So how big is it? Chrysler minivan size or smaller?

I would have said this is too different to sell but the MKT has proven me wrong there. It is selling like mad.

@carstuff, where are you getting your stats to say that the MKT is “selling like mad”?

1) I’m very pleased to see Chinese GMs being engineered in the USA. First the Shanghai GM badged SLS now the Chinese-market-only Buick Van…

2) New Terraza for US? Shouldn’t let all that engineering go to waste.

3) If it’s the replacement for the current Buick executive van on sale in China (a Terraza with a nose job) it should be standard minivan size.

Seriously carstuff where are you getting your info, I have yet to see one of those monstrosities on the road yet. I do LOVE the Flex though. Its like a big ass Mini Cooper

I would have guessed that the MKT was selling about as well as the Lions play football………….

Sweet, even more crap surrounding the driver, distracting them from the thing they should be concentrating on …. THE ROAD!

Yep, more distractions indeed. I wonder if they have done a study on how much slower traffic moves overall since text messages, nav screens, advanced HUDs, etc have become mainstream tools used in cars.

Can they not just call something what it is anymore? This is a minivan… so where did they come up with ‘Business Concept’? Are there so many people in China now that they’ve run out of office space and have to conduct their meetings in the back of a van? Or perhaps the back of a van is where they do their ‘business’ and that’s why there are so f*cking many of them.

I really hope that big red button on the dash stays. They could use it to pop up a soundproof wall for when your kids are fighting in the back.

From what I read, Ford only sold 455 MKT’s in the first month of sales while they sold 12,352 MKS’s. Carstuff, I definitely wouldn’t call 455 “selling like mad”! As a point of reference they sold 2,033 Ford Flex in the same month, September.

http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-13746_7-10377812-48.html

http://www.freep.com/article/20091015/BUSINESS01/910150424/1322/Ford-crossover-s-sales-finally-take-off

Johnny, for you it is minivan, for my government it is business concept. We’ll figure out who is right in a few years: it will be iether failed concept or well selling van. Time will tell.

Interior is not all that impressive and I think functionally not very good. Those flat instruments cluster were hard to read in sunlight in 70’s, with global warming I don’t expect sun to get any dimmer during day.

I want EVERY car to have that big red button!

I don’t even care what it does, I just want to push it.

But it IS a minivan, Johnny is totally right… Companies love to invent pretty new catchphrases rather than call things what they are!

@Johnny.. You literally made me Laugh Out Loud in my Biology class at my college.. Hehe, I wouldn’t mind doing some business with some of those Chinese girls..

That big red button is connected to an online thesaurus that will read you dumb synonyms for “minivan”.

NOT Impressed! Interior looks ancient and if it has sliding rear doors its a minivan… yuk!

Saw it on Autoline. I cannot find any links so I will take back my comment until more data is available. As I recall they said that they just started up and are sold out for awhile.

Is that “E-stop” in case the car severely malfunctions? I bet that’s gonna be a standard feature on GM’s from now on!

Actually it’s called the business concept because most businessmen in China use these Vans as their chauffeured transportation.

When I was in Beijing, quite a few company executives used vans as their vehicle of choice since it can accommodate more than some fancy A8 could. Especially when it’s time to go for lunch meetings or post-work drinking sessions.

No high level executive would be caught driving on China roads.

Hate that reverse drop belt-line droop. It’s distinctive, yes, but ugly too. Looks like a parallel universe MKT. The instrument panel has none of the design flair exhibited in the LaCrosse. This is dissapointing.

UUUUUUUUUUGH ! that interior is horrid !

jayomatic, when I was in college we used vans for the identical purposes and some more. But it was not “business concept”, since we could not afford hookers.

haha – most, if not all the test mules would have E-Stop buttons (emergency stop) buttons that act like a kill switch. All cars should have them in production! haha

I like the idea behind this concept. Having seen many a people mover type van, decked outwith only 2 seats in the rear (luxury seats), I can’t help but think that its not what I expected from the outside.

This way, we have a purpose built luxury car, sized of a people mover.

I wonder if there will be an armored version?

Another minivan from Buick?? Are you f@#$ing kidding me?? Another vehicle that will be scrapped after 3 years just like the Terrazza?? I don’t get it. They introduce a minivan which sold like sh*t but they scrap the compact SUV idea. Seriously Buick. You better get your head out of your a$$ if you want to survive this market!!

FUNNY on the comments. Nowhere does it say they are going to sell it here. It is for the China market. Will it come here? I sure do not know but I doubt it since the minivan market keeps dropping, dropping, dropping. And yes I know there is still a market but it keeps getting smaller, smaller, smaller.

Wow, what happened Buick?

The last batch of Buick vehicles have had gorgeous interiors, but this one is quite bad looking from these pre-production shots.
While I think it would be nice for GM to get back into the minivan market, I hope this interior is for the Chinese market only and any USDM version have one that mimics the look of the LaCrosse or Enclave.

Gotta agree. Interior has some good points to it but many look like some kind of plain work truck features. the “console” looks fine but the cross car flat IP/vent areas look plain.

Dash looks terrible. Hope it has better crash ratings that GM’s last orphan maker.

WHAT is with all that bright trim on the dash???? THAT HAS GOT to be distracting while driving. Hey everybody! Let’s put brushed SS trim around every thing on the dash!

Yikes! That’s ugly! I hope GM leaves this monstrosity in China where it belongs.

LOL. Another example why I don’t buy American.

Captain, not sure I understand your comment. This vehicle is not made nor sold in America.

I though it was pretty self explanatory.