Buick removes the "Buick" badge on 2019 models.
03-12-18, 07:23 PM
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Buick removes the "Buick" badge on 2019 models.
03-12-18, 07:31 PM
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I saw that news yesterday, from other links. I didn't think it was a big deal...that's why I didn't post it. It's more important, IMO, that they keep the tri-color-sheld.
Last edited by mmarshall; 03-12-18 at 07:37 PM.
03-12-18, 07:34 PM
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I would support a new logo. But if they keep the current one, they definitely cannot lose the color.
03-12-18, 07:41 PM
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What irks me more than seeing the nameplates go is the loss of the traditional Buick portholes on the front fenders. Fortunately, they still remain on the Lacrosse.
03-12-18, 08:15 PM
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^^^ I don't know. An extra piece of gingerbread on the side of the fenders. Does the Buick need them for air extraction or cooling? Not a big deal about losing the Buick logo really. It's an Opel anyway.
03-12-18, 08:27 PM
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Cant think of who else has it. It is smart move to remove it
Buick actually used to emboss it onto the rear bumper.
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03-12-18, 08:43 PM
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03-12-18, 08:50 PM
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03-12-18, 09:44 PM
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Unlike the other American market Buicks, the Lacrosse, Enclave, and Envision are NOT Opels. Second, using your arguement, portholes would not have been allowed on all of the previous decades of Buicks that shared Chevy and Cadillac platforms.
I agree, however, that they are purely decorative trim, and not functional (for air circulation and engine cooling) like they were in the late 40s and 50s. Still, IMO, they help make the brand....and a lot of customizers seem to like them. Look at all the aftermarket fake ones you see on non-Buicks, for example. And Maserati, straight from the factory, is now using something quite similar.
We can disagree on this part of it, however (and I respect your opinion).......but I don't see the portholes as gingerbread. The actual Buick nameplate-letters, though, as I mentioned to Jill, are probably less-important. A number of vehicles (including the Oldsmobile Aurora, the 1Gen Hyundai Genesis, and some early Saturns, were also like that....logos only, with no nameplates.
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03-12-18, 09:55 PM
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Mike,
I disagree that the porthole served no useful purpose. Back in the day, the Roadmaster 4 portholes made sure that your neighbor knew that you had not "cheaped out" and bought a Super that only had 3 portholes. Image was (almost) everything.
I disagree that the porthole served no useful purpose. Back in the day, the Roadmaster 4 portholes made sure that your neighbor knew that you had not "cheaped out" and bought a Super that only had 3 portholes. Image was (almost) everything.
03-12-18, 10:01 PM
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OK, I'll agree with that. (and my old Electra also had four "holes" LOL). What I was refering to, however (and what I think MattyG was, too), was not image, but actual mechanical functions. The original holes from the late 40s and 50s allowed a little more air in to help cool things down....radiators and water-pumps were not as efficient in those days as they are now. In the 60s, however, they started to become merely decorative functions, and a Buick tradition.
03-13-18, 05:53 AM
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imho the Tri Shield likely is not as valuable as the BMW roundel or Mercedes 3 pointed star, but it certainly should have a significant value to the marque, and should never be removed, nor should the portholes in some flavor.
03-13-18, 05:55 AM
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OK, I'll agree with that. (and my old Electra also had four "holes" LOL). What I was refering to, however (and what I think MattyG was, too), was not image, but actual mechanical functions. The original holes from the late 40s and 50s allowed a little more air in to help cool things down....radiators and water-pumps were not as efficient in those days as they are now. In the 60s, however, they started to become merely decorative functions, and a Buick tradition.
03-13-18, 06:14 AM
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you were right a while back when the lone 'genesis' model was a hyundai, it did have 'GENESIS' on the back because that was the model name, not the brand.
lol - my portholes are bigger than your portholes... 