NAIAS 08: Buick Riviera Concept

[jbartley]

the rear edges of the side windows just needs to be fixed and i'd be 100% ok with it.

agreed on the gullwing doors. MB is looking to put them into production, if GM could slap it on a car for a cheaper price, they'd beat them to the punch and give Buick a nice halo car.

[ColinOpseth]

That car is wicked slick, yo.

[Bggriffi]

This would definitely bring younger buyers to Buick.

[SUPERBADD75]

very cool, and somehow very Lexus-ish to me. i love it.... without the gullwing doors it would be even cooler. i mean, come on, it's no 300 SL.

[samkung]

Originally Posted by TaHoE

You'd think they would scrape off the Mandarin script on the back before they showed it to us.

Man, thats how you write Buick in Chinese, ok first 2 characters stand for Buick, the last 2 stand for Future

[jaywestfall]

Just for once when they show a concept like this I'd like to hear: ..."Based on the outstanding consumer demand, you can buy it at your Buick dealer next year."

[chevyboy88]

this is obviously not even close to a production vehicle but I think that the basic design would be awesome for buick in the u.s. and complement the styling of the new enclave nicely.

[detroitGT]

IMO: Looks like a cross between a G6 Coupe (rear view) and a 350Z. Looks great - but lets see what happens.

[chevydlrmn]

I hope this is at the Minneapolis show. This car is hot!

[WishIhadatruck]

This is a HOT looking car. It would be hard to imagine how people would react to gull wing doors on a production car. In some ways it would be neat to see, maybe people would like them. I hope some version of this car makes it into production.

[ponchoman49]

Looks a bit too Asian sci-fi for me but interesting nonetheless.

[New_Mexico_Sunset_on_Rt66]

Cool. From the front it seems to have some of the G lines. I like the rear from the C-pillar back, looks muscular from the direct rear view.

But what is the deal with the headlight assembly attempting to reach the A-pillar. I've noticed this trend in the industry. For some reason the automakers are intent on making the headlight assembly stretch all the way back to the a-pillar. I don't like that element. Kinda like in the 70s and the US automakers were intent on producing a headlamp assembly which reached all the way across the grill. That also seemed like an odd goal.

I think the rear tailight assembly should contain 2 dual tailights embedded within the cover. That would look cool, and give it a race inspired look.

I also like the air intake just below the headlamp assembly. Nice touch.

I really wonder if produced that it will have the same line for the greenhouse, roofline. Looks cool, but also looks difficult to produce.

I just hope the production model stays true to this concept, exterior line wise. GM really missed the boat on the LaCrosse production model not looking anything like the concept. Buick said it was because they felt the Buick buyer wouldn't like the lines. Well guess what, that consumer went to the Avalon and Maxima. The production version needs stay pretty close to this concept version, exterior-line wise, if produced.

[usa1]

It look nice, but it looks too derivative of recent Lexuses.

I can't see there being much of a market for large two doors. But I could see more demand from aging baby boomers empty nesters.

Mark

[powervette]

we have already seen it from all possible angles and discussed it a few hundred times. GM should have shown the production version of it, that would make sense.

[oldraven]

Originally Posted by Timekeeper

Looking at the first two photos I had hope it would be built. Then I saw the gull wing doors and knew right away that it will never see the highways of China or the USA.

The doors won't, but that doesn't mean the car won't be built. There are a lot of concept only cues in there, but the point of a concept car is the big picture. Buick is looking at producing a low slung coupe for the world's largest and fastest growing markets.