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look at the INSANE lavish amount of detail on the passenger side door......WOW

this from someone who obsessed about a small gap in the equinox dashboard. panamera hybrid

just followed through to a higher level than that kit car.

generic maybe is the wrong word (cliche' might be more apropos), but its definitely unfinished from a design and execution standpoint. the flat lower portion of the dash, looks rather unimaginative. there is sort of a korean luxury car look in the gauges and steering wheel area. not to mention the dumb GM SWAC switches. No interesting lines to connect the whole thing other than some stitching and attempts to jazz up the leather. dashtop is quite unimaginative, right down to the 'coulda predicted the shape of it in my dream' airbag cover. they really didn't make any effort to integrate the airbag cover in this expensive of a car just goes to show how unfinished it is.......it's a kit car solution. And really why not just get the Jaguar if you want a Jaguar interior? Not sure why anyone would get this over a real Porsche.

i agree a little with the previous kit car comment. i think the interior on this thing needed a little more work with some of the generic and flat shapes and the location of some of the elements but overall it has some nice details too.////

they use the 4 banger in the impala because of the EPA/CAFE numbers and the fact that they conditioned the customer to accept that a cheaper 4 cylinder is ok in lieu of a more expensive v6. I do know that my friend who used to own a passat and now has a malibu as a company car, he says he really likes his malibu. he even sold his passat because he was satisfied with the malibu.

I think Honda tried to copy the new Astra greenhouse and then realized they had to put the plastic triangle in because they did a pissasspoor job of locating all the elements. I the only one who thinks the Astra coupe maybe even as a Chevy would kick the Civic's ass in a performance match and a sales match? mitotallywant. chevy astra anyone?

Easy to get excited about a 35,000 dollar Regal GS that does 0-60 in like 6.3 seconds.

good thing you weren't sitting in the brand spanking new Fiesta that got t-boned on this snowy day at the intersection of 62 and France here...... at least it was on the passenger side. I would say aside from being devastated, the car took the hit ok. Roof still had its integrity.

at least the one car that is the best one for reinventing diesel's image, it is the Cruze. In that regard, GM has made a good choice. I think what happens is this ends up being a 'token diesel'. If it sells 10-15k i will still be surprised. If they keep the price reasonable then it should sell that.

i think improving the fleet average had more to do with this than wanting to satisfy the diesel fans desires. it's cheaper to throw the diesel in the cruze and make a few of em to raise the average incrementally than it is to bring over several microcars. I wonder what a spark diesel would get for mpg.

considering the ads for buick tout 'sport injected' nowadays I would say the Regal is being aimed as a performance vehicle too.

Any observations on the Hyundai and Kia stuff? Nissan, Mazda....?

i doubt anyone looking for diesel like mpg is going to get their shorts in a bind about having a watts link suspension. instead i am sure they would enjoy the extra mpg the lighter setup of the cruze has. diesel is back to being more expensive than gas. so diesel still has to have a significant mpg advantage to offset the inconvenience and the cost. strange they can find the funds to offer a diesel (niche) but can't offer anything with some real oomph under the hood for gas preferring customers.

exactly. the other thing here......all this crap about 'acceleration doesn't matter'. if that is the case then what if the WRX Sti that was say 35-38k only had a 7.4 0-60 time? Oh, acceleration doesn't matter.

just like car and driver and such then shouldn't completely trash everything they test if it doesn't handle and ride like a BMW and give off a luxury aura like a mercedes or audi. at the end of the day, everyone has different needs. in no way did i trash the regal, but its an extremely valid point to say that there are a gizillion other options, especially as those prices climb skyward. Just because first you ragged on me for apparently basing a possible preference on just 0-60, and then when i matter fact just stated functional reasons why i thought the legacy might make more purchase sense, then you jump all over my ass for that too. Why, just because the car is not GM? For Christ sakes I just gave one scenario on how it is possible to not bow at the almight altar of GM. Either approach i go with it and someone jumps on my ass. Christ. all i was saying is there are multiple factors to determine the salability of any model of car. if the regal is dropping the ball in multiple attributes and is getting schooled in value and performance by lots of other competition surely you understand that not everyone is going to buy a regal manual because it has a nice cabin when everything else is mid pack. if that. apparently.

they basically should not offer a manual non GS then. Make one version of the GS a stripper......

as long as they don't charge an arm and a leg. I would hope it has some of the Eco's gas saving features.

the legacy GT has pretty nice leather, is more spacious, especially in the back for the kids and the adults. The interior is fine to me, its pretty functional even if its not as stylish as the regal. its not substantially nicer. the GT is lighter and has all wheel drive for winter in addition to being cheaper and 2 seconds faster. sounds from reviews i've read like it handles better than the buick too. the regal is nice, would love to have one. But you can't just buy a Regal because its a GM. a base turbo manual at around 29 grand would be ok with a couple grand lopped off the sticker.

the weight of the car is keeping times down. i really liked the regal a lot when i drove it (automatics). I have a hard time believing a TSX manual would be more desirable. One thing i read today though, some rag managed a 0-60 in 5.4 sec for the Legacy GT turbo AWD. gotta admit, its a lowly subaru.....but a 2 second advantage with AWD to boot...... I'll live with the pedestrian background....

http://www.caranddriver.com/reviews/car/11q1/2011_buick_regal_cxl_turbo_manual-first_drive_review not entirely enthusiastic......

a very measured response from seigen. you've gotta be bummed dude

LMAO, yes as Gru would say, 'that is true'

hatchback utility, rear seat and cargo space... does it feel porky? make sure you use premium!!!!!!!!!