{"id":47274,"date":"2009-11-23T11:55:00","date_gmt":"2009-11-23T16:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2009\/11\/23\/2011-buick-regal-first-drive\/"},"modified":"2009-11-23T11:55:00","modified_gmt":"2009-11-23T16:55:00","slug":"first-drive-2011-buick-regal-prototype-looks-to-be-a-good-sport","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/47274","title":{"rendered":"First Drive: 2011 Buick Regal prototype looks to be a good sport"},"content":{"rendered":"

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2011 Buick Regal – Click above for high-res image gallery<\/small><\/strong><\/em><\/div>\n

\nThere’s an odd bit of historical deja vu<\/em> at work here. Back in the late ’60s and early ’70s, General Motors<\/a> wanted to shift a few sporty-ish four-cylinder models from its Opel division into America, so they turned to their Buick<\/a> dealers. This didn’t work out exactly as planned – merchandising these odd European ducks in an outlet best known for sober doctor’s cars meant that the GT, Manta and Kadett never managed to make much of a dent in North America’s automotive landscape. This time out, with the Opel Insignia-derived 2011 Buick <\/a>Regal<\/a>, GM knows it needs massively better results.<\/p>\n

This is a Buick the likes of which we have never seen before.<\/strong><\/div>\n

While attending an early drive event for the new Regal last week, we reminded vice-chairman Bob Lutz about the last time his company attempted to sell Opels in Buick showrooms. He laughed his trademark raspy laugh, and reminded us that Car and Driver<\/span> so loathed the 1968 Kadett that their review featured it photographed in a junkyard. With characteristic candor, Lutz tells us, “It actually wasn’t a very good car.” Of course, Maximum Bob knows full well that GM can’t afford another lost in space Kadett. Does the Regal have what it takes to mollify these “sins of the father” and put Buick on the right track? Click through to the jump to find out.<\/p>\n

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Gallery: First Drive: 2011 Buick Regal<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Filed under: Sedan, Performance, Buick, GM, First Drive, Luxury 2011 Buick Regal – Click above for high-res image gallery There’s an odd bit of historical deja vu at work here. Back in the late ’60s and early ’70s, General Motors wanted to shift a few sporty-ish four-cylinder models from its Opel division into America, so […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-47274","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47274","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=47274"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47274\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47274"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47274"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47274"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}