Drew Dowdell

Need the Sept car spotters up. I have one for ya.

God no... all of that weight in the nose would screw up the balance of one of the best balanced FWD vehicles available. If you want over 300hp, the 2.0 Ecotec turbo can already offer that, GM certified. But then the Regal has the same engine as a $50k Cadillac XTS. What GM has created by making Cadillac a V6 brand, is that Buick becomes a 4-cylinder brand. Wouldn't surprise me if even the Lacrosse loses the V6 in favor of a turbo four on the next redesign. I have a feeling GM is going to put eAssist on everything and just make people buy it. Cruze will get it, Equinox, Enclave, CTS, etc. GM's 2011 CAFE number was 32 mpg for cars and 23 mpg for light trucks. By 2025 they need to get to 54 mpg, get ready for a lot of eAssist fours, and no V8s. You're kind of close. eAssist will be available in every Buick eventually.

Willy's was one?

If you're in the market for a micro car, why not this over an iQ or a SMART? The only other thing I see competing with the Spark might be the 500, but even then, it's more expensive.

Happy Birthday Z

I don't mind eAssist being an option, but the 2.4 or 2.5 should have remained as base.

Cutlass of course

This has more to do with model change over than anything else.

it's only been 2 months...

I still have to get my hands on one some day....

At 116 ft3 the Lacrosse is EPA size rated as a mid-size while the XTS (about the same inside as the Impala) is rated 122 ft3 or full size but you are correct about the Honda Accord. It is EPA size rated at 121 ft3 The minimum to be considered full size is 120 ft3

I need to look into this company more ... while not at work.

I'm not disagreeing with your methods, I'm simply pointing out what GM is already working on.

Buick is trying to do what Mercury tried but failed at. And that's ok. Just because Mercury failed, doesn't mean Buick will. For one, the Buick versions of each car are different enough that a person couldn't just go over to a Chevy dealer and get the identical car. There won't be a Chevy version of the Encore in the states, the Verano is different enough with better levels of equipment and engines than the Cruze, Regal v. Malibu is no comparison for someone looking for a premium sedan and the same goes for Enclave v. Traverse. The only one that concerns me is Lacrosse v. Impala, but I expect we will be seeing a newly refreshed Lacrosse very soon.

It's Albert sized. He's 5'7" and 125lbs soaking wet.

The only thing I could see working out for Saab is if this here deal turned into a back door way for Saab to be acquired by Youngman.

I believe that beginning of January is when the builds start. I wouldn't expect to see them in dealership any earlier than march or april..

Happy Birthday Siegen

Again...?

It would be a neat place to do a story on.

I think a better term would be "merging platforms" as components of each will carry forward into the new. The Lambda and Epsilon merger is interesting because of Chi. As GM got closer and closer to running out of money ahead of the BK, the Chi platform was canceled. What was Chi? It was the sedan version of Lambda originally intended to sit under the Lucerne and DTS. Instead, GM took Epsilon and stretched it out as much as they could to fill as many roles as possible.

I wonder if they couldn't make money on it. It might have been too much truck for Joe-the-Plumber to buy new and he didn't need the full Hemi anyway.

I would ask them if they can expand on what improvements and upgrades they've made to the bike worth so much more than the KBB value.

That would be a great way to hand the entire Euro market to VW, BMW, and Mercedes.

+1 Albert likes the Encore a lot as well. It will likely supplement the CR-V eventually. Since the CR-V is paid off, we are just putting a "car payment" into savings for now and will buy the Encore as an additional car and then I can use the CR-V to beat up on.