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Automotive News & Views The Rebirth of Buick.........
421 messages, Last post on Nov 27, 2009 at 3:10 PM
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...Buick means a solid, durable, reliable, stately, conservative, sensible, understated, and luxurious car just a notch below Cadillac. I've been extremely happy with Buick ever since I bought my first car - a 1968 Buick Special Deluxe. Buick and Cadillac are the two cars I consistently purchase. If I didn't buy a Cadillac DTS Performance, I'd have most likely bought a Buick Lucerne CXS with the V-8.
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"...What is its mission statement..." Answer: "You pay what we pay, and not a penny more." "I have lost all the Buick dealers in a 30-mile radius to bankruptcy in the last ten years - I have to cross two county lines now just to LOOK at a Buick." Or, you can go to a nearby rental car agency.
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Replying to: hpmctorque (Sep 26, 2008 7:23 am) That sounds like you're trying to diminish the brand by suggesting they are rental material... I can go to a car rental agency and see LOTS of brands of cars including Toyotas, Nissans, Chrysler products, Fords, Mazdas, etc. |
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| I was just trying to be humorous in this instance. Cynicism can easily be misconstrued, so it's not your fault if you thought I was serious. Those who've been reading my messages know I want the Detroit 3 and their brands to survive. | |
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Replying to: hpmctorque (Sep 26, 2008 8:32 am) Thank you for the explanation.  I have trouble keeping track of who is pro GM and Anti GM and I didn't look back at your earlier posts like I should have done. 
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Replying to: hpmctorque (Sep 26, 2008 8:32 am) My Dad's '03 Regal is a former rental. He's had it about 5 years now, and I don't think it's needed much other than routine maintenance. I think the front rotors got warped, but all cars seem to do that nowadays! He doesn't drive that far, though. I think it had about 19,500 miles on it when he bought it, but I doubt if he's up to 50,000 yet.
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Replying to: andre1969 (Sep 26, 2008 8:39 am)
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Replying to: lemko (Sep 26, 2008 8:46 am) |
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Replying to: nippononly (Sep 25, 2008 8:28 pm) |
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so from cooter, I hear Buick's mission is to be "Understated luxury, just a notch below Cadillac." From lemko, I hear something similar, but a whole lot more specific: "Buick means a solid, durable, reliable, stately, conservative, sensible, understated, and luxurious car just a notch below Cadillac" Do you feel that the Lacrosse meets all aspects of that definition? I don't find much luxury to be in evidence in that model. Beyond that, I can give it most of what lemko said, except in times of $4 gas I think "sensible" is in jeopardy when the most frugal engine available in a 5-seat car is a 22-24 mpg V-6. In the larger picture, this is a pretty narrow niche folks are drawing for Buick. Is there even space in the market for this tiny little niche? Sales would seem to suggest otherwise. |
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