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Wheels: Lucerne should broaden Buick's appeal to younger set Thursday, February 02, 2006 By Don Hammonds, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Growing up in the 1950s, one of my favorite memories was an olive green 1949 Buick Roadmaster Convertible that my next-door neighbor proudly drove around town. That car had that indefinable something called presence. You couldn't take your eyes off of it and there was a certain air of romance about it as it headed down the road. Buick always stood for just that -- presence, glamour and the romance of the American road. And thanks to Buick's newest full size sedan, the Lucerne, General Motors' upper-end car division has recaptured that past…

Sam Moses, a writer for the Portland Tribune, has written a positive review about the Buick Lucerne. To view it, click here.

Press Release

http://www.buick.com/byo/byoSelectStyle.bk...newVehicle=true

I heard from a dealer friend of mine that a production Enclave is on display at the Buick Championship in suburban Hartford, Connecticut until Sunday, July 2. It's black. I live on Long Island and won't be able to see it, but if anyone lives up that way it might be worth checking out.

This was leaked on YouTube of a Tiger Woods ad taping. Is it a GM Viral Video or a real spy shot? Who cares, we know the Enclave looks just like the concept.

Today the picture was unveiled during Wagoner's news conference. Anyone have it?

2001 LeSabre Limited 2002 LeSabre Limited 2005 LaCrosse CXS 2006 LaCrosse CXL 2005 LaCrosse CXL 2005 LaCrosse CXL 2006 Rendezvous CX 2006 Rainier CXL 2004 Park Avenue Ultra Reading through their pages, I was somewhat surprised to learn that many of these cars were purchased new. Think about it. Younger people (under 30) purchasing new Buicks and spending more money customizing them. This makes me especially anxious to see how these eleven SEMA Lucernes will look. Imagine if Buick could reinforce their image as purveyors of old-school iron scrappers, at least when it comes to customization. I don't think that would be a bad thing at all.

On July 31st my salesman sent me an e-mail and said the car I ordered (LaCrosse Super) was built last week at the #2 Oshawa assembly plant and should arrive any day. Well it still hasn't. He gave me a copy of the build order. I'm wondering if there was any way I could check online to see if the car has left the plant yet and is in transit. I know this sounds ridiculous, but I'm getting a little worried about it. Thanks.

What do you know about RWD and Zeta? GM said recently it would decide in the next 6 months which cars to make. There's been some buzz about Buick and the Velite. Any good info you can share?

Anyone with a Rainier, Rendezvous, or Lucerne can you measure the navigation/radio unit? Im trying to see if I can get it to fit in my regal easier. I wonder how hard it would be to wire it up. I think the Rainier looks like the best fit, but I need to know how big it is. Stock Radio.. Buick Rainier... Buick Rendezvous... Buick Lucerne...

The GM FastLane Blog presents a transcript of a recent speech by Bob Lutz, under the heading "Re-Igniting the Passion," dated April 13, 2006. In the transcript, Lutz is quoted that GM has big plans for Saturn and all of its brands. So I posted a message asking for more information. In case they do not use it, here is what I wrote: "Mr. Lutz, it was interesting to read your statement, "So we have big plans for Saturn, as we do for all of our brands." We can certainly see and GM has clearly explained what is in store for Saturn. But GM has done a poor job relating what is the future for one of your cornerstone brands, Buick. No one is asking you to reveal future prod…

Buick annouced Rad Tag Pricing Main C&G General Discussion I am adding it here for Buick discussion. See http://www.buick.com. There is a link at the bottom The Buick Red Tag Event During the Buick Red Tag Event, the price on our tag is the price you pay. Not a penny more. And for 2006, our promise to you includes premium standard features like QuietTuning™, OnStar®* with the one year Safe & Sound plan, and a 4-year/50,000 mile limited warranty† on every new Buick. This offer is valid on most 2006 Buick models and remaining 2005 models at participating dealers.‡ Promotion ends on 01/03/06. For example: Your price for 2006 Buick LaCrosse …

http://blog.caranddriver.com/blazing-buicks-335-hp-regal-gs-regal-sport-wagon-being-discussed/

So yesterday I leased a Buick Regal. It doesn't arrive until most likely Tuesday. It's black onyx and black leather interior. I got the n/a version and the automatic, although I did drive the turbo stick, it was too expensive. Can't wait for it to arrive.

