Buick Plans Luxury Sedan
Buick is planning a luxury sedan in hopes the American auto maker can take on competition from Lexus, along with other foreign luxury auto makers. The GM luxury brand is also planning a new flagship model. Targeted at the Lexus LS, sources inside GM confirmed that an early design for the new model has been approved and the team responsible for the car has been given a limited budget to continue developing the idea.
This new model would be based on the Premium Zeta architecture, much like the proposed (but not yet confirmed) Cadillac XTS. In order to keep these two models from competing too closely with each other, the Buick model would target the Lexus LS, while the Cadillac would be poised to take on the sportier BMW 7 Series.
Currently Buick does have a flagship sedan based on the Zeta architecture – sold in China as the Park Avenue. There’s a possibility that this new model could also replace the Chinese Park Avenue and bring back the Park Avenue name to North America.
Source, Pics: AutoGuide
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