Hello everyone. My younger brother has a Buick Regal GS and he's in a local Buick club. He told me this morning that the next generation Regal, which will be here some time later this year, will have a hatchback variant that might compete with the Kia Stinger. I know this isn't a good image but here's what it'll look like. There will also be a "GS" version that he says "probably won't be very fast" but may be competitive enough, unexpectedly for Buick, with our car.
i would immediately add a buick regal gs wagon to my short list if it had a 3.0 tt v6 available. i would definitely want to test drive it and compared it to a stinger gt.
Simplicity is certainly nice but I'm thinking the Regal GS, as more of a luxury car with features and sound deadening material weighing it down, plus girth, it's going to be too heavy for that 3.6 liter V6 to be called "GS". It's going to need more horsepower, more torque and a broader torque curve. Otherwise it's just a Regal.
The new Regal is going to be nice. That sure does look like a nice place to see. I like the interior. What's the high performance version of the Commodore like?
300lbs is pretty significant. Even if power were to stay the same that would make for a pretty decent difference for most people. And that's what Buick is trying to do. Impress most buyers. So it will probably do well even without a significant power bump. But then what will Buick do about losing sales to cars like the Stinger? That's where the problem is. If Buick wants to sell a car to people who want something a little exciting they're going to need to keep up with the competition. I'm sure they never thought Kia would be competition but you have to be blind, at this point, to not see it.
