{"id":581970,"date":"2010-05-27T17:30:10","date_gmt":"2010-05-27T21:30:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.caranddriver.com\/?p=24821"},"modified":"2010-05-27T17:30:10","modified_gmt":"2010-05-27T21:30:10","slug":"more-regalia-buick-plans-to-bring-us-more-options","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/581970","title":{"rendered":"More Regalia: Buick Plans to Bring Us More Options"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Although the impressive Opel Insignia\/Buick Regal<\/a> is offered around the world in no fewer than three body styles (sedan, five-door hatch, and wagon), with nine engines (four gas four-cylinder, three 1.8-liter diesel fours, and naturally aspirated and turbocharged versions of its 2.8-liter V-6), with front- or all-wheel drive, and a choice of three transmissions, here in Buick\u2019s home market, just how many of those permutations we\u2019ll get remains a mystery.<\/p>\n

In the States, of course, we\u2019re used to being denied most of the choices offered in \u201cworld cars\u201d such as the Regal; At this point, the only way we can get our Regal on is with the sedan body and front-wheel drive, with the 2.4-liter four available first, the 2.0-liter turbo later, and, in 2011, the GS with a 255-hp version of the 2.0-liter turbo four mated to all-wheel drive. Manual gearboxes will also be part of the mix eventually.<\/p>\n

Happily, according to GM\u2019s Regal guru, Jim Federico, we are pretty well assured to get even more. First, in terms of additional body styles, it sounds like we\u2019re going to get at least one, if not both, of the other Regal shapes, with the hatchback being the easiest to bring over from an engineering standpoint and the wagon being slightly more complex to federalize due to its Audi Q5\u2013esque wraparound tailgate, but it\u2019s hardly impossible. We\u2019ve recently spied Buick-badged Insignia Tourers<\/a> in Michigan, something Federico willingly acknowledges. \u201cI\u2019ve got a bunch of \u2018em,\u201d he said. Should either additional body make it stateside, the cars would come from GM\u2019s German plant due to the low volumes they\u2019d expect to build. (North American Regal sedan production is shifting from Germany to a plant in Ontario soon.) \u201cWe designed flexibility into the [Russelsheim] plant specifically for that,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Federico also suggested that, since wagons sell particularly well in the Snowbelt, that version would pretty much have to come with all-wheel drive. And since many wagon buyers also love diesel engines\u2014Americans order a predominate number of their Jetta SportWagens with the TDI engine\u2014Federico says one of the Insignia\u2019s diesel fours would definitely be offered, though not until the motor is engineered to meet the strict new Euro 6 emissions regulations in 2012 or 2013. The required changes, which could include an exhaust-scrubbing urea-injection system, would in turn allow the motor to meet emissions standards in all 50 U.S. states.<\/p>\n

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As for something more, uh, stirring? Federico suggested that we shouldn\u2019t be at all surprised to see the hallowed Grand National nameplate make a comeback sometime in the future, although he wouldn\u2019t provide any more specifics. Don\u2019t expect it soon, however. Buick has a lot on its plate, with an upcoming compact SUV and a Cruze-based sedan also in the works. \u201cWe\u2019ve got a plan to move fast,\u201d said Federico, \u201cbut carefully.\u201d<\/p>\n

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