2012 Buick Convertible

saturnista · 10-16-2009, 01:20 PM

How about it? I want this....now
http://www.vauxhall.co.uk/vaux/vehic..._subTab:photos

JBsZ06 · 10-16-2009, 02:37 PM

I'm not a fan of that convertible and think it would flop in the USA.

megeebee · 10-19-2009, 01:19 AM

If it starts at $20K in the UK, that means at least $30K here. And that's the starting price.

I think not.

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gdsm3 · 10-19-2009, 09:37 AM

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Originally Posted by megeebee

If it starts at $20K in the UK, that means at least $30K here. And that's the starting price.
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??? Aren't cars usually cheaper in the US vs the UK?

Uzzy · 10-19-2009, 10:52 AM

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Originally Posted by gdsm3

??? Aren't cars usually cheaper in the US vs the UK?

Ya, you can't take the exchange and use that. Compare the Opel Astra and the Satrun Astra for an idea of what it would be like.

johnstarnes · 10-19-2009, 11:11 AM

To me it has zero family resemblance to Buicks. Bummer the Velite was never built!

70eldo · 10-22-2009, 09:54 AM

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Originally Posted by Uzzy

Ya, you can't take the exchange and use that. Compare the Opel Astra and the Satrun Astra for an idea of what it would be like.

The Saturn Astra was sold with big losses, just to introduce the Astra to the US. Those Saturn Astras were built in Antwerp and due to the weak USDollar compared to the Euro, the Saturn Astra was just a money pit.
The new Delta II will be more global and the next gen Astra will also be (able to be) built in the US. At least, that was/is the plan.

Since Antwerp is now cut off from Opel pretty permanently now, you will see Astra lines in the US pretty soon. That would be my logic.

civilzues · 10-22-2009, 10:05 AM

why not offer a small covt, if it's built here. They did with the cavi and sunbird (fire?)

Bravada · 10-22-2009, 11:20 AM

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Since Antwerp is now cut off from Opel pretty permanently now

HOW SO???

70eldo · 10-22-2009, 04:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Bravada

HOW SO???

calm down Bravada. No, I didn't mean it's set already. But it is clear Antwerp will get the biggest hit. I am just speculating just like anyone else.

My main point just being, that Astras built in Europe are a loss when exported to the US. It is impossible to sell those by the exchange value. So it makes sense to build them in the US. And so far, that was the plan with Delta II.

Bravada · 10-23-2009, 12:00 AM

Oh, of all the Opel factories, Antwerp is the most doomed at the moment, because nobody loves Belgium. But Antwerp is part and parcel of Opel, not cut off. It will probably get wound down by the new masters thereof, much to the relief of Bochum, Ellesmere Port and Gliwice, but it will be sold as a part of Opel, GM has no interest keeping it.

TuffG929 · 10-23-2009, 12:16 AM

I don't like it as a Buick at all. But as long as we are talking convertables and pie in the sky, I don't think Kappa should've died with Pontiac and Saturn. I wish they would've built something like the Velite, maybe on a reworked LWB version of Kappa.

10-16-2009, 01:20 PM	#1 (permalink)
saturnista 1.4 Liter Turbocharged ECOTEC Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 98	2012 Buick Convertible How about it? I want this....now http://www.vauxhall.co.uk/vaux/vehic..._subTab:photos

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JBsZ06 6.2 Liter LS3 V8 Join Date: Jan 2004 Drives: C6 Blk M6 Z51 w/NPP Posts: 3,108	Re: 2012 Buick Convertible I'm not a fan of that convertible and think it would flop in the USA. __________________ 2008 Blk C6 M6 w/Z51 & NPP exhaust 2008 CTS AWD 304hp sports suspension

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megeebee 6.2 Liter LS9 Supercharged V8 Join Date: Feb 2005 Drives: 2005 Cadillac STS 3.6L Posts: 5,293	Re: 2012 Buick Convertible If it starts at $20K in the UK, that means at least $30K here. And that's the starting price. I think not. . __________________ *Protect The Sanctity Of Marraige Once And For All.......Ban Divorce!*

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johnstarnes 6.2 Liter LS9 Supercharged V8 Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Tampa Posts: 5,732	Re: 2012 Buick Convertible To me it has zero family resemblance to Buicks. Bummer the Velite was never built! __________________ "The only normal people are the ones you don't know well". unknown

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10-23-2009, 12:00 AM	#11 (permalink)
Bravada GMI Europe Correspondent Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Warsaw, Poland Posts: 13,836	Re: 2012 Buick Convertible Oh, of all the Opel factories, Antwerp is the most doomed at the moment, because nobody loves Belgium. But Antwerp is part and parcel of Opel, not cut off. It will probably get wound down by the new masters thereof, much to the relief of Bochum, Ellesmere Port and Gliwice, but it will be sold as a part of Opel, GM has no interest keeping it.

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TuffG929 6.2 Liter LS3 V8 Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: New York Drives: 2000 BMW 328i 2001 Chevy Suburban Posts: 3,394	Re: 2012 Buick Convertible I don't like it as a Buick at all. But as long as we are talking convertables and pie in the sky, I don't think Kappa should've died with Pontiac and Saturn. I wish they would've built something like the Velite, maybe on a reworked LWB version of Kappa.

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