Buick Excelle GT sedan debuts in China, U.S. version expected next year

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06-11-10, 03:52 PM

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Here's a hatchback XT version on display in China:

Where have I seen this before?

I knew it looked familiar!

A badge engineered Opel Astra, which is very good-looking. I'm not sure I can befriend the Buick version of this car, though.

06-11-10, 08:36 PM

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The Chinese really love them Buicks!!!

It's amazing how they actually saved the brand. Maybe cars like this and the upcoming Regal will bring the age of the average Buick buyer from the 80's down to the 30's like they are in China.

06-11-10, 10:23 PM

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I think you posted the wrong image. That's an old Cadillac Cimarron from the early-mid 1980's....arguably one of the worst vehicles Cadillac has ever done.

i think u missed the sarcasm

06-12-10, 08:42 AM

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i think u missed the sarcasm

As long as ONE person got it, that's all I ask

06-12-10, 09:30 AM

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As long as ONE person got it, that's all I ask

Make that two people.

06-12-10, 11:01 AM

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Originally Posted by DustinV

Where have I seen this before?

I knew it looked familiar!

A badge engineered Opel Astra, which is very good-looking. I'm not sure I can befriend the Buick version of this car, though.

Good point. I agree. Though I didn't quite notice it at first, the Excelle hatchback I posted does look like a redone Opel/Saturn/Vauxhall Astra. Not surprising, since GM tends to do most of their small cars on world platforms now.

06-12-10, 11:05 AM

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i think u missed the sarcasm

Maybe so.......but I don't quite see where sarcasm was involved. Almost anything done on today's Astra platform has GOT to be worlds ahead of any Cimarron. That car, to put it bluntly, was a joke.