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Buick Riviera Concept Wins 2013 Red Dot Design Award

Marking a first for a Chinese automotive design, the 2013 Buick Riviera concept won the 2013 Red Dot Award in the “Design Concept” category. Originally revealed in at the 2013 Shanghai Auto Show in April, the Riviera was designed by the Shanghai GM and the Pan Asia Technical Automotive Center (PATAC) joint ventures in Shanghai, China.

The Red Dot Award has been awarded annually since 1955 by Germany’s Design Zentrum Nordrhein Westfalen. Designers and companies from 56 countries entered 4,394 products in the 2013 Red Dot Award program, an internationally-recognized quality label for design achievement and one of the world’s top three design honors. The new Riviera was judged on innovation, functionality, ergonomics, environmental friendliness and durability, and won accordingly. Notably, the jury members determining the award change every year.

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  1. Would love to have the production version of this to sell in the states.

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  2. Anyone here see some similarities with the Opel Show car and this one.

    Hmm. Could the two be a basis for a production coupe with less car show bling and gull wing doors?

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  3. If production version gets made what changes will have to be made cuz those doors aren’t making it

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    1. Where do you want me to start? This car is about as close to production as the Ciel.

      The doors, seats, dash, side windows, wheels and bumpers would all change to meet real world needs. Also the ride height.

      That is just what we can see.

      This is a dream car and while it can lead to a production car this one is just not all that close to what you would end up with. If it did it would have many issues in the real world.

      GM has learned in the Camaro and SSR that Show car cool can create a lot of issues in the real world.

      I see many styling touches in the Opel and Buick that could be reused in a real car but both are not production ready by any means.

      We may see a next step before long like the Elmirage that gives a closer look at production ability.

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      1. Put real world doors on it and a more “normal” interior then build it. I’m one Buick fan that wants it. I love the shape of this thing.

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      2. So why build a concept like this that’s so far from production, cuz then people say the production car got watered down

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        1. Cars like this are to generate excitement and showcase technology as this one has.

          Then take a look at this and see it on a pot holed highway in Chicago in a snow storm and get a hint why it will change.

          Show cars for decades have been about fantasy. Some cars have tried to keep the fantasy and has suffered for it too.

          The only people who complain about watered down are those who have no clue of reality and what troubles many of the show items would bring to a street car. There was once a time where people Brian understood the difference between the show car and reality.

          Paul the shape is do able and you may see something close but it is the things in and around it that may have to change some. The wheels and ride height would never make it into the first parking lot entrance here in the mid west so changes like this as well as the grill opening and bumper shape a little for crash standard.

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          1. scott , thanks I already gathered that. It’s the shape of the thing, its lines are beautiful is what I’m getting at.

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            1. I think you are safe on the shape and I was not sure if you were meaning that.

              I understand you do so we are good!

              I should have known better as you play with reality here much more than some others.

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        2. They always do this. Vey much like a show stopper at a high fashion show, and G M needs the high drama.
          It looks like Monza, only better. Critics like it better, too. G M will do this the German way, fear, overlooking Pan Asian design in favor of European fluff.

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  4. Do you think the Rivera will be a good enough car to keep people from saying that s not Rivera!

    Like they did with the gto!

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  5. There’s no point in calling it a Riviera if it doesn’t have any of the classic styling that made past Rivieras so handsome. Sorry, but this concept is a compete fail.

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    1. I love the design cues; this is Buick of 2013, and something to lust after–an emotion highly needed by the tri shield as it redines itself.
      The final two generations of Rivera were nothing short of disasterous. I actually think the nameplate should be retired, it is a bad memory for anyone under 40 in N A, just like Regal which might have actually sold in larger numbers under the Insignia name.
      Buick produced sh*t for the last 25 years, and bad memories do not sell. This is an amazing car! One can only hope that this is the future of Buick.

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  6. I liked the Rivera of the 90s! It was a nice car!

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