Yea, Buick doesn't copy Lexus at all
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It's also a great time to come out with a new civilian version of the Hummer H1.
This is why US automakers are failing because they are still building big, heavy, beasts.
Buick needs the Insignia.
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I'd rather Buick have a small lineup than a bunch of obvious rebadges.
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My Grandparents (87 & 88) have a 2000 Century that I've been forced to drive.
It was absolutely designed by GM for elderly people who like cars with traditional qualities such as bench seats, overly soft, bouncy suspension, column shifter, and not a single cup holder in a 2000 model!!!
Many old people actually will not by a car without bench seats. It's some weird obsession. And GM still offers them at least until today's elderly die off (notice they are the only one's that still offer them in cars).
Like it or not, Buick has been designed with the elderly in mind. Automakers do have to market vehicles to a specific customer and the elderly aren't ignored completely.
It's quite clear why young people had absolutely no interest in them.
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Like you M, I don't care for auto stereotypes but...
My Grandparents (87 & 88) have a 2000 Century that I've been forced to drive.
It was absolutely designed by GM for elderly people who like cars with traditional qualities such as bench seats, overly soft, bouncy suspension, column shifter, and not a single cup holder in a 2000 model!!!
Many old people actually will not by a car without bench seats. It's some weird obsession. And GM still offers them at least until today's elderly die off (notice they are the only one's that still offer them in cars).
Like it or not, Buick has been designed with the elderly in mind. Automakers do have to market vehicles to a specific customer and the elderly aren't ignored completely.
It's quite clear why young people had absolutely no interest in them.
My Grandparents (87 & 88) have a 2000 Century that I've been forced to drive.
It was absolutely designed by GM for elderly people who like cars with traditional qualities such as bench seats, overly soft, bouncy suspension, column shifter, and not a single cup holder in a 2000 model!!!
Many old people actually will not by a car without bench seats. It's some weird obsession. And GM still offers them at least until today's elderly die off (notice they are the only one's that still offer them in cars).
Like it or not, Buick has been designed with the elderly in mind. Automakers do have to market vehicles to a specific customer and the elderly aren't ignored completely.
It's quite clear why young people had absolutely no interest in them.
bench seats and column-shifters.....even some LeSabres didn't. I don't recall seeing Lacrosses or Lucernes with them either. The first-gen Toyota Avalon, in the mid-1990's, had a bench seat option, but was dropped on later models.
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Here's a pic of the Century interior. This is technically a bench although not like old fashioned flat bench designs. But basically, anything without a center console built down the middle is considered a bench seat.
Believe it or not, you can feel the springs inside the seats poking you and they go "boing" when you move. Horrible.
Believe it or not, you can feel the springs inside the seats poking you and they go "boing" when you move. Horrible.
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