{"id":583902,"date":"2010-05-28T14:31:00","date_gmt":"2010-05-28T18:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2010\/05\/28\/rumormill-buick-wagons-hatchbacks-and-diesels-oh-my\/"},"modified":"2010-05-28T14:31:00","modified_gmt":"2010-05-28T18:31:00","slug":"rumormill-buick-wagons-hatchbacks-and-diesels-oh-my","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/583902","title":{"rendered":"Rumormill: Buick wagons, hatchbacks and diesels, oh my!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Filed under: Sedan<\/a>, Wagon<\/a>, Europe<\/a>, Hatchback<\/a>, Buick<\/a>, Opel<\/a>, Rumormill<\/a>, Luxury<\/a><\/p>\n

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

\nA fresh batch of rumors kicking around the web are claiming that General Motors<\/a> is seriously mulling bringing hatchback and wagon versions of the all-new Buick Regal<\/a> to the States. In the brand’s ongoing quest to shed its status as a synonym for all things elderly, the Tri-Crest has raided the Opel parts bin, slipped a waterfall grille on the nose of the Insignia<\/a> and called it a day. We were simply glad to hear that the car would be available with a turbo mill and a third pedal, but according to Car and Driver<\/em>, things are about to get even more interesting.<\/p>\n

It turns out the Insignia is available as a hatchback and a wagon in more civilized portions of the world. Jim Federico, the man who led the Regal to the fountain of youth, told C\/D<\/em> that the U.S. will be getting at least one of the other body styles within a few short years, and that there’s a good chance that both of them will show up on dealer lots at some point in the near future. Chances are that’s not exactly ground-breaking news by anyone’s standards, but it gets better. Federico has said that since American wagon buyers are suddenly smitten with the likes of the Jetta<\/a> TDI Sportwagen, the Regal long-roof will boast an oil-burning powerplant.<\/p>\n

Needless to say, our eyes are dish-plate sized at the news. Could Buick<\/a> possibly offer an all-wheel drive diesel wagon with a six-speed manual transmission? We want to believe, but our skeptical side is in full go-mode on this one. <\/p>\n

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

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\n[Source: Car and Driver<\/a>]<\/p>\n

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Filed under: Sedan, Wagon, Europe, Hatchback, Buick, Opel, Rumormill, Luxury 2011 Buick Regal – Click above for high-res image gallery A fresh batch of rumors kicking around the web are claiming that General Motors is seriously mulling bringing hatchback and wagon versions of the all-new Buick Regal to the States. In the brand’s ongoing quest […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6487,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-583902","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/583902","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\/6487"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=583902"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/583902\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=583902"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=583902"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=583902"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}