I know there are people who bash GM for selling any of it's vehicles to rental car companies, as if that is the only way they could sell their vehicles, but I think it's a good marketing tool in the sense that you can really find out about a car when you take it on a 5 day test drive. My wife and I rented a V8 Lucerne a couple of weeks ago and we both fell in love with it. Even my wife had sort of bought into the perception gap thing that Buicks were for "old people". But after spending quite a bit of time in it, she began to realize how great the car really is. Not only is it really gorgeous on the exterior, but it's like a vault when you're cruising at 85 down th…

What does everything about a retro Riviera based on the beautiful 1963 model?

Rick Kranz, Product Editor of Automotive News has written a brief piece titled "Why GM must stay with Buick." To read it, click here.

http://blogs.cars.com/kickingtires/2007/12...k-bringing.html

During a lull in work this afternoon I was nosing around a Buick Pontiac dealer in West Palm Beach. A CXL V-6 model was in the showroom. It was platinum with a gray interior, six person seating. To tell you the truth it did not look bad for a base model with leather, chrome wheels and driver confidence package. The seating is comfortable and the dash and interior looks a lot cleaner than what I am accustomed to. The body lines are interesting in person. The horizontal body crease just below the belt line flattens out, disppears, around the wheel wells. The creases in the hood flatten out and disappear as they go down toward the grille. I looked at a black Lucerne CXS tha…

I sold the Park Avenue Ultra shown in my signature. After 2 years and 40,000 miles it was time to let somebody else enjoy it before pushing it over the 50,000 mile mark. I never intended to keep it forever. One reason is that when it was originally offered to me I was led to believe that it had a shale interior; when I drove from Florida to North Carolina and saw it, the interior was gray. Despite realizing then I had been had by this country-boy dealer, being the good sport that I am I took the car anyway and made the best of the situation. I have been shopping around for another vehicle and can't make up my mind what one to drive. I was offered a lease payment…

in anoither C & Gforum there is talk of bringing back the Roadmaster as a RWD sedan. and convertible. Any inside info anybody?

Will they be worth money? Saw this blog about them: http://dennishouse.wordpress.com/2009/03/21/yes-i-really-drive-a-buick/

https://www.autonews.com/buyArchives.cms?articleId=54443

While I am not a die hard Buick guy I saw the new Lacrosse today at the Cleveland Auto SHow today. It was a very impressive car. The interior is fantastic and the over styling less the grill was spot on. The grill I thought could be shorter but it was not anything that would keep me from considering one. GM should do well with this car if it is price right.

The website tradingmarkets.com today reported that Shanghai GM has rejected the next Buick Excelle developed by Taiwan's Yulon Motor Group. To see the article, click here.

First Look 2008 Buick Park Avenue (China) Press Release 2008 Buick Park Avenue - Image Gallery Shanghai, China - Shanghai General Motors (Shanghai GM) has introduced the newest member of its Buick lineup, the Park Avenue luxury sedan. Like the affluent New York City boulevard of the same name, Buick's Park Avenue is trendy and luxurious. With its range of advanced technologies and high-grade amenities, not to mention a stylish design that conveys a sense of power and passion, it is representative of traditional American luxury sedans. "The Park Avenue is the perfect blend of tranquility and power," said Shanghai GM President Ding Lei. "It shows Buick's ability to mo…

GM @ Shanghai Buick Riviera Concept Image Gallery Buick Riviera Concept - Press Release Conceptualization Interior

With the problems with the Pontiac g-6, and the Saab 9-3 convertible selling so poorly, should GM spread their reach and rebadge one of those as a Buick? Buick is the only GM car line without a convertible, and doesn't GM owe Buick customers and loyalists a convertible after teasing us with the Velite? I mean if they can rebadge the Terrazza and Rainer...

Clicky Standard ABS, traction and stability control, side curtains for all three rows and torso airbags for the first row.

http://www.autoweek.com/apps/pbcs.dll/arti...E/60123003/1041 GM needs no compromise vehicles.

