In 2016, Buick China announced the long-running Excelle nameplate would retire, which left the slightly more premium Excelle GT to soldier on alone. But, this past May, Buick revealed the car would make a comeback.
Last Friday, the brand officially launched the new compact car. Boasting the latest Buick design cues, more amenities and a shiny new architecture, the Excelle arrives larger and better equipped than its predecessors.
All-new Buick Excelle interior
Thanks to the GM GEM platform (global emerging markets), the Excelle is longer and larger and packs a host of safety and connectivity equipment. The GEM platform will consolidate numerous vehicles to one shared architecture in the years to come. Most importantly, the platform should help shed the “second-rate” image found in emerging market cars from GM.
Included with the Excelle are six airbags, Electronic Stability Control (ESC), Hill Start Assist (HSA), Straight-Line Stability Control (SLSC) and reverse radar.
Under the hood is a 1.3-liter engine producing 106 horsepower and 98 pound-feet of torque. Power is sent to a CVT, which helps improve fuel economy by 30 percent over the previous Excelle.
After selling nearly 3 million Excelles in the country, Buick will court buyers once again with the latest model. Prices start at $12,746 USD.
Comments
I wish we could get this here in the US. I like cars this size. It would be affordable but its still a Buick. I’m still upset they decided not to sell the next generation Buick Verano here. It looked so good from the photos. Way better looking than the first gen Verano.
Why is the U.S.D. price shown if the car will NOT be offered here?
It’s an equivalent currency amount, not the sticker price. Since the primary audience for this blog is Americans, it would be better to list the price in USD rather than in CNY so that they could better understand this car.
What a waste Opel and Buick have been separated…
beautiful car sell very well in quebec canada but with a c.v.t. (Snomobile transmission) Hum……
With car sales dropping GEM could offer GM a profitable path in the US. My bet is that GM could snatch half of Focus and Fusion sales once Ford drops the lines.
Global Delta and Epsilon are young but will be considered heavy in five years. I could see GEM as a solution or maybe GM should do a car JV with Honda like Ford with VW?
Yes to the poster who noted the sale of Opel being a pity. Buick is on its own. This is why Tour X is being ignored by GM.
In http://gmauthority.com/blog/2018/05/new-buick-excelle-sedan-rides-on-this-all-new-gm-vehicle-platform/ Alex Luft was still convinced of a launch date in 2019, not 2018.