How much would you pay for a new Regal wagon?

by "Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo" (thetomselleck)
Published 04/04/2017 at 23:19

Tags: It's not a Toyota!
STARS: 1

No pricing information has been released. If — IF — a manual transmission were an option — ... IF! — you’d have to believe it would be slapped on the b-b-b-base model at best. Nonetheless, let’s face some facts:

- you can’t afford a bimmer or Merc
- you can’t afford the custom V90 with no body cladding
- the Golf Alltrack STARTS at $26k and is Volkswagen
- no Japanese wagons in sight (Mazda6... SAD!)
-the Malibu Maxx has been out of production for years

So here’s your answer: an attainable AMERICAN wagon.

Or is it?

Would you pay over $30k for one of these? It’s being sold as a Buick and not a Chevy, so the tag may be getting a nudge up. Let’s look at this thusly: the current regal sedan starts at $27,000. This 2018 Regal wagon hype machine feels like it will easily dwarf that.

Maybe?

Well anyway, what you be willing to pay for a new BWIKK wagon? And what do you think the price will be?

Aside: wish they didn’t have the body cladding :(

Replies (28)

"AestheticsInMotion" (aestheticsinmotion)
04/04/2017 at 23:23, STARS: 3

Shut your mouth I can TOO afford a custom order v90 sans body cladding! Haven’t you heard of 100 month financing?!

"Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo" (thetomselleck)
04/04/2017 at 23:26, STARS: 0

Yes, I call them student loans.

"Galileo Humpkins (aka MC Clap Yo Handz)" (galileo-humpkins)
04/04/2017 at 23:28, STARS: 0

I’d pay $0, at most. Because it’s a Buick. Then I’d sell it for $10-$25. Profit!

Okay, so that was a snarky exaggeration. I wouldn’t pay anything because I wouldn’t buy one.

"For Sweden" (rallybeetle)
04/04/2017 at 23:28, STARS: 1

You can finance a Volvo with architecture or journalism school student loans

"DC3 LS, will be perpetually replacing cars until the end of time" (dc3ls-)
04/04/2017 at 23:32, STARS: 0

HUEHUEHUEHUE I made a funny!

"Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo" (thetomselleck)
04/04/2017 at 23:33, STARS: 1

They still teach journalism?

"Tapas" (tapas)
04/04/2017 at 23:35, STARS: 3

Yes! Why in the ever living fuck would you want to ruin that design with body cladding!?

"FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com" (alphaass)
04/04/2017 at 23:36, STARS: 4

I paid $24k for an Outback 4 years ago ($27,500 MSRP). Currently, I’m driving around in a loaner Outback 3.6R Touring that stickers for $39k and feels pretty much like a Buick competitor and also seems fairly priced. The Regal wagon looks to be a good bit nicer than my $24k Subaru. I’d pay $30k for a lower trim no problem. I think an MSRP range of $32-45k with actual after incentive prices of $30-40k is a good deal. (It’s a Buick - you know it won’t sell at MSRP.) You make a good point - it would be nice to see a Chevy version with the NA 2.5L and cloth seats priced in the low 20's. And a manual but hahahaha yeah right like that’ll ever happen.

"Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo" (thetomselleck)
04/04/2017 at 23:36, STARS: 1

I assume it’s because they think it will sell better. They are probably right.

"gmporschenut also a fan of hondas" (gmporschenut)
04/04/2017 at 23:36, STARS: 0

i think the price will be about 35. Close and maybe a little above the outback

30k is about the max I would spend. Its also the max I would consider on a new daily driver. i wish there was an option without all wheel drive, the turbo and leather interior to knock it down below 30. Though nice, they price it too high. Maybe they’ll make a malibu version with fwd, and cloth.

"Tapas" (tapas)
04/04/2017 at 23:38, STARS: 2

That’s the assumption. But the normies out there haven’t seen it without the cladding, so they will never know.

They should at least give people an option. Make this cladding a trim level.

"victor" (victor)
04/04/2017 at 23:42, STARS: 0

Fully loaded, $35k would be an easy buy. $38-40k would be a fair buy.

"Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo" (thetomselleck)
04/04/2017 at 23:42, STARS: 1

Call the boddy cladding trim the “NO” trim, and price it so high that no one will ever buy it.

