Pics Aplenty: Chinese-spec Buick Regal looks darn good
December 29th, 2008 | by |Filed under: Sedans/Saloons, China, Buick
General Motors has just released a big gallery of pics of its new Chinese-only Regal sedan. Anyone who has seen the Opel Insignia will immediately recognize the Regal as a badge engineered version of Opel’s mid-size model. Aside from the standard Buick waterfall grille and the badges, the new Regal is essentially the Insignia. Prior to the launch of that vehicle last summer, we had been expecting that automobile to arrive stateside in the next year or two as the next-generation Saturn Aura. However, GM delayed that program earlier this year and it might in fact be dead.
When GM revealed its viability plan to congress earlier this month, Buick, along with Chevrolet, GMC and Cadillac were announced as the core U.S. brands, with Saturn on the backburner. GM has not provided any indication of whether it will offer the Regal in the US market as a Buick, but the Epsilon II platform it uses will also sit under the new LaCrosse and the next-generation Chevrolet Malibu so it should have no trouble passing US safety regs. With Buick being a core brand and only having the LaCrosse, Lucerne and Enclave right now a fourth model might be helpful. Some suggest that it could be offered as a lower cost four-cylinder alternative to the LaCrosse, but there’s no word yet on how much the Regal will cost to manufacture. We hope to learn more about Buick’s plans at the Detroit show in a couple of weeks when the LaCrosse is finally unveiled.
Gallery: 2009 China Buick Regal
[Source: General Motors]
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