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GM unveils Buick, Pontiac SEMA car lineup

10/30/2006, 6:11 PM

By admin

In addition to its extensive lineup of customized trucks, GM will exhibit a handful of modified passenger cars at the SEMA auto show this week. So far, the automaker has announced vehicles from Buick and Pontiac.

The Buick line consists mostly of customized Lucernes, including the: Lucerne CST by Stainless Steel Brakes Corp, Lucerne LUX SS by Trents Trick Upholstery, Lucerne QuattraSport by Performance West Group, Spade Kreations American Racing Lucerne, Lucerne CXX Luxury Liner by Rick Bottom Custom Motor, MTX Audio Buick Lucerne, D3 Signature Series Buick Lucerne, Lucerne by Rick Dore Kustoms, Lucerne by RIDES Magazine, Lucerne by Fesler Built, and Lucerne by Concept 1.

A custom classic Buick Electra 225 will also be on display, as will the Pontiac Solstice Club Sport Z0K. Gallery after the jump…

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10/30, 6:15 PM

posted by:

A4

ehhh.. ill take the solstice club and trade the rest for an R8

10/30, 6:17 PM

posted by:

A4

umm and on that lucerne with the fugly blue rims.. is that a taped on fake quarter rear window? if so thats THE most awful thing i have ever seen

10/30, 6:22 PM

posted by:

Me

Buick, give the car an option package (such as Wildcat) with some of these paint schemes and see what happens. It can’t hurt. This is by far one of the best Buicks made in recent decades. There might be a niche…

10/30, 6:24 PM

posted by:

Me

OMG! A4 you’re right. That is just tacky.

10/30, 7:13 PM

posted by:

V1ltR

I’m not feeling any of the cars except the Solstice. All the rims except the Solstice were chosen with poor tastes.

10/30, 7:18 PM

posted by:

LamborghiniZ

Only one of those Buick’s is hot, and its the very top right one, the rest are mediocre or gross.

10/30, 8:04 PM

posted by:

Mbukukanyau

Give me a standard V8 Lucerne CXS, black on black fully loaded.. All of the Buicks here suck

10/30, 8:10 PM

posted by:

Andre Neves

Ugh, What’s up with the wheels on some of these cars?
Did Funkmaster Flex take over GM as CEO or something?
Oh damn, Im sorry for that last comment. I might offend some of the same people from the Funkmaster flex article posted the other day.

Ford = Bold Moves
GM = Hip Hop Moves

10/30, 8:16 PM

posted by:

Andre Neves

While im on the subject let me say this “chrome fad” hopefully will fade quickly. Chrome wheels are so tacky and tastless. I mean it could be ANY wheel design in the world, but just as long as it’s chrome, everyone’s going to gawk and point while it drives by. Chrome this and chrome that. Next thing you know, Wires will be back on the scene.
Thank you Hip Hop for ruining it for everyone else.
I know im going to get bashed for this but what the heck.
*puts flame suit on* im ready

10/30, 8:32 PM

posted by:

6ix

Sorry…I’m laughing my ass off. These are horrible.

Didn’t this stuff die out during the P.Diddy years? Come on, this crap reminds me of high-school.

These are just horrible.

10/30, 8:59 PM

posted by:

younggun

hey guys new member but a long time reader.

i really fail to see what makes these cars SEMA worthy. where the uniqueness? what makes them special? i could see a handful of similar cars drivin down the highway that look better then these junk heaps (exluding the solstice).

10/30, 9:50 PM

posted by:

MC

LOL I’d drive either one except the red and blue ones. Prepare to be laughed at during the sema show though by ford and dodge. Can we see one retro gto sell for at least one year earlier than 2009 GM?

10/30, 9:59 PM

posted by:

LamborghiniZ

Stop blaming hip hop for this, start blaming pop culture in general, you’re all ignorant.

10/30, 10:11 PM

posted by:

bepsf

It’s a shame that the photos arent labled or arranged in any order where we can easily match up the exteriors with their respective interiors…

…but the only interior that is appealing is the all-black w/ aluminum trim and the standard interior (beige w/ wood) – the rest are way too ghetto…

…and the only appealing exteriors are the all-black and the Black Cherry – the two-tones make no sense as there aren’t any bodylines to accent for the color split – it all seems too arbitrary – and the other solids are just too NASCAR.