"Funktheduck" (funktheduck)
04/04/2017 at 23:43, STARS: 1

They do but the classes are things like “clickbait 101" and “how to properly warn for triggers”

And if it’s for GMG “how to incorporate ‘shit’ into at least one headline a day”

"unclevanos (Ovaltine Jenkins)" (unclevanos)
04/04/2017 at 23:44, STARS: 1

I’m thinking around 30k. No it doesn’t really interest me cause body cladding and GM will screw the pooch with this somehow. As a rear wheel drive snob, I wouldn’t buy one.

"Tapas" (tapas)
04/04/2017 at 23:46, STARS: 3

I like it.

2018 Regal Wagon, starting at $29,998.

2018 Regal Wagon NO PAINTED TRIM FOR YOU, starting at $89,452

"shop-teacher" (shop-teacher)
04/04/2017 at 23:47, STARS: 0

Yes, I would pay $30k for one. I’d rather it didn’t have the cladding, but it isn’t a deal-breaker for me.

"FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com" (alphaass)
04/04/2017 at 23:52, STARS: 1

Keep in mind this is the same GM that gave us this:

Then two years later gave us and made the cladding optional:

"Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo" (thetomselleck)
04/04/2017 at 23:53, STARS: 1

They also called it an Escalade EXT

"For Sweden" (rallybeetle)
04/04/2017 at 23:59, STARS: 0

It merged with marketing

"FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com" (alphaass)
04/05/2017 at 00:01, STARS: 0

Exactly. They have a long history have absolutely no idea what the hell they are doing, summarized beautifully right here by them today introducing a rebadge of a car from a brand they just sold last month because... they have had no idea what the hell they are doing for decades. I think you are giving them way too much credit. If the cladding helps it sell it’s because a blind man throwing darts in the right direction hits the bullseye every once in a while, not because GM actually planned it.  

"BahamaTodd" (bahamatodd)
04/05/2017 at 00:03, STARS: 1

The current Regal starts at $27k, but that is for a FWD and a NA 4cyl. The TourX comes with a 2.0T and standard AWD, and is also about the same size of a V90 cross country which starts at $55k. I expect the TourX to start in the high 30s.

"Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo" (thetomselleck)
04/05/2017 at 00:06, STARS: 0

noooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

"AMC/Renauledge" (n2skylark)
04/05/2017 at 01:45, STARS: 0

Uh, the Verano MT was only available on the top trim. For several years the Regal MT was only available on the uplevel engine and the GS. Enthusiasts still complained. Buick sold very few and eventually dropped both.

"AMC/Renauledge" (n2skylark)
04/05/2017 at 01:48, STARS: 1

Right. Constantly being stupid is how you retain the greatest market share in the top 2 markets worldwide.

"VonBootWilly - Likes Toyota, but it's still complicated." (vonbootwilly)
04/05/2017 at 04:33, STARS: 0

Yay a new Uplander but less useful.

I’d buy one for a few grand when it’s like 6 years old.

If a trend really did revive the wagon, bring on the Toyota wagons that follow.

"Phyrxes once again has a wagon!" (phyrxes)
04/05/2017 at 07:32, STARS: 0

I have zero faith in GM putting this thing at a price point that is reasonable or making other decisions that resemble any kind of logical thought process.

Buick is still the car company my grandparents drove if they didn’t drive an Oldsmobile, and GM still has no idea what to do with them.

"FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com" (alphaass)
04/06/2017 at 08:56, STARS: 1

It was a joke, of course they aren’t stupid. I’ve owned several GM’s and driven many more including models that are currently for sale. The engineers are good and the vehicles tend to have a core competence to them that a lot of other brands are missing - that is why they continue to sell, although I’d argue that “retaining greatest market share” is nothing to brag about when they’ve dropped from 27% to 17% in the US since 2001 when the becladded Avalanche I posted above was introduced. Just about every GM car offers a damn good value for the money, especially when you consider that even though they have some cheap aspects (like button labels wearing off by 50k miles), the running gear lasts and they are inexpensive to maintain. And a lot of them are just plain good. Obviously the Corvette. Heck, I’ve argued on here before that the Cruze is the best car in the segment and that enthusiast darlings like the Mazda3 are overrated. You have to admit, though, that their M&P guys have made some odd decisions over the years. Sometimes they flame out and sometimes they are unexpected hits (see: Encore). That happens at every big company automotice or otherwise, though.

TL;DR - I made a joke. I don’t actually believe GM is incompetent, I actually like them and seriously miss the Chevy I sold a few years ago.