http://www.autoblog.com/gallery/buick-regal-gs-concept

I drive an '05 Lacrosse right now so I'm already partial to them but I really like this. It looks very similar to a lexus though, which is never a bad thing just doesn't scream originality.

1/7/2010 1:24:10 PM

that's actually pretty hot looking.

1/7/2010 1:26:42 PM

1/7/2010 1:29:33 PM

impressive.

1/7/2010 1:33:10 PM

I'm sure people are eagerly awaiting their chance to own a car with the same name as the car that their Grandma drove because she couldn't afford a Cadillac.

1/7/2010 1:33:12 PM

ah ha.. so that's why i keep getting RFQ's for this thing

[Edited on January 7, 2010 at 1:50 PM. Reason : good looking car tho]

1/7/2010 1:50:02 PM

i like the looks. what are the specs?

1/7/2010 4:00:25 PM

A little flashy for being known as grandmas' whip ... wonder which demographic they're going after?

1/7/2010 4:08:40 PM

^^FWD


/care

1/7/2010 4:22:39 PM

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"wonder which demographic they're going after?"

"Mid-life crisis with sensibility", or maybe just "baby boomer who is retiring and cannot afford a cadillac due to the economy".

1/7/2010 4:50:13 PM

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"The Regal GS is equipped with a 255-horsepower turbocharged 2-liter Ecotec engine, a 6-speed manual transmission, all-wheel drive, big Brembo brakes and massive 20-inch wheels and tires."

-- http://wheels.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/01/07/buick-regal-gs-concept-tipped-as-the-next-gran-sport/

1/7/2010 4:51:01 PM

^interesting, but its weight distribution is probably so focked it doesn't matter.

So what ya think, 4,000lbs?

How excited can you be, when the General already had a kickass car that they just euthanized?

[Edited on January 7, 2010 at 8:40 PM. Reason : hello Pontiac G8]

1/7/2010 8:35:37 PM

\/ GTFO WITH THAT COMMENT YOU SLUTBUCKET

[Edited on January 7, 2010 at 9:34 PM. Reason : .]

1/7/2010 9:34:34 PM

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"The Regal GS is equipped with a 255-horsepower turbocharged 2-liter Ecotec engine, a 6-speed manual transmission, all-wheel drive, big Brembo brakes and massive 20-inch wheels and tires."

Did someone just make a poor-man's STi WRX?

^ Mind your own business shitface

[Edited on January 7, 2010 at 9:35 PM. Reason : .]

1/7/2010 9:34:34 PM

this car is fucking worthless with out a hair drier and rear drive

1/7/2010 9:40:59 PM

^Um...doesn't this car meet 1/2 of your requirement?

1/7/2010 10:11:09 PM

meh more like a 1/3 of it.

1/8/2010 12:32:20 AM

"biricks" have always been pretty good cars. they need to make a big one and bring back the deuce and a quarter.

1/8/2010 1:35:58 AM

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"^interesting, but its weight distribution is probably so focked it doesn't matter. So what ya think, 4,000lbs? How excited can you be, when the General already had a kickass car that they just euthanized? "

~4000lbs sounds right with 64/36 weight distribution. Personally I don't even know why Buick exists.

1/8/2010 1:37:26 AM

UAW

1/8/2010 2:04:42 AM

I didn't even know buick sold cars, I thought you were just issued one when you retired?

1/8/2010 8:00:47 AM

4000 lbs awd turbo.. it's like a new SHO. with 100 less horsepower

1/8/2010 9:27:27 AM

^255 hp seems very very underpowered for what will surely prove to be a boat. it's sort of like the prowler, it could've been a pretty cool car if they hadn't completely half assed it.

1/8/2010 9:45:40 AM

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"Personally I don't even know why Buick exists."

For some reason they LOVE them in China. Maybe it has had something to do with Tiger Woods

1/8/2010 9:47:37 AM

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"255 hp seems very very underpowered for what will surely prove to be a boat. it's sort of like the prowler, it could've been a pretty cool car if they hadn't completely half assed it."

