After a nearly five-decade lifespan, GM pulled the plug on the Buick Regal in North America following the 2020 model year. Despite being discontinued for more than two years in the U.S., some Buick dealers still managed to deliver a few leftover Regal units during the 2022 calendar year.
General Motors collectively recorded 2,273,942 deliveries of new vehicles in the United States during the 2022 calendar year. Of that figure, the Buick Regal accounted for 29 units.
These 29 Regal deliveries are known amusingly as “zombie cars,” since they are sold long since the vehicle was officially discontinued. It also means that these vehicles have been sitting on dealer lots for quite some time now.
As a reminder, the sixth and final generation of the North American Buick Regal was introduced for the 2018 model year. During its final year of production, the 2020 Regal was available as a five-door Sportback in Base, Preferred, Essence, Avenir and GS trim levels. A wagon configuration, known as the Buick Regal TourX, was also available and offered in Base, Preferred and Essence trim levels. FWD was standard, while AWD was optional on Sportback Essence and GS trims, while AWD was standard on all TourX trim levels.
All 2020 Regal models, regardless of body style and excluding the GS trim, were equipped with the turbocharged 2.0L LTG I4 gasoline engine as standard. In FWD units, this powerplant developed 250 horsepower and 260 pound-feet of torque, and was mated to the GM nine-speed automatic transmission. In AWD units, this engine developed 250 horsepower and 295 pound-feet of torque and was matched to the GM eight-speed automatic transmission.
The aforementioned Regal GS was equipped with the 3.6L LGX V6 gasoline engine, which produced 310 horsepower and 282 pound-feet, while output was routed to the ground through the GM nine-speed automatic transmission.
Subscribe to GM Authority for more Buick Regal news, Buick news, GM sales news, and around-the-clock GM news coverage.
Comments
I really don’t think that Buick made a good move discontinuing these.
Nor not advertising the Regal line. No clue why you would go through all the trouble to introduce this car and its siblings and not advertise it, but hey, GM has a long history of letting their better cars die on the vine.
I would love to know how a consumer would know about these vehicles. A Regal GS would be a cool car to pickup now and I would imagine a dealer would give a decent deal to help move it.
I was wondering the same thing, is there a list or site somewhere?
I would LOVE a new GS, and wish Buick was still making them. I searched my local area after I found out they were discontinued back in 2020, and couldn’t find any within 200 miles that met my criteria (red, HUD and sunroof). Probably not still active on Buick’s website (usually can search inventory after configuring one). Autotrader might yield some results, but not all dealers list inventory there. I’d imagine anything left on the lot two years later isn’t the most desirable.
I have a 2019 Buick Regal Sport back GS (red as the one in the picture ) and we just LOVE it, better than the two previous Caddy we had! Fantastic car almost perfect everything a car could be! I have been a car guy all my life and have had many GM cars. Going to be holding on to this one for a long time as we do not want an SUV or truck specially made in China
And I will also enjoy driving my red 2019 Vette Grand Sport!
My dad had both as well and preferred the Buick.
Buick should have stayed the division where you could buy a nice car. Just a thought.
I have the 2019 GS. Drove it off the lot with 10 miles. This is a car. I hate Buick stopped making them.
Where can I ger one?
I wish I could find one of those!
Last year before I purchase the Malibu, I did a search for a new Regal knowing that it would be a leftover model. Maybe I’m searching wrong, but I did a 2000 mile search from my zip code and didn’t find one. Although I love the Malibu, I would rather have gotten a Regal just to have a Buick. Obviously these are not showing up on the GM/Buick websites when you search. I also searched on a couple sites (don’t recall which ones) like cars.com or autotrader. On those, you can do a search for new ones as well as used. This kind of ticks me off because I would have loved to get a Regal.
So it brings me to the question of how are people finding these? Just like the supposed remaining 2022 Bolts or 2020 CT6 or 2020 Sonic’s that GMA has reported being sold at the end of 2022.
Gosh, GM…and NOBODY wants to buy a sedan any longer? Yet CUSTOMERS are searching for Buick sedans and Cadillac CT6’s to purchase? We don’t all want a box on box CUV/SUV or the mall crawling pickups that you are trying to shove down throats.
Just saying, maybe Mary needs to move to China and let a real marketing person take over GM in the US. Do a real survey and find out what kind of CAR we want.
Quick Silver 1: I do agree with you. But allow me to play devil’s advocate for a moment. I think (opinion) what happened is that many people like me kind of thought Buick would have sedans till hell froze over. Same with the other brands. So many of us didn’t really have the urgency to go buy one then. But now that Buick has sold it’s soul to the SUV tropes, those of us who did think they would keep sedans are now yearning for one. Kind of the old saying that you don’t know what you have until it’s gone. So many on here commenting may be doing so more out of desire to keep the sedan alive but wouldn’t have purchased it when they were still being sold?
I believe it’s all about the Benjamins. Mary is sticking with the ones that make the most money. It’s hard to move cars when the Japanese and Koreans have done a great job. Wouldn’t be great to see a Buick electric car?
Look you scream for this car. You scream for a wagon. Buick builds and delivers both.
The car languish on dealer lots and are discontinued. Unsold models continue to sit waiting for buyers 2 years after the last one was built.
The same thing happened with the Lacrosse. I found them two years old new with AWD for just over $30k a real bargain.
These were both very good cars but no one cared.
Yes the public saw them sitting at the dealers but they were going for the SUV.
I went to the Cleveland Auto Show and Buick had both the sedan and wagon front and center. The SUV models were to the rear of the display.
There was a line to sit in the Enclave but I went to the Regal and I could have eaten my lunch in the car as no one wanted to get in it.
While many hate GM for not selling cars I don’t blame GM as they have offered some good cars but no one cares.
Honda and Toyota have some brand loyal buyers but even their numbers are in decline. Global sales are supporting their sedans while GM has to rely only on China.
My 86 Regal T type fits 5, 0 cup holders. Runs high 10’s. Nice ride still. Anything after 87 was not interesting to me. Nice, but a fwd Regal was not in the cards.
Let me guess, made in China imported back to the US. Other than the Enclave does Buick make any vehicles in the US?
JOL: The Regal from this article was basically an Opel from Germany. GM and Buick tried Opel many years ago with no luck. Although this last Regal was a great car, it didn’t seem to resonate with Buick buyers. In the past, I’ve had 12 years with a dealer who sold Buick. Maybe things have changed since 2011, but in my time there the Buick buyers wanted an American brand car that was truly American. Not Chinese, Korean or German. AMERICAN!
I truly feel that if Buick wants to survive, they will (must) offer at least one luxury coupe, two sedan’s along with about 4 SUV/CUV’s. And they all need to be assembled in the US.
I have a 2016 Regal and it’s the best car I’ve ever owned. Great performance and features for the price and it’s a nice looking car too. I was so sad that GM decided to pull the plug on it and pretty much all sedans. Not everyone wants a damn CUV or SUV, I am in that minority apparently. Such a shame that the Chinese are the only ones who get the beautiful Buick sedans anymore!
GM should not cut cars out for Suvs and crossovers and Trucks I like the Buick Regal the new one looked awesome
GM should not cut cars out for Suvs and crossovers and Trucks I like the Buick Regal the new one looked awesome