{"id":326247,"date":"2010-02-16T10:18:01","date_gmt":"2010-02-16T15:18:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.egmcartech.com\/?p=51098"},"modified":"2010-02-16T10:18:01","modified_gmt":"2010-02-16T15:18:01","slug":"general-motors-considering-a-flagship-buick-coupe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/326247","title":{"rendered":"General Motors considering a flagship Buick coupe"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-51099 aligncenter\" title=\"Buick Riviera Concept\" src=\"http:\/\/www.egmcartech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/buick_riviera_concept_wide_main_a.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"563\" height=\"325\" \/><\/p>\n<p>According to John Cafaro, director of design for Buick and Chevrolet, Buick is currently undergoing what Cadillac went through.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Cadillac said: &#8216;What we are doing is not working. Our customers are dying off. We have to carve a new image.&#8217; That is where Buick is right now,&#8221; Cafaro said.\u00a0He said that General Motors is now considering adding a coupe to Buick&#8217;s lineup just as Cadillac did with the CTS Coupe.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;A coupe is definitely where you say, &#8216;I&#8217;m back,&#8217;&#8221; Cafaro said. He said that a coupe would make a strong statement for Buick &#8220;and a statement means it is going to be the flagship. All the design cues and everything would drive themselves down into all Buicks.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autobytel.com\/content\/research\/chooser\/index.cfm\/action\/SelectTrim\/make_vch\/Buick\/model_vch\/LaCrosse\/cat\/Any\/year_si\/0\/minprice\/0\/maxprice\/999999\/id\/31622\">Get pricing on the all-new 2010 Buick LaCrosse<\/a><\/em><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\">.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\"><span id=\"more-51098\"><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>So far, five new models have been approved to give Buick its makeover. The redesigned <a href=\"http:\/\/www.egmcartech.com\/2009\/11\/06\/review-2010-buick-lacrosse-cxs-no-longer-your-daddys-car\/\">2010 LaCrosse<\/a> went on sale last fall and will be joined by the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.egmcartech.com\/tag\/buick-regal\/\">2011 Regal<\/a> later this spring. A small, unnamed sedan is expected in 2011 and will share the platform with the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.egmcartech.com\/tag\/chevrolet-cruze\/\">Chevrolet Cruze<\/a>. The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.egmcartech.com\/2010\/01\/26\/review-2010-buick-enclave-continues-brands-renaissance-movement\/\">Buick Enclave<\/a> is due for a redesign and a new small crossover is also in the works. The <span style=\"text-decoration: line-through;\">ugly<\/span> Lucerne will be dropped in a year.<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8211; By: Omar Rana<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autonews.com\/apps\/pbcs.dll\/article?AID=\/20100215\/OEM03\/302159909\/1144#ixzz0fi9LbkK4\">Automotive News<\/a> (Subscription Required)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/Zb9Yp2V0X_V0DU4zbi9FFQtdDP8\/0\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/Zb9Yp2V0X_V0DU4zbi9FFQtdDP8\/0\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/Zb9Yp2V0X_V0DU4zbi9FFQtdDP8\/1\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/Zb9Yp2V0X_V0DU4zbi9FFQtdDP8\/1\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/egmcartech?a=UBD_gtAGRDY:c4ESfUWIn0Y:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/egmcartech?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/egmcartech?a=UBD_gtAGRDY:c4ESfUWIn0Y:V_sGLiPBpWU\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/egmcartech?i=UBD_gtAGRDY:c4ESfUWIn0Y:V_sGLiPBpWU\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/egmcartech?a=UBD_gtAGRDY:c4ESfUWIn0Y:gIN9vFwOqvQ\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/egmcartech?i=UBD_gtAGRDY:c4ESfUWIn0Y:gIN9vFwOqvQ\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/egmcartech?a=UBD_gtAGRDY:c4ESfUWIn0Y:qj6IDK7rITs\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/egmcartech?d=qj6IDK7rITs\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/egmcartech?a=UBD_gtAGRDY:c4ESfUWIn0Y:TzevzKxY174\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/egmcartech?d=TzevzKxY174\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to John Cafaro, director of design for Buick and Chevrolet, Buick is currently undergoing what Cadillac went through. &#8220;Cadillac said: &#8216;What we are doing is not working. Our customers are dying off. We have to carve a new image.&#8217; That is where Buick is right now,&#8221; Cafaro said.\u00a0He said that General Motors is now [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-326247","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/326247","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=326247"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/326247\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=326247"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=326247"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=326247"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}