Buick is a premium brand of General Motor (GM) . Buick models are sold in the United States, Canada, Mexico, China, Taiwan, and Israel , with China being its largest market. Buick holds the distinction as the oldest active American make. Current Buick models are shard with GM Daewoo, GM's Australia Hoyden subsidiary , and GM's German Opel subsidiary. Overall dimestic sales of the Buick brand peaked in 1984 with a broad model line ranging from compacts to large cars, including performance-oriented turbocharged models . Buick's hero car of the 1980s was the Regal Grand National a midsized coupe with a turbocharged 3.8 V6 and one of the fastest production cars of the decade.
. In January 2009, Buick unveiled the new 2010 sedan, an all new styling direction which inclulded trakditional Buick cues. The market respond to the La Crosse with reviews favotablyl comparing it to the Lexus ES. For 2011 , Buick followed up by re-introducing th Regal sedan, a smaller model based on the European Opel Insignia and is the first Buick in almost 20 years to be offered with manual transmission and a turbocharger
Distinguishing features
The Buick trishied is rooted in the ancestral coat of arms of the automakers founded , David Denbar Buick . That crest was a red shield with a ceckered silver and azure diagonal line from the upper left to Lowe right. After that the cureved line was usually indicated either by a rub strip or simply a character line molded into the sheetmetal as hinted in the 2008 Invicta concept car and 2010 Lacrosse/Allure production car .It appears Buick may be preparing to abndon this styling for a new waterfall grille , as seen on the Buick V elite concept car from 2004 and the Buick Licerne introduced fot the 2006 model year . This water full grille bears some resemblace to grilles of Buicks from the 1980s such as the Grand National . It was reintroduced on the 2010 Buick La Crosse and 2010 Buick Enclave.
Geogrphical distribution
Unlike some of GM's other brands Buick's are currentlyo not marketed globally , although the marque had a substantial export presence until a few years ago . Some Buicks were also built in Europe or were available with spcific trim for European market until 1996. In pre-World War China , one in few cars was a Buick .The brand is popular in China today.
Buick in New Z eland
Buick's were once sold in New Zeland.They were also bui at the GMNZ plant in Petone, outside Wellington. At the end of World War, the Buick name was not revived for the New Zealand market . Buick in Israel
In Israel , Buick are imported by Universal MOtors, Ltd (UMI) , which also impots other GM vehicles . For model years 2004 and 2005 , the Buick LeSabre and Buick Rendezvous were sold . For model year 2008, the Buick LaCrosse and Buick Lecerne were available .
Buick in the Middle East
Buicks were sold throughout the Middle East untill the second-generation Buick Rodmaster was discontined .
Buick in Mainland China
Making up nearly 35% of those sales , china is Buick's largest market , selling more there than and in 2007 ,shanghai GM announced the Buick Park Aavenue, for the Chinesse market only. The vehicle is based on the Holden Caprice , with engines manufactured in Australia.In 2009 , Buick sold 447,011 vehicles, an increse of 59.6 percent compred with the previous year. Buick
Buick in Taiwan
GM Taiwan was founded in August 1989 , in the early 1990s , Buick along with other GM brands was very popular and frequently seen on Taiwanese streets. Park Avenue , 3rd and 4 th generation Regal , and 6th generation Skylark used to the sold in Taiwan. On April 17, 2006, Yulon GM debuted the first Buick vehicle ever in Taiwas , the LaCrosse seda . It is very similar to 0the Chinese version of the LaCrosse.
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