I don’t think this exercise will do Buick any good in appealing to it’s target market – better off having Martha give another one away…

10/30, 11:35 PM

posted by:

chris2

These cars are all from hop up shops. GM supplied the vehicles to top customizers and they did what they wanted to them. Most of the folks on this site have no idea what is going on in the real world of young folks. (Hey, I am with you guys)

10/31, 12:24 AM

posted by:

Brendino

sorry guys, but the more suicide doors we see in cars, the better.

go custom lucernes, then.

10/31, 1:15 AM

posted by:

Zo

I think GM is smart for doing this. They need to be doing everything to get people to notice all of their brands, not just their latest hit. I bet this was reminder to most of you about the Lucerne, which is a decent car, even though I don’t think any of us are looking for that kind of car.

10/31, 1:17 AM

posted by:

Zo

but you guys are right….. most of those are ugly, and this comes from a 20 y.o.

10/31, 2:11 AM

posted by:

WonbyOne

I can probably find one thousand posts in the last 10 months where some of you same posters criticized GM for not taking any chances.
Many of you will rip on GM regardless of what they do, or don’t do for that matter.
No doubt many of these cars would appeal to a wide range of potential customers. But, SEMA is all about the aftermarket and less so the manufacturer. From that perspective, these cars have hit the bullseye. Even if you dont fancy one in your driveway.

10/31, 2:51 AM

posted by:

Stuart

Uuuuuuuuuuuuuggggggggggggggggggggggggggllllllllllllllllllllllllllyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy

10/31, 5:29 AM

posted by:

peter g

Not nice…Sorry. This isn’t about GM not taking chances, this is about GM not knowing what to do.

10/31, 7:44 AM

posted by:

DialM4Speed

WOW! Some of these Lucernes look really nice! I like how some are lowered just right and those large wheels and low profile tires fill out the wheel wells perfectly. I find it funny how some are crackin on them, I mean most are tastefully done. The one car I don’t really care for is the Solstice. Looks too rice with all those stickers on it, also lose the hard top. That car only looks good as a convertable.

10/31, 9:09 AM

posted by:

Scott Kempton

The only one of these that I even sort of like is the two-tone silver one, but even that one, the wheels are too big. I like the design of them; they’re just too big. All the others in this group look decidedly low-rent and amateurish to me.

I really like the stock Lucerne; I’ve see several on the road that I would describe as “sharp”, which is not a word I’ve applied to many new cars for several years now. I think Buick did a great job updating an aging chassis. So I can’t believe that they are allowing their baby to be shown in such awful light.

10/31, 10:20 AM

posted by:

Ricardo Head

Still don’t get why Buick named a car after a cheap store-brand ice cream that you buy in brick form.

10/31, 10:52 AM

posted by:

GarbageMotorsCo

I’ll take the white “Class”ic over any of the cheap riced grandpamobiles any day of the week…

What is Wilfred Brimley the SEMA spokesperson for GM this year? Sponsered be AARP?

10/31, 12:53 PM

posted by:

snork

Wow…every one of those Buicks is the same except for interior/exterior colors. What’s so custom about that? Hardly SEMA worthy.

10/31, 1:58 PM

posted by:

ironpony42

GM – Boring cars, Boring trucks. I cannot believe that someone thought this was a good idea. I consider myself anti-GM, but Buicks do have some great heritage to pull from. GNX’s those were sweet. Wicked turbo 6’s of the ’80’s. Also the big tooth grilles of the classic ’50’s cars. But these lame “company car” lucerne sedans are as exciting as a lobotomy. Why not have a modern interpretation of the Grand National coupe from the 80’s? That’d be cool. Why not have a wildly styled retro rod with the look of a 50’s buick chopped and channeled into a sleek yet modern lead sled. That’d be way cool. Cause the only thing cool here is the cold damp grave Buick is digging itself.

10/31, 8:33 PM

posted by:

Madcapp

Well A4, I’ll take the….uh….the uh…..Well I’ll just take a dump, and you can have all the cars.

11/01, 10:36 PM

posted by:

xmnr

the lucernes are definitely the dud story of sema so far, as far as I’m concerned

 
 
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