If I were GM, I'd put the vette motor in every car.

1/8/2010 10:24:34 AM

Be a great car for my commute

1/8/2010 10:31:38 AM

^^might as well lol..

1/8/2010 11:01:52 AM

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"I didn't even know buick sold cars, I thought you were just issued one when you retired? "

That was good work

1/8/2010 11:08:49 AM

seriously though, they should put LSx engines in everything

1/8/2010 12:41:50 PM

seriously though, they should put LSx engines in everything

1/8/2010 1:02:57 PM

seriously though, they should put LSx engines in everything

1/8/2010 1:58:03 PM

seriously though, they shouldn't put LSx engines in everything

1/8/2010 3:08:19 PM

^ GTFO H8R HATER

1/8/2010 3:49:18 PM

looks too much like the latest generation TL

1/8/2010 3:56:48 PM

You guys act like they won't come out with a pointless souped-up version 2 years in. Of course, when it does, you'll all be like "What a shit-can" because it won't corner like an Elise.

1/8/2010 4:29:49 PM

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"A little flashy for being known as grandmas' whip ... wonder which demographic they're going after?"

That's because it is a rebadged Vauxhall Insignia, previous generation called the Vectra (in the UK; Opel Insignia in mainland Europe). GM in China has been making it under the Buick Regal name in China for just over a year now, and the Chinese love it!

So, it is not an American design at all, and the name Buick (and esp. Regal) looks stupid on that hotness. Pontiac, Cadillac, or even Chevrolet would be much much better. Thank God they didn't call it Oldsmobile!

The high performance version of the European ones are called Vauxhall Insignia VXR and Opel Insignia OPC (325 hp 2.8 litre TT V6, 6-sp manual), and are bloody hot, including what is probably the hottest wagon out there.

Judge for yourself.

1/8/2010 4:48:15 PM

I'm not much for white cars, but I like this one in white...

1/8/2010 4:59:28 PM

that's a sharp looking car. gg gm

1/8/2010 7:07:07 PM

By the time this heavy thing comes to market that styling will be what your grandmother drives.

1/8/2010 7:11:07 PM

^^

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"it is not an American design at all"

[Edited on January 8, 2010 at 8:29 PM. Reason : ^]

1/8/2010 8:29:14 PM

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"I'm not much for white cars, but I like this one in white..."

I agree on the white thing, but pearl white is completely different from normal white.

1/8/2010 8:36:41 PM

pearl white is a fucking bitch to paint

1/8/2010 8:47:07 PM

They just did a piece on the Insignia VXR on this week's Top Gear.

1/8/2010 11:02:49 PM

That is a fine lookin' car.

1/9/2010 5:29:56 AM

^^I'm 99% sure you were watching a re-run because they did a piece on that last season or two seasons ago. They were saying it was comparable to the new M5 in terms of performance at half the cost.

1/9/2010 8:03:49 AM

Too bad its a fucking Buick.

When is GM going to realize that no matter what they do, Buick is viewed as a car for old people.

They have one of the worst car brand images there is.

Hell, even Tiger Woods couldnt make them popular.

Either come out with another brand and just rebadge them, or stop making them and just keep marketing them to old people.

Younger generations don't want to own a "Buick"

1/9/2010 10:38:11 AM

^ To be fair Cadillac was the same way 10 years ago.

1/9/2010 11:37:05 AM

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[Edited on January 8, 2010 at 8:29 PM. Reason : ^]

1/9/2010 11:51:20 AM

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"looks too much like the latest generation TL"

better than the current generation!

1/9/2010 12:49:14 PM

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"I'm 99% sure you were watching a re-run because they did a piece on that last season or two seasons ago. They were saying it was comparable to the new M5 in terms of performance at half the cost."

I'm 100% sure it wasn't since it just aired, in the UK, on 1/3/10. The car you're thinking of was not the insignia, it was the Vauxhal VXR8, which they did compare to the M5 a couple of seasons ago.

1/9/2010 2:25:53 PM