Buick: Riviera news **2013 Version Revealed (page 2)**
04-14-2007, 02:07 PM
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Buick: Riviera news **2013 Version Revealed (page 2)**
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Autoblog Chinese has the early word on Buick's Shanghai Motor Show concept, and it's got another familiar name attached to it: Riviera. Better still, it's a coupe -- no Dodge Charger-style door growth here. The Riviera is being called a "global" concept that showcases Buick's future design DNA. Penned at GM's Pan Asia Technical Center, the Shanghai show is just the first venue at which it'll be shown. According to AB Chinese's report, it will travel to other international auto shows afterward. Hopefully that schedule will include next year's North American exhibitions, where there will likely be no shortage of people interested in seeing the Riviera nameplate on a modern Buick coupe, concept or otherwise.
The Riviera features a traditional coupe profile with short front and rear overhangs and a tall nose that we sure meets pedestrian safety requirements in a number of markets. Not traditional, however, are the car's oversized gullwing doors, which allow for wide entrance into the Riviera's apparent 2+2 interior layout. We should have a lot more on this car next week as the Shanghai show gets rolling.
We're left scratching our heads as to why the US division insists on using silly names like LaCrosse and Lucerne for its cars, while China manages to see the value in leveraging the traditional American monikers with some history behind them, like Regal, Park Ave, and now Riviera.
04-14-2007, 09:30 PM
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Damnit... the Chinese have a much better vision of what Buick should be than the U.S. does. Ironically, it's vision is what Buick was in it's heyday, when it existed only in the U.S. Go fuckin' figure. It's not to late to save Buick, but it's getting close. This Riveria needs to become a realityl... globally. 
04-15-2007, 07:58 PM
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Wow...that's nice! 
Like I said in the other thread about Buick, I think it's just GM's way of conceding NA to the Japanese and Koreans...?
Like I said in the other thread about Buick, I think it's just GM's way of conceding NA to the Japanese and Koreans...?
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04-15-2007, 08:32 PM
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Nice.
04-16-2007, 02:17 AM
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maybe this is a Buick that Tiger Woods will actually drive... 
04-16-2007, 09:10 PM
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Originally Posted by CGTSX2004
Somebody at GM's Buick division in the US needs to be shot...
04-17-2007, 10:02 AM
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it does kinda look like the current IS.
and it looks good. been impressed with these overseas buicks.
i can't stop wondering why these overseas buicks are so much nicer and cooler looking than the ones here.
i guess 50-60 year olds in china like driving modern-looking cars, moreso than the 50-60 year olds here.
and it looks good. been impressed with these overseas buicks.
i can't stop wondering why these overseas buicks are so much nicer and cooler looking than the ones here.
i guess 50-60 year olds in china like driving modern-looking cars, moreso than the 50-60 year olds here.
04-17-2007, 12:27 PM
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Originally Posted by JediMindTricks
it does kinda look like the current IS.
and it looks good. been impressed with these overseas buicks.
i can't stop wondering why these overseas buicks are so much nicer and cooler looking than the ones here.
i guess 50-60 year olds in china like driving modern-looking cars, moreso than the 50-60 year olds here.
and it looks good. been impressed with these overseas buicks.
i can't stop wondering why these overseas buicks are so much nicer and cooler looking than the ones here.
i guess 50-60 year olds in china like driving modern-looking cars, moreso than the 50-60 year olds here.
04-17-2007, 01:41 PM
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Originally Posted by CGTSX2004
Somebody at GM's Buick division in the US needs to be shot...
04-19-2007, 01:10 AM
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ugh! I see red "x's" no pics
04-19-2007, 06:03 PM
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Love it.
04-20-2007, 09:49 AM
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^ I think they're trying to shake off the old clients.
04-23-2007, 01:47 AM
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New exterior pics. This concept in stunning, both in and out, IMO.
04-23-2007, 08:23 AM
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Wow! It does look good!
Shame about the Buick and Riviera names.... they are just so done.
Shame about the Buick and Riviera names.... they are just so done.
04-23-2007, 01:33 PM
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It amazes me that the concepts from Buick are always so nice and imaginative , but no one can seem to translate that to their production vehicles. I am happy with the concept but saddened at the same time because this car will never see production, and regardless of what they say, neither will the design cues of any relevance.
04-23-2007, 01:42 PM
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maybe, since Buick has the "geriatric market" cornered... they just wanna stay in that position(?)
04-25-2007, 03:51 PM
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The Chinese have learnt a lot of good things from Buick and are now going to make their own stuff that looks pretty nice:
http://www.roewe.com.cn/
http://www.roewe.com.cn/