Production Buick "Business Concept" spied and interior revealed

[Hunid Racks]

Originally Posted by stevecmh

nice interior... is it even coming to the US?

don't count on it.

but that won't stop countless posters saying it will.

[tama z71]

What is this competing with, the Flex?

[gmhashope]

Originally Posted by rueben44

On the outside I will have to wait but the inside is a no go.

I completely argee. I feel like the interior goes straight back to the Buicks of the late '80s and early '90s, not something the new GM should be aiming for with Buick.

[GMFAN85]

Even though GM will never offer this here, it will be interesting to see if Buick NA lifts some styling cues from the interior for the redesigned Enclave and upcoming Encore mini crossover.

[dindak]

Never bring this to North America. Never.

[Greg Burr]

Originally Posted by dindak

Never bring this to North America. Never.

Yes, this sucks big time. It has many of the Asian cliches on the interior, and is an order of magnitude uglier than the MKT.

Let's not get back into minivans in NA.

[BigAls87Z28]

China makes this, and our designers cook up the CSV's....

[PocoToro]

Not a vehicle that I would be looking for.......BUT I like it for what it is.....A MAXI WAGON ("mini van" for all of you that have no idea that a van is, a truck with a frame)

[GMJoe]

Originally Posted by PeteM143

I agree. The concept interior was much nicer. Looks like they dumbed it down and isn't up to the GM design bar set by the Equinox, ect.

Pass on this one.

Don't think this is the final dash design.

GM China has been putting out some great Buick interiors. This one looks a little sub par to what they have been turning out. Mainly the dashes big plain black area and the gage cluster design.

Look on Honda site and check out the Odyssey's dash design. Very modern and upscale looking on top model. This is the van GM needs to equal or surpass. I think exterior of the Business does, dash design falls short.

Bet dash gets a luxo upgrade before production.

[iluvcamaros]

If GM was further interested in putting pressure on Ford's millenia old Panthers, which the new Caprice 9C1 suggests, they could position this as a fleet only alternative to the Town Car to be used in livery service. If people dig it they can push it into North America full scale. The DTS is dying soon so funeral homes won't be able to buy anymore Caddies and if I die I'm NOT gonna want my last ride to be in a Lincoln.

Originally Posted by BigAls87Z28

China makes this, and our designers cook up the CSV's....

I saw a Terraza the other day, I was like "Why couldn't GM just let you guys die in 2005?". Why did they force this upon us?

The whole idea of the Terraza pisses me off too. This is because minivans have enormous appeal with old people for whatever reason and GM was supposedly trying to get Buick away from the old people image with the LaX (aka 1996 Taurus) and the Lucerne (aka LeSabre/Park Avenue with new styling). Yet a Buick minivan was pretty much targeting 70 year olds with a laser. What were they thinking? The last Olds Silhouette I saw was driven by guy who looked two days past dead. The mid 2000's were a very bad time for GM.

[2648562]

I have a little different opinion on the interior. Oh well.

[YupYupYup]

Like it! Clean, classy, restrained...Feels like a Bentley but you still no it is a Buick through heritage influences. Good job!

[cdp326]

To me the design of the interior is mostly in line with many other minivans - not boxy and upright like the Chrysler vans, not horizontal like earlier Nissan Quests, but actually somewhat similar to the Odyssey, while still in keeping with the LaCrosse, etc. interior. IMHO they did a good job making it similar to other Buicks while still remaining functional. There are only so many ways to style a minivan dash. If it sloped further away, the controls would be hard to reach unless they the dash came into the cabin more, which would take away space.

Originally Posted by MCGARRETT

I dont think that it's U van based, look at the wipers, they are not head to head like they were on all the U vans, plus some of the other bits of the van dont line up with the old U van.

Though I agree with you and others that mentioned it doesn't seem to be U-based, the first generation W-bodies used the "head to head" (I've heard it called cross-arm too IIRC) style of wipers similar to the U vans, but changed to the more conventional style in the 2nd gen, so I wouldn't necessarily use that to judge.

[jakesterdude16]

hate the interior

[neshapop]

Originally Posted by 2648562

I have a little different opinion on the interior. Oh well.

The interior looks fine,but from the outside

Test mule design hint to Toyota and Lexus: Emergency Stop button if the floor mat gets tangled.