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09/02/2016 at 10:28 • Filed to: Buick, Verano, Opel, Vauxhall, Astra
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"404 - User No Longer Available" (toni-cipriani)
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Take it with some salt though. Let’s not forget a Regal Wagon was also “spotted testing” years ago.
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But for some odd reason, with the Buick badge and grille, it reminds me of a Peugeot in overall looks.
boxrocket
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09/02/2016 at 10:43 |
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I’d be surprised if they bought it back. I suspect Buick will be almost all crossovers soon, with maybe one large sedan for their oldest, most-entrenched customers.
Leon711
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09/02/2016 at 10:52 |
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Doesn’t work as well with a buick grill as it does with a Vauxhall one.
AndyG_UK
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09/02/2016 at 11:24 |
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Maybe they are going after some of the disillusioned Golf buyers with it? I must say I was very surprised when I drove my sister in laws new shape Astra the other week, felt very different from her previous shape one, you can really feel the added lightness when driving it!
IanZ - limited-slip indifferential
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09/02/2016 at 20:36 |
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If that’s true, and with the Buick grilles and badges it would be weird if it wasn’t, I am very pumped. I think the new Astra is a great-looking thing, and hopefully they can give it the performance to match.
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> IanZ - limited-slip indifferential
09/02/2016 at 21:18 |
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Dug into it a little, don’t get too excited. Verano GS in China is NOT based on the OPC/VXR as speculated. It has a 1.5L Turbo with a 7-speed DCT, developing 124kW/166hp. And no, a manual transmission is not available.
If you can read Chinese: http://buick.com.cn/veranogs/#powe…