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Buick has turned to a unique road scanning device that replicates the world's toughest roads in 3D form during its quest to create some of the world's most comfortable vehicles. The Buick team has copied a choppy road leading to the Cerro del ...    Read more

General Motors has officially given the 2012 Buick Verano the green light while presenting us with a single closely cropped photo to whet our palettes.Of little surprise, you can see the usual Buick front grille, an HID headlight, and bits of the front fascia, foglight, hood, and wheel. ...    Read more

Buick's Verano compact car will be on sale in 2012 and built at the Orion Township assembly plant beginning next year. The idled Orion Township plant in Michigan will be home to the Verano and the new ...    Read more

Buick recently reintroduced its 2011 Regal sedan to the United States and just a few months into its sales run, dealers are struggling with a short supply. Based on the Opel Insignia, the new Regal has proven itself ...    Read more

With demand for four-cylinder engines increasing, General Motors is investing in the Spring Hill, Tennessee plant. The company plans to spend $483 million and add 483 jobs as it attempts to meet demand for vehicles with the Ecotec engine. ...    Read more

The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety has just given the Top Safety Pick award to the 2011 Buick Regal. The Regal joins the Buick LaCrosse, Audi A4, Lincoln MKZ, Mercedes-Benz C-Class, Hyundai Genesis, and many others as Top Safety Picks for ...    Read more

As of this afternoon, General Motors has filed an initial public stock offering with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Potentially perplexing legal jargon aside, this is what investors, journalists (and, potentially, Chinese auto industry insiders) have been waiting for. Likely to be the ...    Read more

Although General Motors chairman and CEO Ed Whitacre's appointment was not meant for the long term, we didn't expect his tenure to be that brief. Today, GM announced that Whitacre will transfer his power and duties to board member Daniel Akerson as of early September. But should Whitacre ...    Read more

Buick's rumored upcomingmodels lacked more than just detailed specs -- they had no names. That is, until a new report from Automotive News emerged.According to the piece, Buick execs have reportedly decided to call their compact crossover the Encore. Details are still slim, but the "Baby Enclave" is ...    Read more

General Motors once offered a variety of "mild hybrids," such as the late Saturn Aura and Vue Green Line models, but discontinued the vehicles last year. According to GM’s head of hybrid and electric powertrain engineering, the system is set to make a comeback next year. But will the public ...    Read more

If history truly does repeat itself, is there much promise for a new premium small car from General Motors? As we reported earlier, Buick has confirmed it's bringing the Chinese-market Excelle GT to the United States as a 2012 model. When it gets here, the ...    Read more

Shanghai GM has released its Excelle GT, an all-new, smaller Buick sedan. The GT joins its sibling, the Excelle XT five-door hatchback, and is based on the same Delta II platform that underpins the Opel Astra and the upcoming Chevrolet Cruze. ...    Read more

Buick's Chinese division will be adding another member to its lineup next year: a rebadged Chevrolet Volt. Destined to share sheetmetal with the European-market Opel Ampera, according to GM-filed Chinese patent images, going the Buick route in China is ...    Read more

General Motors' European subsidiaries Opel and Vauxhall reportedly have a new Insignia Coupe -- based largely upon the 2007 GTC concept -- in the works, but folks within the Euro wing are reportedly looking at building a business case for the model in North America. ...    Read more

The Buick Regal GS sedan shown at the 2010 Detroit auto show was technically called a show car, but it was a poorly kept secret that the car -- based heavily on the European Opel Insignia OPC -- had a sporting chance of reaching production. Although multiple General ...    Read more

Craig Bierley, Buick-GMC's director of advertising and sales promotion, startled GM employees and reporters when he announced that Buick would be replacing its CX, CXL, CXS trim levels with a new "stair step" system. “It isn't befitting a premium brand. No other premium brand has those designations,” said Bierley. ...    Read more

We know GM is retooling its Orion Township, Michigan, plant to build next-generation small cars, but we didn't know it could be producing a small Buick crossover built on the Aveo's platform.If you're still trying to understand how Buick, Encl ave, ...    Read more

A visit to AutoChina 2010, the Beijing auto show, reveals a different side of the bankrupt automaker. In China, GM has gone from only 31,794 sales in 2000 to 1,826,424 sales in 2009. The bulk of those sales has come from Wuling, a brand of modest, Daewoo-engineered minivans and cars, ...    Read more

The Regal is sure to lower the average age of Buick buyers. But even before that car arrives, the brand has seen the average age of its buyers trend younger than ever.Several years ago, the average age of a Buick buyer was 72. With product successes like the Enclave and ...    Read more

Back in 2000, I was one of those people who, when General Motors announced that it planned to phase out the Oldsmobile brand, loudly decried the decision. Oldsmobile had a hundred year history and was just starting to find its new-century groove, model-wise (the Aurora and the Intrigue weren't that ...    Read more

Looking to capitalize upon Toyota’s recent recall woes, Automotive News reports General Motors is launching a monthlong incentive program to customers who trade in a Toyota vehicle for a new GM model. If you haven't heard by now, Toyota recalled 2.3 million of its vehicles for accelerator pedals that could ...    Read more

Interested in the new 2011 Buick Regal? The automaker revealed today that pricing for its latest midsize offering will start at $26,995, including $750 in destination charges -- nearly the same price as a base 2010 LaCrosse. For the time being, Buick will only ...    Read more

The Regal GS is back, and yes, it's got boost. The GS, which Buick introduced today as a concept, carries over much of the package Europeans know as the Opel Insignia OPC, with all-wheel-drive, Brembo brakes, and an aggressive interior and exterior appearance package replete with 20-inch ...    Read more

Recent market studies have shown that some luxury car buyers are switching to more cost effective models or brands. The picky shoppers though aren't willing to sacrifice options they've come to expect when buying a new car. In 2009, some 14-percent of wealthier car buyers have moved from a "luxury" ...    Read more

Buick has announced pricing for the new four-cylinder form of its LaCrosse sedan. With a starting price of $27,745 (including a $750 destination charge), the 2010 LaCrosse CX is the most affordable model in the LaCrosse line. Adding the 182-hp, direct-injection 2.5-liter I-4 gives customers three different engine choices. Mated ...    Read more