breaking the bank. The Buick Regal is certainly getting on a bit…
Read More →The latest generation of Buick Excelle will be officially launched on April 12th this year, a little bit earlier than what we were expecting. The US made, Buick Excelle SUV will also be launched on the same day, giving Buick China a double whammy. Buick China have released a few teaser photos of the new Excelle:
The latest incarnation of the Buick Excelle garnered mix results from China Car Times readers, the latest update sees the Excelle’s front end put in line with the rest of the Buick 07/08 line up. The interior, does not…
Read More →The new Buick Excelle was feature on China Car Times a while back, where it met a mixed response from CCT commenters. However, the old Excelle received more than a warm response from Chinese consumers with it selling thousands of vehicles per month and often ending up in the top 10 sales lists. In true GM tradition, it seems from these photos that the…
Read More →The new Buick Excelle is set to take the Chinese market by storm when its launched, (perhaps in late 2008). The current Excelle already tops best selling compact sedan sales charts in China on a monthly basis, and the newer updated one shown below is set to follow that trend.
The Chinese Buick Lacrosse caused slight frustration from North American Lacrosse owners when it was launched on the Chinese mainland last year, simply because the Chinese one looks far better than the US version – its true, we even had a poll on it right…
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