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Dealer near here has one of THESE. KINDA sorta WANNA ...replace the third car (Grand Prix) with this........
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Buicks biggest market is China and yet GM has clearly stated that starting in 2024, Buick will start the transition to all EV here in the U.S. as Buicks second biggest market. GM has been busy filling with the U.S. patent and trademark office as well as in Canada, China and across Europe to ensure no one else uses or has access to the Electra name. Here at the start of November, uncovered by GM Authority web site, nine new trademarks alone were filed on top of the traditional Electra, Electra GS we also see that Buick will have the Electra E1 to E9 for a full family of all sized EVs. Back in June 2022, Buick revealed their latest concept, the Wildcat LV Concept. Buick also released a press release at the same time as the Buick Wildcat LV Concept that starting in 2024, Buick would begine their transition to an all-EV SUV Portfolio. Sharon Gauci, executive director for Global Buick and GMC Design stated that the new EV lineup would be based on the new Global Design Language found here in the Wildcat. With the latest paten trademarks of Electra E1 to E9, and the lack of denial in questions asked of GM, it would appear that GM is going to make the EV portfolio a sub-brand of Buick allowing for sale of both ICE and EV on the same dealership lot. Kia, Hyundai and others have done this as well with the EV6, EV5, etc. naming scheme. It would appear that based on the trademark filings, we will have two tiers of EVs under Buick, the standard EVs following the Electra E# signature with the core trims of Preferred, Essence and Avenir and then one could expect a Sporty version with the Electra E# GS trim. Buick has committed to having these all built on their new Ultium platform. There is the ability as per GM's own press release to have FWD, RWD and AWD formats. Usually, sub-compact and compacts tend to follow an FWD/AWD packaging where mid-size and full-size usually have RWD/AWD. Buick has shown off their Concept X SUV which is supposed to be very close to the actual first EV SUV that they will release in China and here in the U.S. in 2024. https://motorsport.tv/embed/KomhEnsG With the Buick Wildcat LV Concept and now the Buick Electra-X concept SUV it would seem that Buick is polishing the look of their new global EV portfolio.1 point -
Just pointing out that Chinese are comfortable with the terrible German naming scheme and as such, I think that is why they went this way. I would have gone totally different, but that is me.1 point
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...so...? Just saying, it would have been nice for them to continue to use names and not join the alphanumeric garbage that the Germans and Cadillac are using. I'm glad Cadillac is starting to move away from that with their new and upcoming electric offerings though. I'm not a fan of the naming styling with the "iq" on everything but it's still much better than CT#, A###, ###i, etc.1 point
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One of my best friends had a Passat for a few years. I think his was a 2017. He loved it but they were about to have their first child and his wife's car was a 2010 Escape getting a little rough so he traded it in for his wife who got a '22 Atlas and he took the Escape. He loved it though, pretty easily got 30mpg and the only thing that broke in his ~70,000-80,000 miles of ownership was the water pump went, which is apparently pretty common amongst the VW 1.8T. I would definitely consider one, if I were in the market for a large-ish sedan.1 point
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E1, E2, E3, etc is about as lifeless and boring as it gets. Use real names! That’s what Buick’s history and DNA is.1 point
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To me I see that the Chinese design studio took heavily from Ferrari and Lamborghini in their design style. I like it, but I also find it interesting to see it so clearly to me. If the GS performance version does well, it will be great.
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Tesla needs to replace Elon Musk with a REAL CEO who can manage the company and compete with all the (relative) newcomers in the EV space.1 point
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I find these cars very nice looking. 1982 Mercury Capri RS 1970 Mercury Cyclone GT
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Per GM, with no frunk though...1 point
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A Funktastic EV is what you Need!1 point
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I just looked and I have almost $ 5,000 toward the purchase of a new GM vehicle on my card. When I bought my current car in the late 2000s, the question was, "What should I buy?" (I applied $3,000 toward the car, courtesy of a rounding / top off to that amount.) Now, the question is, "What does GM make that I would even want to buy?" The auto industry is in a weird transition and funk right now. And so am I.1 point
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Very interesting video, another reason that Tesla is going to have nothing but hardship as the other auto companies release EVs. Tesla needs a new CEO1 point
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Ford Numbers are out. Secure at the #2 selling EV brand in the U.S. Ford U.S. October 2022 Sales GM Also had a pretty stellar quarter too. GM Reports Third-Quarter 2022 Results | General Motors Company 2022 Guidance Full-year net income of between $9.6 billion and $11.2 billion, and EBIT-adjusted of between $13.0 billion and $15.0 billion Full-year EPS-diluted of between $5.76 and $6.76, and EPS-diluted-adjusted of between $6.50 and $7.50 Full-year net automotive cash provided by operating activities guidance range of between $16.0 billion and $19.0 billion, and adjusted automotive free cash flow guidance range of between $7.0 billion and $9.0 billion GM Q3 2022 Financial Highlights
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