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Back to the Buick... Its a gas powered thing. A CVT transmission, 1.5 liter turbo 4. It looks like any other ho-hum CUV.

Just a higher belt-line, higher stance, 4 door Corrado.

This is where the mass market lies. Sedans are dying in the mass market, but not necessarily in the exclusive luxury market. Also, 2 door cars will always exist in the sports car market. But I do see UV styling, the UVs that are meant for average Joe hauling stuff around, evolving more into a high sedan hatchback look rather than the classic rugged offroad look of an SUV. And if it continues to evolve into a more softer less UV look, the styling will eventually go full circle back into a more car like design. The Charger EV is kinda heading that way... As a 2 door and rumour has it, it will retain its 4 door evolution. The Pontiac Rageous concept, it seems, was just much too much ahead of its time. Much like the Eagle... Therefore, Im keeping a very positive vibe going forward with what it seems to be an EV styling revolution as to why we are heading in a more sedan like UV.

Drizzle here, such a nice relief after the heat of this summer, just 60 degrees, loving it. As such, chilling while the wife talks to her girlfriend upstairs, seeing what is going on in the world and listening to Red Hot Chili Peppers.

British Invasion part 2 was awesome! Ive had this song stuck in my head for the last couple of weeks. There was a softball tournament in my neighborhood that my daughter and I attended, Canadian Championships for A ball U17 girls and this song came blasting up on the speakers. I was surprised that this song would be playing at a softball tournament in 2022, but it did and it still stuck in my head.

Regardless, GM failed to understand that if a customer wants a BMW, he/she will get one. GM failed to understand this when they released the Cimarron in 1982, the original STS in 1992 and the original CTS in 2003. Neither Buick nor Oldsmobile should have tried to turn Acura/Lexus owners over for the same reasons. I would argue that if Olds/Buick had a RWD large car (NOT the old B-Body!), I believe that both could have done better in the near-luxury market. (An upgraded Intrigue and Regal would have helped too.) Wood (when done right) is good. Why anyone my age or younger hates wood is beyond me. Why would anyone settle for black plastic and maybe a little silver trim and call it luxury? The Lexus (from an interior standpoint) did the luxury thing right, especially the LS and probably the ES as well. The saddest part is that, if GM had any real foresight and imagination, Olds could have been saved (or repurposed as Aurora). Buick had China already, so they would be OK from a sales standpoint. Then again, Buick in China is arguably better than Buick here.