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Upcoming 2020 Buick GL8 MPV Refresh Leaked

Back in April, General Motors presented the Buick GL8 Avenir Concept, previewing a mid-cycle upgrade of the China-exclusive, full-size MPV. Now, the appearance and various details of the refreshed 2020 Buick GL8 have leaked, confirming what had been presented on the concept model.

As we saw on the concept, the styling enhancements of the updated 2020 Buick GL8 are concentrated on the front and rear fascias. The vehicle adopts Buick’s latest design direction, highlighted by a more stylish winged grille that blends into the new headlight clusters, which include Matrix LED lighting technology. The front bumper has been redesigned as well.

At the rear, the 2020 GL8 incorporates a new liftgate with different trim details compared to the current model. The thinner taillights are joined together by a horizontal chrome strip that accentuates the vehicle’s width, and the rear bumper has also been revised. The rest of the exterior stays pretty much the same, apart from some minor tweaks such as redesigned mirror caps and new alloy wheels.

Depending on the trim level, the 2020 Buick GL8 will also offer a dual-panel sunroof, advanced LED headlights and taillights, a surround-view camera system and a new active safety package. Meanwhile, the Avenir variant promises a higher level of luxury and sophistication to satisfy the needs of high-end customers.

Although we don’t yet have any images of the interior, spy shots captured by Chinese media have shown that the cabin of the 2020 Buick GL8 will draw inspiration by that of the GL8 Avenir Concept. As such, the MPV will include a redesigned dashboard with two high-resolution screens – one for the driver instrument panel and another for the infotainment system.

Buick GL8 Avenir Concept Interior

Another important change regarding the updated Buick GL8 is the adoption of GM’s 2.0-litre LSY engine, which produces 227 horsepower in the full-size MPV. Although the new engine is noticeably less powerful than the 256-horsepower, 2.0-litre LTG four-cylinder that equips the current model, it will allow the vehicle to meet the revised emissions standard recently implemented in China.

The refreshed 2020 Buick GL8 is expected to go be revealed within the next few months, and should go on sale during the first half of 2020.

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  1. Sell it in the U.S. since most passenger vans are imports anyway. One more by a U.S. brand will take away those import sales and keep the money in the U.S. economy.

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  2. If you were to import this it should have been long ago.

    Today Mini Van sales are declining like sedan sales in this country. A little late to jump into the game on the decline.

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    1. C8.R,

      Are mini van sales declining, for those who buy them ?

      Are sedan sales declining, for those who buy them ?

      Just because GM doesn’t offer a vehicle, in a segment, because they can’t seem to be able to compete, does not mean the sales of those segments are going away.

      Could you give some numbers on total mini van sales in the US !!

      Could you give some numbers on total sedan sales in the US !!!

      Let the public look at the numbers and try to figure out for themselves why GM cant compete in those segments ?

      GM says its profit, others are doing it, are you saying GM isn’t smart enough to figure it out ?

      scott3 AKA C8.R would never udder those words !!!

      Maybe its, taking care of the customer ?

      That would never cross scott3’s mind, he has had great personal luck with GM’s horrible customer support.
      After all he had his whole GM junk 8 speed transmission replaced, by a GM dealership, at GM expense.
      But then again scott3 AKA C8.R has been selling, and installing GM performance parts to boomers for years !!!
      I wonder why he had such a wonderful experience with GM’s horrible customer support, yet others have had to join a class action lawsuit to get just the same results as scott3 AKA C8.R ?

      As always, my opinion, and a question as to how, and why.

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      1. Post less and read more.

        Just Google “mini van sales are in decline” and you will find a large number of stories telling about the decline of the minivan sales to all companies.

        You really should seek help for all the drama. There are professionals that can help you deal with it.

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        1. Scott3 AKA C8.R,

          I am well aware of the DATA.

          Are you ?

          Still no answer to the question about the numbers. But I knew that when I asked.

          You see, your a one trick pony.

          Read the caned GM brain wash statement.

          Do you know now how many times you have told me to seek professional help?

          Cant even come up with a new personal attack !!

          I was trying to make the point that the numbers of mini vans sold in the US warrant having one to sell.

          I was trying to make the point that the number of sedans sold in the US warrant having one to sell.

          The number of midsized ANYTHING better than average GM blah sold in the US warrant having one to sell.

          But you and GM, because of your brain wash and the lack of ability to form your own opinion, think that if you cant make a cheap vehicle to compete with the good competition, that you need to quit.

          You guys are like the kid ” I’m taking my ball and going home “, but want your participation trophy.

          I’m glad to see you haven’t changed, literally not one thought formed by your own mind.

          I can see why GM sells inventory through you.

          We loved employees like you, never forming a thought of their own and always on board for whatever we wanted done. Its good for business, if you are the profit taker of the business.

          Any way, same old ,same old.

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          1. You can do better posting only two sentences as that is were most of us stop reading.

