Here Is The All-New 2018 Buick Regal
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Behold the 2018 Buick Regal: largely analogous to the 2017 Opel Insignia and 2018 Holden Commodore, the new Regal has re-designed and re-engineered from the ground up to be longer, lighter, and more technologically-advanced than its predecessor.
While the last-generation model was available only in a single four-door sedan body style, the all-new Buick Regal is available in two body styles: a four-door liftback sedan and a five-door wagon. It’s worth noting that the while the new Regal Sportback looks like a sedan, it actually features a trick liftback rear door that makes it more utilitarian than a traditional sedan, with 31.5 cubic feet of cargo space – double that of the outgoing, conventional Regal Sedan.
2018 Buick Regal Sportback
The exterior appearance is striking thanks to a sporty, athletic stance emphasized by a wheelbase that spans 111.4 inches (2,831 mm), up 3.6 inches (92 mm) over its predecessor. Also contributing to the more athletic proportions is a front overhang that has been reduced by 1.2 inches (30 mm).
2018 Buick Regal TourX
Meanwhile, the Regal Wagon — officially known as the Regal TourX — is the space champion, with a cumulative trunk volume of and incredible 73.5 cubic feet of storage with the 60/40 rear splitting second row folded down. That’s more than the Volvo V60 Cross Country, Audi A4 allroad and Subaru Outback. Aside from being 3 inches longer than the Regal Sportback, it also rides a little higher and features body cladding to denote its go-anywhere personality.
2018 Buick Regal TourX Interior
Thanks to GM’s new E2 platform, the new Regal is as light as 3,748 pounds in FWD Sportback guise. It will be powered by GM’s ubiquitous 2.0-liter LTG making 250 horses and 260 pound-feet of torque in FWD form, while AWD models boast 295 pound-feet of torque. In the Sedan Sportback, power is sent to the front wheels via GM’s new 9-speed automatic transmission by default, while an 8-speed transmission with torque-vectoring all-wheel-drive is optional. AWD with the 8-speed automatic and the higher torque output is standard on the Regal TourX.
2018 Buick Regal Sportback Interior
Buick lists standard equipment on every 2018 Regal Sportback to include push-button start and entry, Hill Start Assist, 10 air bags, universal home remote and heated side mirrors. Additionally, a new “Active Hood” safety feature in the name of pedestrian safety. This feature senses the imminent impact of a pedestrian between 16-30 mph and uses a pyrotechnic actuator to lift the back of the hood up about 4 inches to lessen the impact and potentially reduce injury, according to Buick.
2018 Buick Regal Active Hood
Every 2018 Buick Regal, including the Sportback and TourX, also comes equipped with an OnStar 4G LTE Wi-Fi hotspot and five years of the OnStar Basic Plan, as well as the myBuick app with OnStar Smart Driver, an opt-in service designed to help Buick owners maximize their vehicle’s overall performance and become better drivers.
A 7-inch infotainment system with Apple CarPlay and Android Auto compatibility is standard, while an 8-inch system with navigation is optional. Bose premium audio is also available.
The all-new Regal will make its public debut at the 2017 New York International Auto Show next week. It will be assembled in Germany.
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looking good but too bad it will be made in Germany .
Regal is yet another reason why selling Opel was a poor choice. These are GMs best vehicles, superior to Chevrolet, and a global Opel with German roots would have been good for the General.
The 20% over lap justification was spin–this isn’t the case with Ford.
Regal makes me depressed. It trumps Lacrosse and Malibu.
This new regal have old regal cheap and ugly instrument clocks. gm dont know how build doday cars RIP Gm. glose this shop.
old insignia have 10 different 20 inc top design alloys now is one or two something alloys. gutting cost muhhaaaa – fukk this all.
The 2018 Buick Regal has a clean elegant shape which buyers should appreciate and it’s surprising that the base entry engine isn’t the LWC 200 horsepower 1.6L DOHC-4v 4-cyl turbo used in Buick’s Cascada.
old insignia have some ten 19 and 20 inc top design alloys- now only one boring 20 inc. alloys is so important. one old insignia 20 alloys is new buick lacrosse top alloys to
some alloys
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Why are the HVAC controls and dash mounted display off center from the center console? Wow this looks bad.
Watch this YouTube video and it shows just how good a Buick Regal could be.
Or this one
This is the Opel Vauxhall Insignia Grand Sport. Surely, GM can’t deny this from the US market:
Does anyone know if the 2018 Buick Regal Sportback will offer the following, either as standard or optional equipment?
1. 1. Heated Steering Wheel? 2. Heated Front and Rear Seats?
3. How many ways will the driver’s power seat be adjustable –
ie. – 6 way?, 8 way?, 10 way?, 12 way?, or ? way? Dual Power
Seats (driver and passenger), same adjustments both sides?
4. 2 way or 4 way lumbar adjustment for the driver’s seat?
5. Full length sunroof, or, front sunroof only?
I’m doing some long range planning for my next car purchase, and this info. as soon as possible would be helpful, thanks!
Honestly I would check back at a later date as these cars don’t really come until fall. Have you check the buick website first?
I expect these all to be options with an 8 way power driver’s seat, but this is an educated guess.
It looks nice, but it also looks like it could evolve into a boat. I drove a 2010 Malibu that I rented. It was a fine car but it was a boat, a huge boat. The thing I liked about the old Regal was that it wasn’t too big of a car, about the right size for me.
The Regal was a compact or near compact, whereas this looks midsized or near midsized. Meanwhile Buick is saying good by to the Verano. So it will have absolutely no presence in the compact size market segment.
This segues into what appears to be an even much bigger problem at GM: lack of interest in market share. I’ve spent the better part of 7 years living in East Asia. Let me tell you how they operate: market share is the golden ring. Nothing else matters, except making market share profitable. It is the marketing department’s job to define what will deliver market share, it is everyone else’s job to figure out how to make that profitable or at least break even.
Why is market share important?
Reason 1:
Well for East Asians, they have to provide life time employment guarantees. The only way to ensure that and a middle class way of life for their employees, now, 20 years from now and into retirement is to have market share. The employees know if they can drive costs down, they secure their economic future. Everyone is pulling in the same direction.
Reason 2:
Firms without market share are the most brittle. Look at what’s happening to Chrysler. They can’t design and make a profitable compact car. They can’t design and make a midsize car. They market a large car that is nearly 20 years old. They sell only trucks and SUVs. If energy becomes a market drive Chrysler will sink like the titanic.
Reason 3:
Stock markets place premiums on shares of companies that have larger shares of markets.
So here we have GM selling all of its market share in Europe because it couldn’t figure out how to make it profitable. Meanwhile they are rolling out their next great car, the new Buick Regal based entirely upon the European division’s design. The same unit that designs all of their successful cars – including the Cruise, the first generation of which involved loads of Opel designers working with the Koreans who built the car back in 2009. They only got around to replacing it this year. I have not seen any evidence that GM can make and design a successful car (not truck SUV or Crossover) without the significant help of Opel.
So yes, this looks like a nice car. But what about the luxury compact segment? What about market share more broadly. GM has the best engineers in the business. I’m not so sure about their management.
Well the Regal is supposed to be mid-sized instead of compact. Besides every mid-size are kinda “boat” as thats how it is with the honda accord
It’s unfortunate that we’re not getting the Insignia GS Sports Tourer since it looks similar to the new Porsche Panamera ports Turismo. Who wouldn’t want a Sports Tourer in the US?
http://www.porsche.com/microsite/panamera-sport-turismo/usa.aspx#home