GM Teases The Baby Buick
Is it a Hyundai Sonata or an Opel Astra? Well it’s kind of both, and neither – GM’s “Baby Buick” recently popped up in spy shots and on a Buick press release; it has the web all tingly. This tiny Buick is initially going to be dropped on Chinese audiences (maybe) next year or 2011, I mean China has a fetish for Buick cars after all. But how about in America?
Accordingto reports, the model will be based on GM’s Delta II architecture, a front-wheel drive platform it will share with the Chevy Cruze, the successor to the outgoing Cobalt. Power options will also likely be shared with its Cruze sibling, including a 1.8 liter gasoline/petrol engine with 141 hp and 176 Nm of torque (130 lb-ft), or perhaps even coming with the Cruze’s 1.6 liter with 113 hp and 153 Nm (113 lb-ft) of torque power plant.
The latest peek at 2012’s Baby Buick came in the form of a press conference for the 2011 Regal, at the LA Auto Show. Buick released a teaser image of the upcoming compact sedan. We’ll keep our eyes pealed for more little GM models.
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