            Read the stories by the automotive media, USA Today, Detroit News and evening WSJ and they all state declines in the minivan market and even have a SLT of approx 12 mini vans no longer built.

            Ignorance makes you not creditable and I am trying to help lead you to the answers. Yet you chose to remain ignorant.

            It is not my opinion of the decline it is the market reality.

            You want numbers? Here you go from WSJ.

            The Minivan Is Out of Style’; Sales Fade as SUVs Gain Traction
            The boxy family haulers struggle to overcome ‘soccer mom’ image for those who grew up in their back seats
            By Ben Foldy
            Updated July 28, 2019 1:39 pm ET

            The minivan has been a staple of suburban living for decades. But consumer demand is fading, a casualty of the sport-utility vehicle boom and auto makers’ inability to shake the “soccer mom” image.

            After rebounding slightly following the recession, minivan sales declined 13% over the past two years and fell an additional 16% through June of this year, the worst first-half drop since the industry’s downturn in 2009, according to data from Wards Intelligence, a forecasting and analytics firm.

            That is a 29% in 2.5 years. So what are you seeing that shows all is fine? Wards supplied this I would like to see you provide some creditable facts.

            Well?

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              1. Did you have help making that fancy chart.

                If so here is a question on the numbers.

                So you don’t think a 100 year old US automaker should go after a 500,000 vehicle market ?

                I’m curious, how many Corvettes has GM sold since 2005 in the same chart ?

                Any numbers, like 1,2,3 numbers ?

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              2. C8.R where did you get that graph ?

                Between the Pacifica, Town & Country, Grand Caravan, Odyssey, Sedona, Quest, and Sienna, there have been right around 35,000 monthly minivan sales in the US.

                And Corvette sales are around 1,300 a month !!

                So there are the numbers !!!!!!

                Real numbers !!!!

                GM won’t compete in a 350,000 to 500,000 yearly vehicle market, yet will make a vehicle that sells 15,000 to 20,000 a year.

                Explain the GM brain wash logic again !!!!

                Ego, arrogance ?

                Because this one is not profit driven.

                What decisions does GM make for profit, and what decisions for ego, and arrogance ?

                Help the investor decipher the decision making logic !!!!!!

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            2. scott3,

              STILL NOT ONE NUMBER, Ha, Ha.

              Do you know what a number is ?

              Did you know a % has to have a number to give it reference ?

              if you sell 1 million mini vans and sales drop at 50 % how many vans did you sell ?

              Do you have the NUMBERS ?

              I can read all the GM bankers and lawyers %, projections.

              What are the numbers, numbers, like 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, most of us learned it before kindergarten.

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              1. The documentation is there on the links to where they came from and the stories to which they are linked.

                You can’t handle the truth and have a hard time separating reality from your own inaccurate troll opinions.

                Like I said get help as you are in need of professional help.

                Mic Drop!

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                1. scott3 AKA C8.R

                  Mic Drop !!!!! Ha, Ha, Ha, as if you have made a point ignoring the numbers !!

                  That is what ego and arrogance does, it ignores the facts, DATA !!!

                  When you get brainwashed by a machine of highly paid bankers, lawyers, and DATA people, people like you lose reality, reality of numbers.

                  Do you use bankers to tell you how to run your business ?
                  Do you use lawyers to tell you how to install your performance GM parts ?
                  How about JD Powwwwwer, are they gathering DATA for your business ?

                  Or do you look at the numbers ?
                  Numbers of dollars, customers, inventory, employees, etc.
                  Can you cut 50% of your employees, a percentage ?
                  Who, Jim, Bob, Larry, Bill, are they percentages to you.
                  Or people ?

                  I believe GM should be competing in segments of a certain number of vehicles sold.
                  With an offering better than ” Good Enough ”

                  You see in my business, I build a better house, install a better heating system, a smarter electrical system, better roofing, better siding, etc.

                  Professional Grade – GMC, where do you thing that came from ?

                  Not ” Good Enough ” Grade !!!!

                  If GM made a vehicle for every segment with X volume, a vehicle to compete, not a vehicle on an old platform that’s ” Good Enough ” jjjjjjjjjust to get a foot it the segment, but a ” Better than the Competition ” vehicle, maybe just once, in this world, today, it would prove successful.

                  You do know people in the US still burn coal for heat, right ?
                  it has been in decline for decades, yet still buying and using it !!!
                  Just like your mini vans, and sedans, I GET IT, THE NUMBERS ARE LESS, I GET IT THE NUMBERS ARE LESS, I GET IT THE NUMBERS ARE LESS !!!

                  But to you, what are the numbers ?

                  If the marketers and all your ” smart brain washers ” listened to what you are saying, they would quit making anything for the Baby Boomer generation.
                  Boomers are in the decline, right ?
                  Boomers have been dying off for decades and soon enough will be gone.
                  Are you brainwasher, DATA people stopping the marketing of Boomer stuff ?
                  Yep, I guess they are somewhat, but you can still buy a Camaro, Mustang, Charger !!
                  So they didn’t KILL it all together do to the decades of decline ?

