Buick Park Avenue facelift spotted in China - Page 2

MyImpalaSS · 10-05-2009, 07:23 AM

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Originally Posted by iluvcamaros

The colored Tri-shield badges make me angry....it is a Buick and is so proud of it.

Chinese people appreciate Buicks more than we do. So sad.

Especially since the tri-shield is red, white, and blue. The colors of our flag.

MonaroSS · 10-05-2009, 07:34 AM

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Originally Posted by MyImpalaSS

Especially since the tri-shield is red, white, and blue. The colors of our flag.

So is the Aussie flag. And there's another one, and another... There's one, there's yet another......... There's one, there's yet another......... There's one, there's yet another.........

elgreen · 10-05-2009, 07:49 AM

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Originally Posted by iluvcamaros

The colored Tri-shield badges make me angry....it is a Buick and is so proud of it.

Chinese people appreciate Buicks more than we do. So sad.

We don't get any Buicks that ARE proud of what they are...nothing but FWD rental-car crap. now with a spear-sweep. Disgusting.

osv_alero · 10-05-2009, 08:01 AM

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Originally Posted by iluvcamaros

The colored Tri-shield badges make me angry....it is a Buick and is so proud of it.

Chinese people appreciate Buicks more than we do. So sad.

So true. Maybe if we appreciated it as much as they do, we would get all of the great products they do.

prototype66 · 10-05-2009, 08:48 AM

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Originally Posted by elgreen

We don't get any Buicks that ARE proud of what they are...nothing but FWD rental-car crap. now with a spear-sweep. Disgusting.

The new Lacrosse is hardly "rental crap" as you so eloquently put it.
People need to stop living in the past and not everyone need nor wants a RWD car .

LeSabre · 10-05-2009, 08:57 AM

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Originally Posted by megeebee

I wish the tri-color insert would return to ALL Buicks, the US included. The Cadillac crest is fully colored, why can't the Buick emblem be?

I concur wholeheartedly.
The colors in the tri-shield should have never been taken out.
The badge looks & is lifeless w/out the colors.

GM, Give Buick's badge its life back, put back the color!!!

!!!

1957wildcat · 10-05-2009, 10:51 AM

Since so many people are commenting on Buick's tri-shield badge, and whether to have colors in it or not, here's what Ed Welburn wrote a few days ago in a response on the "Tell Fritz" website:

"The Global Industrial Design team at Design Center is currently working with each of the brand teams in a very focussed assessment of the brand identity, including the badges and nameplates, graphic expressions and all forms of visual communication of the brands. In addition to benchmarking the direct competition, we are evaluating the execution of the logos as 3 dimensional badges for quality and image.

We value the equity established by the long-standing images and will not be replacing the brand logos with totally new graphic design. We will, however, be making noticeable changes to the existing logos by updating the graphic execution and dimensional details."

megeebee · 10-05-2009, 12:07 PM

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Originally Posted by LeSabre

I concur wholeheartedly.
The colors in the tri-shield should have never been taken out.
The badge looks & is lifeless w/out the colors.

GM, Give Buick's badge its life back, put back the color!!!

!!!

I remember reading somewhere that it was felt that the chrome-only badge was "classier". And if you look at the luxury/near luxury competition they are all simply chromed shapes of some kind.

I take the opposite view. I feel if you're going to attract the attention of a given market you have to be different. The original CTS, for example.

.

Sweepspear · 10-05-2009, 12:42 PM

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Originally Posted by elgreen

now with a spear-sweep.

Sweepspear.

SDVite · 10-05-2009, 04:04 PM

Wish we had a sport version of this car here!

96RIV · 10-05-2009, 07:33 PM

I like the colored badge, my parents Park Avenue has it, and i feel like its leading the way. My car has no Buick badges on it, which i think adds a touch of class and mystery.

TriShield · 10-06-2009, 10:04 PM

I agree, why GM thought it was a good idea to remove all the color from the Buick badge is beyond me. Just like dumping all of Buick's traditional and established brand names like Regal, LeSabre, Park Avenue and Riviera.

philr · 10-06-2009, 11:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by elgreen

We don't get any Buicks that ARE proud of what they are...nothing but FWD rental-car crap. now with a spear-sweep. Disgusting.

Yes it is!

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Originally Posted by prototype66

The new Lacrosse is hardly "rental crap" as you so eloquently put it.

