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2018 Buick Regal TourX Will Have Tiered Launch Cadence

Update: we reached out to Buick for further comment and the brand clarified higher-spec Regal TourX wagons will arrive this year as scheduled. Regal TourX base models will arrive at dealers in 2018 due to launch cadence and availability of parts.

Not only did Buick reveal the highly-anticipated 2018 Buick Regal GS, but is also dished out official pricing for both the 2018 Buick Regal Sportback and 2018 Buick Regal TourX wagon.

The latter we already knew; the 2018 Regal TourX will start at $29,995 when it goes on sale. However, Buick’s first wagon in years won’t be arriving this year after all.

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Buried in the performance goodies surrounding the 2018 Buick Regal GS, the brand states the 2018 Regal TourX is expected to arrive at dealerships in February of 2018. Previously, both the Regal TourX and Regal Sportback were slated to launch this fall.

What shuffled the Regal TourX into 2018 isn’t clear, but it likely has to do with production at Opel’s Rüsselsheim plant in Germany. The facility will build not only the Regal and its variants, but the 2018 Holden NG Commodore, Opel Insignia and Vauxhall Insignia. GM has shifted production of the Regal from Canada to Germany with the all-new car and its variants.

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Ironically, production of the 2018 Regal will begin as GM sells Opel and its entire European operations to PSA Groupe. However, the sale of Opel will not affect the Buick Regal as the automaker has secured production of the car for its entire lifecycle.

In the meantime, Buick wagon aficionados will have to wait just a little while longer. Unless you’re Canadian—Buick has no plans to sell the Regal TourX in the great white north.

Former GM Authority staff writer.

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  1. It’s okay! 🙂 More time to get bugs out!

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  2. More time for me to save up for my down payment.

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  3. As long as it gets here.

    Long roofs make a lot more sense then SUV’s/CUV’s, but, lately, there doesn’t seem to be a lot of critical common sense in the USA, but aren’t we GREAT!

    And our brothers and sisters up north not getting the Regal TourX. Makes no sense. There is that common sense situation…dumb!

    The pricing seems spot on for me.

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    1. A CUV Encore fixes what’s wrong with a Verano. A long roof (as you’re saying) only relates to long SUVs.

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    2. Well it kinda do just because they did give Canada Chevrolet Orlando while we don’t get that one in the US

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      1. We didn’t miss anything with that pass. The Kia Ronda is another vehicle we didn’t get in the US. Canada got the Ronda which is a much better vehicle then the Orlando

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        1. Ronda or Rondo? I’m pretty sure we got the Rondo but then it’s discontinued as well as Mazda 5

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  4. I hope GM tells it’s advertising firm to never use the word ” wagon or station wagon ” . I haven’t seen anywhere just how many Buick thinks it can sell , but it will be a good alternative for the consumer that is tired of buying SUV’s .
    Subaru seems to be doing quit well with their sport wagon so we will see if their is any cross shopping ‘
    My only fear is that people are so used to driving a vehicle that sits up high which helps with visability that consumers may not want to give that up for this new car .
    This is definately a niche vehicle , but one that should be well received in the marketplace .
    To bad that our neighbors up north won’t be building though .

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  5. Its not made in Canada… i am very happy its not available here and hope it never is…

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    1. ^ Ok, that is just weird.

      I mean, what do you even call that? … “Car bigotry?” … “TourX-phobic?”

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  6. When I first saw the Opel wagon I thought it was beautiful. When I heard it was coming to the states I was thrilled and planned to buy one immediately. When I went on the Buick website and saw the ugly plastic trim around the wheel wells I changed my mind. What I don’t understand is why Buick would take a gorgeous design like the Opel wagon and scab on ugly plastic trim that will turn white in short order. When you have a design as nice as the Opel Wagon, why not leave it alone. Everything I have read about the Tour X, everyone feels the same way. All of the magazines say the same. Why add the ugly plastic trim!

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    1. It’s supposed to be an outback competitor? So that’s why there’s plastic trim? I mean who wants to have little rocks to ding around the wheel wells

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      1. I agree. This is probably being marketed to a demographic that wants something that looks a little more rugged than the Opel version. Plastic also adds better durability with regard to corrosion in those areas. I can live with the plastic, and with modern UV shielding additives, there really shouldn’t be an issue with these turning white.

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  7. Bring the diesel version too!

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  8. GM is on it’s way out, because it can’t really compete with Japanese and German vehicles.

    They thought things would turn around by using Opel’s European platform to underpin everything. But that didn’t work well and they ended up with a cramped rough riding Cadillac and no proper mainstream AWD/RWD Chev sedan/wagon.

    So they sell Opel, Vauxhall and Holden but still continue to base products on those platforms. I was a major GM repeat customer for 40 years, but now they don’t have one product that I wanted except for the Buick Regal TourX. But that’s not available in Canada. I would never buy an SUV.

    Do they really expect Canadians to purchase GM products with limited choices and blatant disregard for a significant market next door?

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    1. Kinda makes sense as you guys have the Orlando that the NA couldn’t get right?

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