The 2011 Buick Regal will be offered with a manual transmission. How do we know? A major online-car magazine has test-driven a 2011 Regal. In Michigan, the journalist rolled down the window and called Jim Federico, the man behind the Insignia /Regal, over and said something along the lines of "This is a manual. What the hell?" Federico responded that the 2.0 litre turbo version of the Regal...
So, not only is the Buick Regal nameplate returning to the American market after a long absence, but there are growing rumors that Buick will be bringing back a 325 Horsepower GS version of the Regal. Great news to me. The Grand Sports of old were serious ... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
This is going to blow your mind: The 2011 Buick Regal will be offered with a manual transmission. Seriously. Really. We're not joking.What's next? A pole-dancing nun? A sane Courtney Love? Ham-and-cheese-flavored ice cream? Here's how we know that the Regal, reborn as a quasi sports sedan ... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
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Filed under: Sedan , Buick 2011 Buick Regal live unveiling - Click above for high-res image gallery Trivia Time: When was the last time a U.S. market Buick was available with a manual transmission? Honestly, we can't recall anything more recent than a buddy in high school having a hand-me-down mid-Eighties Somerset coupe with a stubby, workmanlike five-speed. Even back then its presence in our friend's...
This just in – the 2011 Buick Regal will be offered with a 6-speed manual transmission. During an event this morning in Michigan, the press was allowed to take the new 2011 Buick Regal for a spin. On hand was a 2.0L 4-cylinder turbocharged Regal with a 6-speed manual transmission. Jim Federico, the man behind the [...]
Jim Frederico, chief engineer for Buick, just told assembled journalists at the ride-and-drive for the new Buick Regal that it'll receive a manny tranny as an available option — assumingly the same as the Opel Insignia's — sometime after launch.
While introducing another vehicle to Buick’s slim lineup will presumably help that division sell more vehicles, manufacturing the Regal won’t create any more American assembly jobs because the Regal will be made in Russelsheim, Germany. Manufacturing the car in Germany means that its price basis is in Euros rather than dollars, and the higher labor cost of manufacturing in Western Europe...
GM’s vice chairman Bob Lutz has confirmed that the 556-hp Cadillac CTS-V wagon will indeed become a production reality. Lutz dropped the W-bomb during a recent one-on-one interview while discussing how to prime the market for cool cargo haulers—like a possible Buick Regal wagon—especially among the over-35 set that grew up traumatized by wood-paneled Grand Marquis and Chrysler K-car...
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So, not only is the Buick Regal nameplate returning to the American market after a long absence, but there are growing rumors that Buick will be bringing back a 325 Horsepower GS version of the Regal. Great news to me. The Grand Sports of old were serious cars, not to be trifled with at [...]
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Buick intends to capitalize on its performance history from over a generation ago in order to push sales for the 2011 Regal. This model is a front-drive sedan that is German-assembled and is essentially a rebadged five-passenger Opel Insignia. Sales in the US will begin in the second quarter of 2010. 2011 buick regal , 2011 buick regal details , 2011 buick regal specs , 2011 regal , 2011 regal specs
To grace the US market once more is the Buick Regal. It has been buzzed that the Regal nameplate is coming soon but finally, Buick ’s official Twitter feed makes it official. General Motors made the announcement at a recent dealer conference.
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