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Looks like particular this 2012 Buick Verano — on display at the 2011 Chicago Auto Show — is a straight-up Chinese-market Buick Excelle GT.
The Buick Verano – known as the Excelle GT in the Chinese market – is certainly a vehicle that has piqued the interest of many a GM enthusiast. As such, it has prompted the GM Authority crew to deeply examine the possibilities of the Delta II-based sedan’s in the U.S. market and has even caused us to dedicate an entire episode of the GM Authority Debate podcast to the compact car. However, there has always been one question the answer to which we simply didn’t know. I, of course, am referring to the powerplants that GM will offer in the Buick Verano. Luckily for us (and for you), we now have a better idea of what we can expect to motivate the Verano. Really? Continue reading.
It’s not every day that over 100 UAW members protest their own headquarters. However, that’s exactly what happened over the weekend. It probably didn’t help that the Detroit Lions also lost over the weekend, which usually ups the frustration levels around the area for a day or two. Continue Reading.
It’s no secret that Buick is a very hot topic among the ranks of the GM Authority crew. As such, you can imagine how much we’ve been scouring the web for any additional information about the future of the Tri Shield brand – specifically, the Buick Excelle/Verano. Now, we already know that the Excelle GT will make its way over to the United States as the Verano. But what about the Excelle XT – the hatch variant of the Verano?
Since it’s only available in China (for now), we haven’t seen much about the Delta II-based Excelle XT. But we did manage to get our hands on an additional set of pictures from GM China’s media collection – and we thought we’d share them with you here. The real question appears to be whether GM should, indeed, bring this hatchback to the States. There’s already an excellent discussion in the forum about this very topic – and we’d love to hear what you think. Make the jump for the new gallery of the Chinese-market Buick Excelle XT.
The First Official Photo Of The Upcoming Verano Is Released, Notice The Buick Design Language Highly Present
The Buick Verano (known in China as the Excelle GT), one of the most highly-debated cars within the ranks of GM Authority, will help fill the space within the Lake Orion, MI assembly plant by being built alongside the upcoming all-new Gamma II-based Chevrolet Aveo subcompact model. The news comes as somewhat of an eyebrow raiser, as the Verano seems to fit in much better at the Lordstown, OH plant alongside its platform-mate Chevrolet Cruze, since both models ride on the Delta II architecture. The tab for retooling the Lake Orion plant for the upcoming compact models now rests at $600 million. Continue reading.
Hot on the heels of this week’s GM Authority Debate show, where we uncovered the criteria that would make or break the Buick Excelle GT (aka Verano) in the United States market, we’ve gotten our hands on a few all-new pictures of the vehicle in question.
Do these pictures change your opinion of the Verano? Let us know in the comments. Continue reading.
$20,168 US Dollars (RMB 137,700) – that’s the base price of the Buick Excelle GT, the newest addition to the Tri-Shield brand’s lineup in China. Click past the jump for a full gallery of the Excelle GT…
Say hello to the Buick Excelle GT, a new model for the Chinese market that will go on sale within the next few months. This is, of course, the same Delta II-based vehicle that was caught before its official unveiling (twice!), shown in patent filings, and briefly previewed last year at the 2009 Los Angeles Auto Show.
The Chinese model will be powered by a base 1.8-liter ECOTEC four-cylinder making 138 hp or a turbocharged 1.6-liter ECOTEC good for 181 hp. When the model arrives in the U.S. early next year – most likely under the Verano nameplate – we expect the base powerplant to be the 1.6-liter instead of the weaker 1.8. The Excelle GT will complement its hatch brother, the Excelle XT in the Chinese market.
Whether the hatch will make its way to U.S. soil is currently unknown, but the sedan version gives us a preview of the Opel Astra sedan that has yet to be revealed.
Click past the break for more pictures!
[Source: Inside Line]
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