No matter how beguiling its looks or convincing its Opel-derived specifications, the Buick Regal has one major handicap: a name laden with disappointment. Buick has overhauled its model names, but “Regal” inexplicably survives. What’s in a name? Well, gas shortages and vibrating V-6s and gussied-up Luminas are evoked by this one, introduced in 1973, just as the General’s long night was settling in. (more…)
Thursday, April 26, 2012
2012 Buick Regal GS Automatic Tested: That’s Right, It Shifts for Itself
2012 Buick Regal GS Automatic Tested: That’s Right, It Shifts for Itself:
No matter how beguiling its looks or convincing its Opel-derived specifications, the Buick Regal has one major handicap: a name laden with disappointment. Buick has overhauled its model names, but “Regal” inexplicably survives. What’s in a name? Well, gas shortages and vibrating V-6s and gussied-up Luminas are evoked by this one, introduced in 1973, just as the General’s long night was settling in. (more…)
No matter how beguiling its looks or convincing its Opel-derived specifications, the Buick Regal has one major handicap: a name laden with disappointment. Buick has overhauled its model names, but “Regal” inexplicably survives. What’s in a name? Well, gas shortages and vibrating V-6s and gussied-up Luminas are evoked by this one, introduced in 1973, just as the General’s long night was settling in. (more…)
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