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Well, looking at it, the quality seems to be pretty good. All panels fit nicely and all gaps are tight and consistent.

I hope this car does well for Buick and it should, considering it's a smaller CUV, but I just can't bring myself to like it.

 

How did you determine that quality seems to be pretty good? From looking at some pictures?

 

Oh goody.

Where will GM put the "Made in China" label?

 

On the driver's door jamb, like other GM products.

How did you determine that quality seems to be pretty good? From looking at some pictures?

Exterior panel gaps look tight and all trim pieces fit nice and smoothly. The chrome trim around the doors all flow smoothly and aren't misaligned. The tail lights are aligned perfectly on the red car, with the part on the body matching the part on the trunk perfectly.

 

Usually GM doesn't bother putting build factory stickers if it's not built in the US or Canada. I don't know about SS and Caprice. Spark, Trax, and Encore don't have one though.

 

There won't be anything. I think you can count on that.
Our Cruze has an Ohio-shaped stars n stripes sticker on the jamb.

 

So the Invasion, err, Envision fleet is loading up...

Oh, try the VIN sticker in the door jamb to see what GM is calling its assembly point.

 

Isn't this car engineered by GM and put together in China? I have no problem with that and Buick needs this car bad. My phone, laptop, and TV are made in China so it's not like GM is importing Yugo's or something.

 

Oh, boy here we go again............... Have smartphone made in China, therefor, A-OK for GM to make cars in China and bring here................ What floor of the Ren Cen do you work on?

I think I need to leave this thread, or threaten to "lose my lunch," so to speak.

The door is being opened, and hardly anyone short of us enthusiasts, seem to give a damn.

I think I will go and be sick now.

I know exactly how you feel, it is sickening; GM broke the dam, others will likely now follow.

This vehicle was built by GM. Last I checked they are a global company. They have infrastructure everywhere. So we are saying GM Korea, German, Australia, England, Poland, Middle East, etc. is ok but GM China is not?

China is a little different; but the other aspect is the fact that this isn't a niche' or low-margin product, we all understand GM not making the SS here.

What's the old adage? If GMI declares it a failure, it will be a roaring success. If that holds true, then these will be in every 3rd garage on every street. Let's sit back & watch.

Actually there is a pretty large crowd of people apologizing and gushing over it, so................

I have a feeling you may be pretty close in your assumption. Looking the photos over of the real deal even at those angles and covered in shipping protection it does look quite good. It's just too bad that GM couldn't have finagled it somehow to be made on the North American continent.

You mean, its too bad GM "finagled" a way to NOT make it here. GM has excess capacity at almost every plant in North America.

 

I hope it fails miserably.
Screw GM and screw Mary Barra

 

Why do you even post here if that's how you feel?

 

This is not a vehicle for me, nor is any other cuv. However, I think this will sell very well as it is nicely styled with good proportions. Price will be the ultimate deciding factor. "Most" people won't know, (or care) that it was assembled in China.

 

I have a feeling the media is going to have fun with this pretty soon

 

I think I need to leave this thread, or threaten to "lose my lunch," so to speak.

The door is being opened, and hardly anyone short of us enthusiasts, seem to give a damn.

I think I will go and be sick now.

 

GM is making a disastrous PR decision. This has the potential to blow in their face, especially with blowhards like Trump trying to pitch themselves as our saviors from the Chinese.

 

WTF........ And you dont own an IPhone

 

What a travesty. An absolute travesty. Here is a vehicle that should have been developed and built in the US. A vehicle that perfectly fits the current mini-crossover market. Yet, it's from China. A GM product from China for American consumers. I won't buy a Chinese-made vehicle. I suspect most buyers of this vehicle will be clueless about where it's built and they probably won't care. But I care. I've been a GM supporter my entire life. It feels kind of like a betrayal for GM to succumb to this. I mean, I get it. I'm not stupid; I know GM is going to make money this way. It just doesn't feel right though.

 

This vehicle was built by GM. Last I checked they are a global company. They have infrastructure everywhere. So we are saying GM Korea, German, Australia, England, Poland, Middle East, etc. is ok but GM China is not?

 

Chinese manufacturing does have a stigma but after all, GM does export American made vehicles to other countries and no one complains about other GM vehicles imported to the US from Canada, Mexico, Australia, South Korea...

I suppose there are political arguments against Chinese manufacturing though...ooops I just turned this thread political

 

Well, I guess I just became 100% more of a Ford Fan.

