New. AWD. Turbo. Wagon.... Buick?

Well then. Regal TourX.

I like the look at first blush.

I just bought a regal GS. I've been pretty impressed with it. I used to curse my buick (2000 lesabre that went 200000 trouble free miles) and then I go and buy another one.

Looks like a Volvo.

Nice to see it sitting at close to wagon height, rather than "OMG I wouldn't be caught dead in a station wagon, but if you jack it up 6 inches, suddenly it's the bestest thing ever" height.

Does nothing for me from the looks department, but I am a potential buyer (even new!) of this in about 3 years. Hope it's good.

Dumb name and I could do without the black cladding around the wheel wells, but other than that it's pretty cool. Interesting to see GM trying different stuff.

I definitely don't hate that.

Yea that's not bad at all! But let me guess, no stick in that configuration?

NickD wrote: Dumb name and I could do without the black cladding around the wheel wells, but other than that it's pretty cool. Interesting to see GM trying different stuff.

Black cladding makes it look like a Subaru, which I bet is the market they are targeting.

NickD wrote: Dumb name and I could do without the black cladding around the wheel wells, but other than that it's pretty cool. Interesting to see GM trying different stuff.

Agreed on the cladding in the looks department, though living in the city it would be practical for all the parking dings here. Wonder if the "sportback" fenders/liners are bolt on affairs.

Oh yeah, the non-wagon version is a hatchback/sportback/something with a hatch. No sedan version with a trunk. The regal is buick's bread and butter model, right? I've got to give them some credit for these decisions if that's the case.

I rather like that

Furious_E wrote: Yea that's not bad at all! But let me guess, no stick in that configuration?

Since that would sell all of fourteen units, two of which were accidentally ordered incorrectly, I'd assume no

mtn wrote:

Furious_E wrote: Yea that's not bad at all! But let me guess, no stick in that configuration?

Since that would sell all of fourteen units, two of which were accidentally ordered incorrectly, I'd assume no

Yeah, I call this the GRM Conundrum. The people who want that exact car to be made refuse to ever buy a new car.

On the topic of the black cladding, I always wanted an Audi Allroad with the tupperware filled smooth and painted to match the sheetmetal. This would benefit from the same treatment, probably.

mtn wrote: Does nothing for me from the looks department, but I am a potential buyer (even new!) of this in about 3 years. Hope it's good.

I spent some time working as a tech in a gm dealership so i can say that would be the right time to buy. Gm builds some super reliable stuff but its in your best interest not to buy the first couple model years of a new design. Give them a couple years to wok the bugs out, thats when you get the good ones.

I would bet that Buick s recent bread and butter is actually SUVs. As for the cladding, I imagine that like the Volvo XC and the Subaru Outback, the more you can give your wagon an SUV image, the better it will sell.

Merge these two thoughts and maybe this is a Buick plan to push some "would be SUV" sales back to a sedan platform so as to spread some sedan development costs and not fully abandoned Buick s sedan traditions.

bluej wrote: The regal is buick's bread and butter model, right? I've got to give them some credit for these decisions if that's the case.

Crossovers are Buick's bread and butter. Everybody else too. Cadillac sold more of their new XT5 (formerly SRX) crossover than all of their sedan models combined last month. That same trend is pretty much industry wide. Wagons and hatches are at least kind of similar enough to the hot selling crossovers that they might do alright. Sedans, not so much. I think it's the smart business move on Buick's part.

Regal Sportback doesn't have the silly cladding. Also doesn't seem to have AWD, which doesn't bother me personally, but no manual transmission option.

I like how that looks. Is there a rear wheel drive version (a la CTS/ATS)?

Duke wrote:

mtn wrote:

Furious_E wrote: Yea that's not bad at all! But let me guess, no stick in that configuration?

Since that would sell all of fourteen units, two of which were accidentally ordered incorrectly, I'd assume no

Yeah, I call this the **GRM Conundrum**. The people who want that exact car refuse to buy a new car. On the topic of the black cladding, I always wanted an Audi Allroad with the tupperware filled smooth and painted to match the sheetmetal. This would benefit from the same treatment, probably.

Guilty as charged

I'd rather it just be RWD. Give me the 2.0T, RWD, wagon and 6 spd and I'll stop hyping up 25 year old volvos.

I think Buick is going to have a bit of an uphill battle here in the 'States, as pretty much all Millennials and Gen Exers view Buick as "what my grandpa drives."

That being said, that's a nice-looking car, and I love me some turbo wagon.

I hate that these press release images are cheesy renderings instead of an actual photo.

I like this angle better:

I like wagons, but I don't often like gigantic wagons, so this doesn't interest me very much.

I don't think the car is too big. I think the greenhouse needs more glass; rais the roof on this thing, especially in the rear, a few inches. Same reason I didn't like the Dodge Magnum; couldn't really see out of the thing.

I'd take a manual trans over a swap to RWD if I only got one wish in that department. Ah well.

Love it.

Nice Buick wagon, but needs more wood.