Buick announced pricing for the new fuel efficient Regal eAssist and the high-performance GS, cars that are ought to broaden Buick’s customer base. Read More… According to Buick, Regal with eAssist will start at $29,530, and Regal GS will start at $35,310; both prices include $860 in destination charges. The eAssist system is a $2,000 [...]

The new Buick Regal GS will hit the showroom floors this fall, powered by the Ecotec 2.0L turbo engine. Read More… The Regal GS offers 270 horsepower (201kW) and 295 lb.-ft. of torque (400Nm), decent numbers for a 2.0 liter – specially the torque, while averaging 28 mpg on the highway. Thanks to the enormous [...]

The eco-minded eAssist version of the 2012 Buick LaCrosse is priced at at $29,960 before an $860 destination charge. Read More… So all the money you might be able to save on fuel, as the car does 37 mpg highway fuel economy, you have to spend in advance on the car! On the upside, the [...]

America’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration just done testing the 2011 Buick LaCrosse and awarded it with five stars, maximum score. Read More… Thanks to its extensive range of active and passive safety features, the new LaCrosse received five-star ratings for both the Overall Frontal Crash and Overall Side Crash in NHTSA’s rigorous crash tests. [...]

The Buick Envision crossover made its official debut at the Auto Shanghai 2011 and here’s the first official details and images of this PHEV plug-in hybrid car. Read More… The Envision features a daring new design which is major departure from Buick’s usual design. Of course you can’t expect to see all these features in [...]

Buick wanted to keep the Envision crossover concept a secret until the car’s official unveiling at the Shanghai motorshow, but a couple of pictures of this futuristic concept have already leaked on to web. Read More… Well, not real pictures, but official sketches of the car. And they are enough to give you a good [...]

General Motor’s Chinese branch announced a new Buick concept SUV called the Envision, set for debut at Auto Shanghai 2011 on April 18. Read More… This car is apparently made entirely in China and Americans had nothing to do with it, as it’s jointly developed by Shanghai GM and the Pan Asia Technical Automotive Center [...]

The new Buick Regal Turbo features an industry-first E85 ethanol-capable direct-injected turbocharged Ecotec 2.0-liter inline four-cylinder engine. Using E85, the Flex-Fuel Regal emits less CO2. Read More… GM engineers have tried to arrive at the best compromise between fuel efficiency and performance with this engine. So they’ve used direct injection and turbochargers, as well as [...]

Following the LaCrosse, Buick Regal is the next model in the range to get eAssist fuel-saving technology, an electronic system that improves fuel economy by 25 percent. 2012 Buick Regal eAssist is capable of 26 mpg city and 37 mpg on the highway. Read More… eAssist in essence, uses a state-of-the-art lithium-ion battery system, electric [...]

Before its debut at the North American International Auto Show, Buick revealed images and details of the 2012 Verano, the brand’s first contender for the compact luxury segment. The Verano is a feature-rich and rather economical mid-size sedan which can attract some of the Chevy Cruze buyers. Is GM shooting one of its legs?! Read [...]

The Chinese division of General Motors located in Shanghai revealed an all-new model of the Buick GL8 luxury MPV. The GL8 has been present in Chinese domestic market since 1999, and 330,000 units of it have been sold since then. The 2011 model, going on sale from January, features improvements in terms of in design, [...]

All 2012 models of Buick LaCrosse will be fitted as standard with the clever eAssist fuel saving technology which using “smart electrification” will result in fuel consumption figures of 37 mpg highway and 25 mpg city, with no compromises in the driving experience. It does not make the LaCrosse a hybrid, because the car can’t [...]

Buick revealed details and specs of the production Regal GS before its official debut at the Los Angeles Autoshow. This American version of Vauxhall Insignia VXR, or Opel Insignia OPC if you like that, gets an Ecotec 2.0L turbo engine with 255 hp and 295 lb.-ft. of torque, special visual features over standard Regals and [...]

As if the Buick Regal, which is based on the Opel Insignia, was too big, General Motor announced on a new smaller model, called the Verano. This new compact sedan is still based on the same platform and on the evidence of this teaser picture they’ve released, it also looks very similar. The car will [...]

2011 Buick Regal is the seventh vehicle from General Motors to earn IIHS Top Safety Pick Award since the introduction of the new rollover test. Apparently GM cars have very strong roofs! The Regal with its standard electronic stability control achieved “Good” rating, which is the highest score possible, in front, side, rollover, and rear [...]