Our country and our way of life has been sold out from beneath us.
It's sickening, very sickening to see this day arrive.

Thanks Walmart and GM.

 

And don't let the door hit ya....

 

I'm just curious, this is powered by the 2.0 turbo engine. I had no idea that engine or the transmission that goes along with it was being built in China. Anybody here know a definitive source of what plant the powertrain of this vehicle is? I understand that many but not all 4 cylinder engines are coming out of Spring Hill.

I must say I've seen one of these on local roads and it does look "attractive".

 

What's the old adage? If GMI declares it a failure, it will be a roaring success. If that holds true, then these will be in every 3rd garage on every street. Let's sit back & watch.

 

I have a feeling you may be pretty close in your assumption. Looking the photos over of the real deal even at those angles and covered in shipping protection it does look quite good. It's just too bad that GM couldn't have finagled it somehow to be made on the North American continent.

 

I hope it fails! I hope it is ridiculed mercilessly in the media and I hope there are picketers in front of the Ren Center and at dealerships all across America! And I hope Trump gets on it too! Wake up America! And while you're at it, how about learning something about China!

 

Me Me Me. I want the cheapest goods I can buy! Move every industry to a third world country so everything will be CHEAP!

Never stop for a second and think about what it is exactly that stops the United States from being a third world country? We can only knock so many bricks out of the foundation of our country and expect it to continue to stand. When the last job has moved to China, or India, maybe more people will "get it".

 

I concur

 

I still don't think most consumers will care that it is made in China. The success or failure of NA sales will have much more to do with pricing and how it compared to the competition than where it is made.

 

I don't like Chinese assembly any more than the next guy, but everyone clamoring and hoping this thing fails is going to be disappointed. It'll sell like hotcakes regardless of assembly point. The vast majority of consumers simply couldn't care less where it was built and probably will never know.

 

Envision is entering pretty much the hottest segment of the industry right now -- premium crossovers. How GM can justify building Cadillacs in both the U.S. and China, but not what has the potential to be a high-volume, incredibly profitable Buick, I can't understand.

 

I'll be asking, and perhaps demanding, that my local Buick dealer remove their gigantic 100 foot long US flag from their premises. It should be considered false advertising. I'll also be asking my elected representatives why GM was given $11.2 billion in US taxpayer dollars under the pretense that we needed to save them from liquidation in order to save jobs and there was no clause to prevent them from shifting production to China. This is obviously only the beginning. Mary Barra has sold out America and every citizen that gave her the money to keep her disgraceful company in business. She makes me sick. I would have rather seen GM liquidated.

 

I'll be asking, and perhaps demanding, that my local Buick dealer remove their gigantic 100 foot long US flag from their premises.

Yeah, good luck with that...

 

When the Envision sells well here it will only lead to more and more cars made in China. The folks that don't like the idea of Chinese built Buicks should be in front of the dealerships protesting. John and Jane Q. Public will probably never know what they are buying.

 

If the Envision becomes a political lightning rod, ala Hummer or suffers a few spectatular safety defects that equate it to poisoned Chinese Dog Treats (look at a dog treat package the next time you shop), it will go very badly for the "Envasion."

 

Precisely why this is so risky, GM is a company that has a high profile in the American psych, why they open doors to possible bad PR dissasters is beyond me. They probably ignore every single piece of advice their PR team gives them.
There is nothing wrong with China, or manufacturing in China, as far as I am concerned, there is people over there trying to raise families and earn a decent wage, but the Media does not care, they see someone to BBQ, they BBQ them.
Why would you knowing open a door like that?

 

I think it's a wonderful opportunity for Buick to expand it's dealer network. Imagine if you will, you're at your local Walmart, shopping for just the right piece of pressboard furniture, and in the next aisle over, you can have a look at the latest offering from Buick! Might even have a "roll back" sign on it?

What a shame, one of the great NA GM plants is being slowly shut down. Oshawa (among others obviously) losing production to China.

Thanks for your loyalty GM.

 

Oshawa could have made this for sure.

Still hoping GM will wake up and give these guys a new vehicle!

 

I see the new GM lead by Mary Barra team could not pull off shipping these vehicles with the tri-colored Buick logo, even though the Chinese models have them. It already looks dated, old logo, exposed rear wiper, five year old design. Maybe they can hire some minimum wage workers in the U.S. to pry off the black and white symbol and replace them with the Blue, Red and Silver logo before they arrive in Detroit or Chicago.....JP

 

I wonder if it comes with a Prop 65 warning. 19" tires should be optional not standard.