With Congress still yet to decide the fate of GM's return to profitability plan, Buick's role has potentially transformed from a 'niche' brand in the USA back into a core brand… a core brand that could potentially offer a full line of cars with the possibility of a crossover or two when all is said and done. So, what should Buick's line-up look like when all the pieces fall into place? Several suggestions have been tossed around in other related topics, but let's try to consolidate our future visions of Buick's line-up here. A wishlist line-up if you will... I'll start: (Yes, I'm borrowing from some suggestions already given because I agree with them ) CUVs …

Hello guys, another wallpaper and now a mag ad for the Super I created! Enjoy and as always feel free to use and tell me what you think!

Edmunds: 2008 Buick Enclave Spy Shots --- Ooh boy, it looks to have retained the concept's looks. I hope it still has most of the concept interior.

http://www.popularmechanics.com/blogs/auto...ws/4213134.html

http://www.leftlanenews.com/buick-lacrosse-future.html

Struggling to appeal to young buyers, Buick pins its future on change Friday, November 18, 2005 By Don Hammonds, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Buick, the linchpin around which General Motors built its empire, lately has been part of the problem rather than part of the solution for the struggling automaker. Like other GM makes, analysts say, Buick has been slow to respond to changes in market tastes, has kept cars on the market for too long without significant changes, and has a lingering consumer perception of quality control problems.... http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/05322/608337.stm

My friend has been looking for a vehicle for about 8 months now. He FINALLY bought something today. I have attached a picture of his new Enclave CXL. It is Carbon Metallic with gray interior, NAV, loaded.

WIth Lucerne selling very well and getting great reviews, what can GM do to take it to the next level? I suggest: 1. More chrome 2. A more Buick grille. 3. Maybe a coupe, and convertible version...maybe even a wagon! 4. A few distinctive colors that no one else has.

In a blog, Paul Eisenstein of The Car Connection revealed on January 11, 2008 that what we're seeing as the Buick Riviera Concept Vehicle is, in fact, a good indication of what the NG Buick LaCrosse will look like. Eisenstein says, in part, "In production form, as the next LaCrosse, the prototype will give up the gullwings and gain an additional two conventional doors. The 'Shanghai-by-night' interior will be toned down a fair degree, but the overall resemblance will be obvious and, insiders insist, striking. The cabin will boast a much more Lexus-like look . . . 'It will be one killer LaCrosse,' promises [ Dave ] Lyon [ of GM ]." To read the entire report, click here…

This just came out on Autoblog today. The only really newsworthy thing about it is that it doesn't have the cheap looking black grille that was seen on the car in the fuzzy Car & Driver photos. Let's just hope that the rest of the car looks good. undefined

Bob Lutz talks about the Enclave http://fastlane.gmblogs.com/

might've missed it sometime, but do we know or have a good guess on when this csv will be discontinued?

While getting my 01 Regal LS winterized this morning, the salesman who sold me the Regal offered a one-owner 05 Lacrosse with 10,000 miles for a test drive. It was a silver CXL. I checked to see if it fit the garage (it did) and took it out 10 miles out of town to check highway driving. It was hard to tell if it was quieter than the Regal, as we have a lot of wind in central Kansas right now, but it seemed so while in town. Ride was very tight and controlled and brakes felt confident, and much improved over my Regal. In fact, the ABS brakes on my car have been checked twice because of pulsing, but no problems have ever been found. Seats, while somewhat less conforming an…

Thanks for all the info on the new Buicks. Great stuff and it has many of us very excited about Buick's future. I have a couple of questions. Were there any possible names being discussed for the crossover? Are Buick dealers pushing for the Velite convertible?

Hey gang, check out this review of Enclave. http://www.autoweek.com/apps/pbcs.dll/arti...E/70424001/1004

Here are select photos I took at the Chicago Auto Show, all at Buick's exhibit. I hope that fellow Buick fans will enjoy them: I can tell you that the Enclave is beautiful! I was worried that it would be too big for me, but, in person, it didn't seem too big. Chunky or hefty, yes, but I don't mean that in a bad way, just a descriptive adjective. It looks very substantial. Though I arrived not long after the Show opened for the day, there were a lot of people looking at the various Buicks. The biggest variety of ages were looking at the Enclave. Mostly older people (gray hair) were looking at Lucerne (shown in about 4 different colors and trim…

...like many of the GM cars at the B-J Auction, is being sold with a "scrap" title and "cannot be driven on any public road". I so love that car!

