wildcat

True, but the badging on the silver car in the spy shot does say "LaCrosse." Hopefully, GM is having second thoughts.

In terms of exterior styling, I think the Opel Insignia has it all over this Acura.

z28luvr01: Please give your dog a big hug on my behalf. Next month, my angel, Amber, a female Collie mix, will have been gone from this Earth for 3 years, but not gone from my heart or mind.

My choice as the chief problem? < sung > You gotta have style!

Is it possible GM is saving the Invicta model name to use on the Lucerne replacement, whatever that may be? (If there is one?) The names La Crosse and Lucerne... blech

How could GM ever delay the Insignia coming here as a Saturn because it was "too close" to the Buick (Invicta - I refuse to say LaCrosse)? Or did they mean strictly the interior, 'cause they sure couldn't mean the exterior. Oh wait, here's a new memo... "NG LaCrosse delayed - GM says 'Too Close to '94 Buick Century'"

Then don't show me a concept that GM can't or won't build. Some use the term "understated," but Buick doesn't have to be boring. Stylish! Beautiful! Remember... "Drive Beautiful"?

Those spy shots of the white NG LaCrosse (oh GM, why?) looked much better than this thing in silver. Those spy shots of the dark blue NG LaCrosse (I have to write that name twice in the same thread?) had a black grille, too, and it looked bad. Listen to me, GM (GME)... and this is NOT nostalgia talking... Invicta is a hell-of-a-better name than LaCrosse.

Buick sales haven't dropped 50%, but GMNA (GME?) is working on it.

GM (or GME), are you listening?

Can you provide a citation (source) for that?

The more I think about it, the more that silver spy photo looks like some generic rental car... not a premium, luxurious, stylish new Buick.

Unlike the concept images, this photo, as it is, to me doesn't look very exciting - like a refresh of a plain car, which will not help Buick at all. With that grille and those rims and wheel size, it doesn't say "luxury" or "premium" to me. Compare the "spy" photo to the Concept Vehicle. Subtle, but very real differences (in my opinion, just like how they watered down / dumbed down the Pontiac G6.) I thought that someone claimed it could only be called "LaCrosse" if it were built in Oshawa; the assembly plant for this vehicle has been given as Fairfax, Kansas, right? What kind of game has GM been playing then, when Rick Wagoner referred to this as an (unnamed) Buick sedan? I never read a single post asking for the LaCrosse name to be retained. Can't GM listen to the public? So, to sum up my feelings at the moment:

And here I thought the Truth About Cars website had the market cornered on negative karma against GM.

StarKist

Well, this is an August sighting... but here goes... a 2008 Chevrolet Malibu goldish/light brownish this afternoon in Chicago... very nice looking!

"The Kingfish"

I know that some of us (including me) sometimes fault GM for certain vehicle names they've chosen, but, in my opinion, these Toyota names are all b-o-r-i-n-g... except for GS - which, of course, I like to think they stole from Buick's Gran Sports.

"Are all baseball fans impotent?" Only if they get hit in the family jewels by a line drive

I'd like to share an interesting piece from U.S. News & World Report, in which Mark LaNeve responds to some questions about GM's present and future. To read it, click here.

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accent

Going by the subject line, what, prey tell, are the other cosmetic procedures?

thong