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The 2024 Buick Regal (CN) Leaked: Do We Miss It Yet?

The Truth About Cars

The Buick Regal may have been removed from our market. It wasn’t even terrible to look at — mixing design trends that had been synonymous with Buick since the 1990s with a tinge of Audi. Buick is embracing some of the industry’s general design trends here. Motor1 described the Regal’s new maw as “catfish-like.”

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Tesla Model Y dominates Chinese reliability survey

Teslarati

An EV reliability survey completed in China has listed the Tesla Model Y and Tesla Model 3 as two of the most reliable electric vehicles on the Chinese market. Looking to the top of the list (the vehicles with the most complaints per 10,000 units), models from Chinese brands such as BYD , Lixiang, and Chery were ever-present.

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QOTD: Do You Actually Care About Chinese Imports?

The Truth About Cars

annually, having Oakville Assembly down means Ford had to come up with something and it elected to pull China out of the bullpen — setting the SUV up to become Ford’s very first Chinese import. Localizing some of its production there similarly helped GM build good faith in what’s now the world’s largest automotive market. since 2016.

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Road Test: 2021 Buick Envision Avenir FWD

Clean Fleet Report

All-New Sleek Design with Premium Touches. Buick isn’t messing around with the Envision. First introduced as a 2016 model, this Chinese-built compact crossover had a facelift in 2019 (when we last tested it ), and two short years later, is all-new for 2021. Clean Fleet Report drove the 2021 Buick Envision Avenir FWD.

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GM employs Tesla-esque direct-to-consumer sales strategy in China

Teslarati

With Durant Guild, GM hopes to revitalize Chinese consumers’ interest in its brand and increase sales in the country. The head of GM China, Julian Blissett, noted that the OEM’s goal with Durant Guild isn’t to sell volume but instead change the perception Chinese consumers have about General Motors.

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SAIC-GM Connectivity Strategy 2025 lays out roadmap to cloud-based connectivity, autonomy

Green Car Congress

SAIC-GM, GM’s Chinese joint venture with SAIC, announced its Connectivity Strategy 2025, which lays out a roadmap for its connectivity development from 2017 through 2025. It offers 22 services along with built-in 4G LTE to owners of Buick, Cadillac and Chevrolet products from SAIC-GM. In 2016, GM delivered more than 3.8

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BrightDrop: GM’s silent push into electric commercial vehicles

Charged EVs

Upcoming electric passenger vehicles and light trucks from GM get most of the attention, but its new commercial EV brand is a quiet and very serious push too. They’ve seen Super Bowl ads for the GMC Hummer EV , or heard news about the lengthy, painful Chevrolet Bolt EV battery recall. The Task Force ultimately agreed. Why not GMC?