Buick Regal GS Takes Gold At Silver State
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With lead development engineer Bill Rietow at the wheel and drive quality powertrain engineer John Townsend as the navigator, a (mostly stock) 2012 Buick Regal GS managed to take the win in the 120 mph Grand Touring class during Nevada’s Silver State Classic Challenge this past weekend.
The Challenge is an open road rally on a remote, two-lane, 90-mile-long section of Nevada State Highway 318. The biannual event, now in its 24th year, sees participating cars reach speeds exceeding 200 mph; the Grand Touring class allowed Townsend and Rietow to go all the way up to 140 mph, but the team only needed to push the Regal, capable of a 150 mph top speed, to 137 to maintain a course speed average that resulted in a .019 second deviation from the perfect 45-minute time of course completion.
When’s the last time you heard of a Buick winning a sanctioned race? Hats off to the whole team. Maybe they can teach Corvette and Cadillac Racing a thing or two.
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Nice, this car will be pivitol in rebuilding the Buick brand, having this be a stop gap vehicle in Buicks lineup would be a mistake. People value the name recognition that Regal brings to the brand.
Is the Regal name that valuable? I’d love to see empirical market research that shows this, because from what I’ve been seeing, having the word “Buick” in front of any nameplate (Regal or otherwise) does major damage to the latter. I do hope that this will either 1) change or 2) has changed. 🙂
Teach Cadillac and Corvette Racing a thing or two… The thought may be nice for some people but I think it’s way more insulting for Cadillac and Corvette that has survive more challenges that Buick ever will.
#sarcasm
Would you all believe that last week I put a grand down and ordered a GS……..only to have to cancel the order this past weekend due to the fact that my wife’s ’07 Wrangler lost oil and did damage to the engine!!!! Grrrrrrrrr, and I’m not sure what’s wrong with it!!!
That sucks man! Any chance of fixing the Wrangler via insurance/warranty?