The Lesabre debuted in 1959, 46 years later it is being discontinued after an incredible sales run. When is the very last one rolling off the assembly line?

Buick is hoping to become the American Lexus - and the '06 Lucerne is the model Buick hopes will change buyer's hearts and minds. Or at the very least, get them to give Buick a shot at their business before they buy their next Lexus. Based on the car itself, they should. The Lucerne, which replaces the Park Avenue as Buick's top model, stands a good chance of changing their image dynamic and of doing so without completely alienating the current buyer pool. This is a handsome ride, for starters, smooth and purposeful. The Lucerne has a steeply sloped windshield, a crisp beltline and minimalist ornamentation save for a nicely done reinterpretation of the classic Bu…

Just got the JAN 07 Road and Track and there is a new print add for Lucerne featuring 4 of the SEMA show cars. The add is titled THE NEW STREET ELITE. "Think of it as BUICK remixed." It's page 53 if you want to check it out on the newstand.

Guys take a look at this teaser, I know I can't read much of this language but I couldn't get the page to work in english. Look at this puppy it is going to be sweet, wish we would get this puppy state-side. Looks like a worthy replacement for the popular yet out-dated Buick Royuam, I am so glad I am the first to find it! Click the link! http://www.buick.com.cn/parkavenue/

When I was drooling over the Enclave pics, I started to wonder what the other Lambdas would look like, and then I remembered that there is a Buick minivan off Lambda planned. With the Enclave though, there'd be no reason to make it. Seriously, how many people are going to buy a minivan over the Enclave just because of sliding doors? Here are some reasons why there is no need for a Buick minivan: 1) A large portion of possible sales of the minivan would just go to the Enclave instead. 2) If they're going to do a Buick minivan, I think we agree it should be well differeniated from its lesser siblings, and this means increased development dollars. 3) If you're on a t…

I'm thinking about getting a Buick Lucerne CXL V6 model for my next car. I've read some reviews (not too detailed though) and it seems it is a good buy. I'm very interested in it's features, comfort and of course the quietness. The other car I was looking at was the Impala LTZ, but this does not offer the features that I like. I was wondering if anyone else own a CXL or if they had any comments on it?

Patsy Lou Buick-GMC in Flint Twp, MI was the nation's (and the world's) top-selling Buick dealership in 2005, with sales of 1,283. This was the dealership which, at one point, hired Buickman to help them. Click here for the full article.

Tom Walsh of the Detroit Free Press has written an article that Tiger Woods will participate in the launch of the Buick Enclave. To read the story, click here.

Any correlation? He's on a roll and so is the Buick flagship. WIth Woods more popular than ever, it might be time to make a car truly fitting of a young star: the Velite!

More Info here good joke :rolleyes:

Today I received an e-mail from Buick about a "signature Tiger Woods hat." Here is a direct link. I personally don't care about Tiger Woods or his hat, but I'm glad to see continued promotion in support of Lucerne.

When will we see the next Buicks? Detroit in January? What will it be? Any good knowledgable inside info?

As options. Straight from the 2006 Lucerne brochure... Navigation is listed on the spec sheet as optional on all Lucernce trims. Wood & Leather wheel is located on the same two pages as a tasteful rear deck spoilers, Walnut Burl wood shifter, 18" chrome wheels, and chrome-plated exhaust tips under 'GENUINE BUICK ACCESSORIES.'

The two auto reviewers at the Detroit News online paper, Anita and Paul Lienert, named the Lucerne one of the top picks for 2006. Article at link: http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/artic...331/1149/AUTO01

Buick has finally update their website! Very cool.

Located on bottom right hand corner. Cool. LOL

Link: http://wardsauto.com/ar/auto_transitioning..._sees/index.htm