                  I get the Corvette thing, GM or Chevy has to make one, its like their baby !! But that vehicle had nothing to do with the same percentage you are trying to preach !!!
                  As soon as I want you to show real numbers to prove a point, you mic drop !!
                  I’m taking my ball and going home, I don’t want to play with you anymore !!

                  If GM would listen to ” Real Customers ” GM would have marketed that C8 as a Cadillac. A better than Chevrolet, step up !!!

                  This is the new Cadillac, compete with this everyone else !!!!
                  Follow that up with Better Cadillacs out of the box, better by getting rid of the junk under preforming base Cadillac vehicles.
                  EVERY Cadillac is a step up !!!!

                  What is this Corvette going to do ? Every Chevrolet is a step up, what !!

                  These decisions at GM to the outsider looking in are
                  1 share price based decision.
                  2 Ego and Arrogance based decision.
                  3 Profit per unit based decision.
                  4 Cost based decision.
                  5 Or even below customer based decision.

                  You see, even when the DATA shows what the customer wants ” Escala ” for example, GM runs that through a $hit show of money people, and you end up with a low cost CT5 of even worse XT6 !!

                  Customers do want a Cadillac like these vehicles, and mini vans, and sedans !!!

                  Customers just don’t want the cheapest watered down version of the concept !!

                  ” Good Enough ” is not going to get you in the game today.

                  The numbers are there, open your eyes, free your self from the GM brainwasher grasp of reality !!

                  But ” Good Enough ” won’t cut it !!

                  Did a ” Good Enough ” EV the Bolt, compete with Tesla ?
                  Are you allowed to answer, I bet you cant answer !!

                  Can the ” Good Enough ” CT6 compete with Lexus, Mercedes ?

                  Did the ” Good Enough ” Uplander compete with the Town and Country ?

                  No ” Good Enough ” is no longer going to compete, and for sure not WIN !!!

                  Mic Drop !! Whatever.

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                  1. So you can not provide any creditable numbers to disprove the number of stories I posted from creditable sources

                    Just more crazy rants from you. That is to be expected.

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                    1. I am using your numbers you dumb a$$ !!!

                      But I still see you cant count !!!!

                      There in the first two sentences so you don’t have to read any farther.

                      Like you said, not sure if you can read farther either !!

                      Look at 2009 mini van sales FROM YOUR NUMBERS !!!

                      They are UP, UP, UP, UP in 2018 from 2009 !!!

                      Pick and choose, the brain wash numbers you want,

                      Where are the inclining numbers of Corvette sales to warrant the new C8 ??

                      I AM USING THE NUMBERS YOU PROVIDED !!!!

                      500,000 mini vans sold in 2018 !!!!

                      Up from 2009 !!!!, YOUR NUMBERS !!!

                      Again do you know what the numbers are ?

                      1,2,3,4,5,6 just to jog your memory !

                      Where will it be this year 360,000 400,000 ?

                      Again a decline, but again, a lot of vehicles sold and way, way, way, more than Corvette, or do you have numbers to disprove this ?

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      2. GM could offer more options if a better trade relationship were set up with China. GM only needs one production line for a minivan, Regal, Malibu or Cruise.
        The Buick minivan is on a 1990s platform. FCA is leap year ahead in this segment and will sell best.

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        1. Yeah Steve Colmar,

          GM will try to re-enter the segment with an old ” Good Enough ” platform.

          Look at Cadillac, GM has been trying to rebirth Cadillac for years with the same old ” Good Enough ” platforms.

          I just cant figure out why doing the same failing thing over and over hasn’t worked.

          O h3ll GM give it a try, its only money, they make more every day.

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  3. Delvis, thank you for the information. Did you or Alex ever figure out what the name Buick “Envista” was trademarked for? Could it be a US version of the GL8 MPV?

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  4. Again,

    Where is Cadillac with an interior like this ?

    Wait for it !!!

    The full sized Escalade will be out soon for those of you who want to drive a tank down the road !!!

    For the rest of the consumers who drive a midsized vehicle —–

    MOST —

    All GM offers is average GM blah ” Good Enough ”

    Of course this is my opinion.

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    1. If I’m not mistaken, recent Escalade spy shots shot a screen setup similar to this.

      I personally do not like the floating screen design but that’s just me. I’m just excited to see it!

      And praying that GM puts that 3.0 diesel in at least 1 SUV.

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      1. Henry,
        I have seen the spy pics, and I’m sure this is what it will be like, and I think it is great, I like it a lot.

        But we are not going to drive a full-sized vehicle !!!

        1 HD Denali truck, 2 midsized daily drivers, and then the 2 kids, compact, midsized.

        But my trouble is, GM doesn’t offer ONE midsized anything with a step up, or better than average ” Good Enough “

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