Buick Invicta concept
After a long striptease, General Motors has finally unveiled the first renderings and details surrounding its Buick Invicta concept -- a vision of Buick's future and another in-the-sheetmetal manifestation of the growing international synergy between GM's Buick teams in Shanghai, China, and Warren, Michigan. Invicta -- the star of GM's stand at the 2008 AutoChina show in Beijing -- is also widely believed to be what the 2010 Buick LaCrosse that's been spied testing will become when it makes its...

Spy Shots: 2010 Buick LaCrosse
Buick’s next-generation LaCrosse has been spotted testing at GM proving grounds both in the U.S. and Germany and as these latest images reveal the new car sports a similar shape to the Invicta concept unveiled over the weekend. Like the concept, the production version’s styling is being handled by teams in both the U.S. and China and the final styling is expected to be very similar to the concept. Production of the car is expected to start at GM’s Fairfax plant in Kansas in early 2009 and the...

Beijing 2008: Live reveal of the Buick Invicta concept
On the eve of the Beijing Motor Show ,General Motors Chairman Rick Wagoner and Design VP Ed Welburn along with their Chinese colleagues unveiled the Buick Invicta concept. Your regular Autoblog team didn't make the trek to China for this show, but our cohorts at Autoblog Chinese showed up for GM's Premier Night party to check out what will be the replacement for the current LaCrosse. The car was revealed sitting on a pool of water, perhaps implying that it is Buick's messiah, standing by to breathe new...

Buick Invicta at Beijing Auto Show
General Motors announced about Buick Invicta resurrection and the new car will be presented at the Beijing Auto Show. Invicta model was designed 45 years ago, but it did not get more development at that time. The new Buick is a result of Chinese and Michigan car makers. It is considered to be a future concept of the brand. It has 250 horsepower and 220 pound-feet torque in a 2.0-liter four-cylinder turbocharged engine. The model is designed with six-speed automatic transmission. The interior of the car...

2008 Beijing Auto Show: Buick Invicta Concept breaks cover
The new four-door midsize sedan Buick Invicta made its debut today at the 2008 Beijing Auto Show. Showing a coupe-like roofline the vehicle is powered by Buick’s first direct injection turbocharged engine, a four-cylinder powerplant that produces 250 horsepower and 298 Nm of torque.[source]

Mom and Dad's Buick: A cushy time machine
You can have your shiny new Bimmer. Your eerily silent hybrids and your Lamborghini. I have the Buick. For reasons I won't go into -- save to say my 16-year-old is fine, the Volvo not so much -- I'm borrowing my parents' 2001 Buick. I get in every morning and there's the scent of my father's cologne, my mother's perfume. I'm 8 years old again, tiptoeing into their bedroom after they've left for the evening, the lamp lighted next to my mother's side of the bed, the fragrance lingering. The LeSabre's...

GM reveals new Buick Invicta Concept
Buick’s new Invicta Latin for invincible concept brings back a vehicle nameplate not seen on a GM product in more than 45 years and previews a new four-door midsize sedan with a coupe-like roofline destined for sale in the world’s two biggest automotive markets – the United States and China. The Invicta is the latest evolution of previous Buick concepts including the 2004 Velite convertible and 2007 Riviera coupe, and was designed collaboratively by GM centers in Warren, Michigan, and Shanghai...

Spy Shots: 2010 Buick LaCrosse shows off its insides
The Buick LaCrosse may not be a real player in the midsize car market, but GM is looking to make big-time improvements for the 2010 model year. The next-gen LaCrosse shares its Epsilon II the Malibu is an extended Epsilon, not Epsilon II underpinnings with the critically acclaimed Chevy Malibu, and judging from spy shots from Brenda Priddy & So., the interior will be very similar as well. Close inspection of the pics shows some similar dash characteristics between the two models, though the 'Bu is...

2009 Buick Lucerne E85 joins the flex-fuel vehicles range
The 2009 Buick Lucerne sedan will join General Motors’ industry-leading lineup of flex-fuel vehicles that can run on either ordinary gasoline or E85, or any combination of the two, GM Vice President of Environment, Energy and Safety Policy Beth Lowery said Thursday.The Lucerne, the first flex-fuel capable Buick passenger car, will be among more than 15 GM models with flex-fuel capability in 2009, up from 11 offerings this year.[source]

Buick Excelle in China
General Motors in China decided to show their new luxury car to the media which they are going to present at Beijing Auto Show in about two weeks. The public debut of Buick Excelle sedan will be made on April, 20. The car is designed by GM Daewoo in Korea. Buick Excelle was remodelled this year very much and got close to the style of Park Avenue and LaCrosse. It will have a new front and will be lower because of the wheel trims. The inside design got leather coverage and air-conditioning. Right now...