uhm what platform does GM plan on exploiting for this one?

good looking car though i must say

its a step

Its like a Quattroporte and a 350z had a kid lol.

This is definitely bigger than the Kappa platform. I wonder if it’s the new Alpha platform.

I do like it, this could be a big hit amongst older adults. Having rear seats makes it fun yet practical. Aside from the Chinese Park Avenue, this is the first Buick I’d ever consider owning.

I see a little bit of the G6 vert in the body. Since the G6 is supposed to eventually go RWD Alpha in the future, I wonder if this is a little bit of a preview?

Maybe they should call it “Reatta”.

Hope GM works on the crash protection after seeing the miserable results from the G6 convertible last night.

Nice looking car– good lines… though the chrome lined side vents are retarded.

i see more XLR than G6..

the article above says zeta.

i have another idea, kill Buick

un-bling the XLR, give it a curvier body, waterfall grill, and some portholes. Give it a V6 with a softer suspension. Finish with a shiny Buick badge and call it a day. Reatta II.

How about just “China only.”

If it comes out looking 90% like the concept it could do wonders for Buicks image. While young people wouldn’t flock to it in droves Buick could easily once again position itself as the auto maker for those with wealth, but don’t want the pompous side effects of a BMW and wish for more individuality than the Lexus Lemmings. With the Lucerne, Chinese Lacrosse (coming stateside), Velite, and the Enclave Buick would have a nice round up of vehicles that would appeal to a broad segment of buyers & wouldn’t overlap too much with any of GM’s other brands. If they stuck a turbocharged 6 in the Velite coupe & called it the Velite GNX they could even drive up the brands resale value by keeping production numbers low. Buick would be a true Lexus competitor (at least in most segments).

so now they are keeping the Zeta platform besides for the Camaro? i love how LLN’s updates always contradict each other in some way or another

GarbageMoCo, you are correct that the G6 convertible received a low rating, but you conveniently forgot that Saab, also GM received top honors. The Velite is the perfect look for future Buicks IMO, nice job!

The Velite is a great idea. And Buick is still a feasable brand.

Don’t be so fast to take credit for the Saab on behalf of GM. While the 9-3 shares the same platform as the G6, it has been re-engineered in Sweden and is assembled there as well. What GM should do is to learn from the 9-3. For what it’s worth, the G6 is a failure when it comes to safety.

Something about the front-end I don’t like about this Buick.

Can we have an anti-GM and a non-anti-GM comments section?

Looks nice……..and as you know, I am not a big Buick fan.

My grandma will look fabulous in that!

Only if your grandma is a little 35 year old whore

throw in a hardtop coupe version along with the sedan and convertable and you would have sort of a poor mans bentley GT/flying spur/gtc kinda line up. My only fear with this is that GM will over use the platform, and have nearly indentical vehicles in their other lines, we all know they cant resist doing that.

I happen to like 35 year old grandma whores in Buicks. Can you say “sugar momma”? I knew you could .

mmmmmmmmm hores in buicks, yum! its definately a buick it has those standard uglified vents.

forgot the w

Damn LLN’s stealth-editing! So this is a Zeta, eh? I can sorta see it now that I look for it. It’s about the right size when compared to the Camaro vert.

Hopefully Buick will design the center console with enough room to hold several Depends diapers and tubes of Polident.

^ Built in bedpans? Or are those reserved for the Cadillacs?

When Landau roofs and curb feelers just aren’t enough…

looks more like a nissan rip-off to me

if it looks like the concept ill buy one it looks good even the haters think so

oh yeah love the boattail too damn that looks good

Seriously MHW, I know that, and kudos were given to the 9-3. B

But what is pathetic is the Saab came out first, in 2003 and yet the NEWER model G6 it based itself off of flopped. Match that with the cheapo interior, the 200hp pushrod, 4-speed slushbox, “let’s go back to 1995″ right out of the gate design, it is easy to pick on the G6 as a very poor line of automoiles.

25 grand tops. If Buick even tries to price it comparably to a Lexus, it’ll about as popular as the Crossfire. At least 25 grand gets a crosshop with the Solara.

Garbage, have to pick on the V6 base of the G6 to be able to bash it?

For a little more than $24k, the G6 is equipped with a 3.6L DOHC V6 with 252hp, and a 6-speed manumatic.

Looks like the G6 platform. Very nice.

Its just a shame that the Velite is not available today.

Clarke says Velite will be Buick’s only RWD vehicle, but also says a sedan and convertible will share this platform. What is the point of a sedan and convertible sharing the same name? The convertible (and hopefully coupe variant) should pick up the Riviera name, and a sedan version should definitely be Roadmaster or Park Avenue.

for Gods sake, PLEASE kill off this company…..its just NOT going to work, no matter what car you through out at us. the old fart stigma is far too deep….

dont worry lexus will take over the old fart stigma, hell they even make a car that old people dont even have to park for themselves.

A big step for Grandma and Grandpa to upgrade from a Lacrosse to this relatively nice convertible…..

*great grandma/pa

90% of the comments for this article are so cliche, na maybe 80%.

nice design… still— not believing they really make this nice concept a nice production car until they actually DO.

designwise, the quattroporte and 350z are in it, but also the Lexus SC…

Buick should make the RoadMasturbation

Why are they STILL making Buicks? For Communist China? When was the last time anyone said: “Yo, I’m going to the Buick dealer to check out some rides” ??? Enough already. Saturn (low-end), Chevy (mid-end), Cadillac (high end). Everything else is excess fat.

yeah the front is lexus sc all the way…the bad way. GM, just make sure you won’t forget the riviera concept:

http://www.seriouswheels.com/cars/top-2007-Buick-Riviera-Concept-Coupe.htm

Unless value priced, it will shoot of the gates to be declared a success then fall on it’s face.

Every car maker is looking to get premium pricing, but competition is stiff. This car is good, but not good enough for premium pricing.

Soltisce(sp?) & Sky works because of value pricing & gotta-have factor.

Finally, a Buick that’ll actually be fun to drive? Maybe, remember back to the times of the Regal T-tops and the Grand National, back when GM had a sense of humor?

kinda cool… need to see it face to face and drive to actually judge it.

out just in time to be old news

Buick = Commie-Caddy.

Yeah, isn’t it a bit late for this thing to finally get a production nod? The hype for this was 3 years ago, and the window of opportunity to capitalize on the concept car has passed. It’s an old design now, it’s just not as stunning as it was.