
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.