It is rental crap.

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Originally Posted by prototype66

People need to stop living in the past and not everyone need nor wants a RWD car .

Maybe not all Cadillac fans but most true Buick fans want a RWD car! RWD is the future! I have owned and driven a few FWD cars in the past (including a Buick) and I won't ever own another FWD car in the future! (at least not to keep it!)...

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Originally Posted by SDVite

Wish we had a sport version of this car here!

Me too! A bit smaller and sportier, maybe like the Commodore or G8 but with Buick badges on it!

ponchoman49 · 10-07-2009, 08:28 AM

Relocating the chrome strip to the middle of the door where it can actually be seen and 4 port holes on both front fenders would go a long way to tarting up the plain sides and how I would love to see a return of the long horizontal taillights. They didn't go far enough to make this a Buick IMO. Removing the color from the Buick badge was another in a long line of mistakes Buick and GM made along with the stupid across the board name changes.

ponchoman49 · 10-07-2009, 08:34 AM

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Originally Posted by LeSabre

I concur wholeheartedly.
The colors in the tri-shield should have never been taken out.
The badge looks & is lifeless w/out the colors.

GM, Give Buick's badge its life back, put back the color!!!

!!!

Agree. I would also like to see horizontal taillights, interior colors other than light tan and light gray, port holes where you can actually see them and Buick styling not China or Japan blandness.

10-05-2009, 10:51 AM	#22 (permalink)
1957wildcat 2.4 Liter SIDI ECOTEC Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 344	Re: Buick Park Avenue facelift spotted in China Since so many people are commenting on Buick's tri-shield badge, and whether to have colors in it or not, here's what Ed Welburn wrote a few days ago in a response on the "Tell Fritz" website: "The Global Industrial Design team at Design Center is currently working with each of the brand teams in a very focussed assessment of the brand identity, including the badges and nameplates, graphic expressions and all forms of visual communication of the brands. In addition to benchmarking the direct competition, we are evaluating the execution of the logos as 3 dimensional badges for quality and image. We value the equity established by the long-standing images and will not be replacing the brand logos with totally new graphic design. We will, however, be making noticeable changes to the existing logos by updating the graphic execution and dimensional details." __________________ B U I C K The new class of world class

10-05-2009, 04:04 PM	#25 (permalink)
SDVite 1.8 Liter ECOTEC Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: San Diego Posts: 57	Re: Buick Park Avenue facelift spotted in China Wish we had a sport version of this car here! __________________ You can sell a young man's car to an old man, but you can't sell an old man's car to a young man. - Alfred P. Sloan, Jr.

10-05-2009, 07:33 PM	#26 (permalink)
96RIV 1.4 Liter Turbocharged ECOTEC Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Indiana Drives: 1996 Buick Riviera Posts: 85	Re: Buick Park Avenue facelift spotted in China I like the colored badge, my parents Park Avenue has it, and i feel like its leading the way. My car has no Buick badges on it, which i think adds a touch of class and mystery. __________________ Buick, The American Riviera Happy Thanksgiving! Present Ride: 1996, Adriatic Blue, Buick Riviera GM Designer Hopeful. 6 years to wait. The magic starts now, Ready! SET! GM!! To fit in I'm gonna install those trendy zip ties to my Riv. Updated: 11-6-2009

10-06-2009, 10:04 PM	#27 (permalink)
TriShield 4.4 Liter Supercharged Northstar Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Phoenix, AZ, USA Drives: 07 Escalade ESV, 09 G8 GXP Posts: 2,935	Re: Buick Park Avenue facelift spotted in China I agree, why GM thought it was a good idea to remove all the color from the Buick badge is beyond me. Just like dumping all of Buick's traditional and established brand names like Regal, LeSabre, Park Avenue and Riviera.

10-07-2009, 08:28 AM	#29 (permalink)
ponchoman49 4.4 Liter Supercharged Northstar Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 2,626	Re: Buick Park Avenue facelift spotted in China Relocating the chrome strip to the middle of the door where it can actually be seen and 4 port holes on both front fenders would go a long way to tarting up the plain sides and how I would love to see a return of the long horizontal taillights. They didn't go far enough to make this a Buick IMO. Removing the color from the Buick badge was another in a long line of mistakes Buick and GM made along with the stupid across the board name changes. Last edited by ponchoman49 : 10-07-2009 at 08:31 AM.

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