Fans design dream lineups for GM brands
The dedicated General Motors supporters at GMInsideNews are tired of waiting for GM to come up with the compelling model lineups that will propel its brands back to market leadership, so they've taken matters into their own hands, with a minisite called Revitalization in Action.
The first marque to receive the group's revitalization efforts is Buick, once tagged by Bob Lutz as one of GM's "damaged brands." The GMI group's product ideas are based on an encyclopedic knowledge of GM drivetrain and chassis architectures, as well as finely tuned Photoshop skills, and include the Buick Roadmaster Coupe shown above - theoretically based on GM's new Zeta RWD platform and proposed for a 2009 rollout as a next generation Lucerne. (We have to admit, the storied Roadmaster name carries much more weight than Lucerne...)
Read about the rest of the Buick dream lineup here, and stay tuned for the group's efforts for GM's other brands.
[Source: GMInsideNews]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 3)
Frank 10:15AM (7/06/2006)
Great Job Guys!! They should dump all of buicks designers and hire you!
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Stphane Dumas 10:20AM (7/06/2006)
these pics are very good and I'm agree then the Roadmaster carry much more weight then Lucerne, however another name I like to see revived is the Riviera who was the hardtop version of the Roadmaster in the early 1950s before used for a personnal-luxury coupe to compete against the Ford Thunderbird in 1963.
Btw, I saw at Fanart-central (a fanart site mainly of various animes, mangas, comics, cartoons, videogames characters as well as miscealanous subjects like cars), a fanart of a "Nissan 600Z" (the news of the GM-Nissan-Renault had gived lots of imagination) with the 6.0L/LS2 at http://www.fanart-central.net/pic-449776.html
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GhostDoggy 10:23AM (7/06/2006)
Oh, I'd buy that Roadmaster Coupe, if it were RWD and lots of HP/torque. It'd be my first GM buy (as a new car).
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Richard Warren 10:27AM (7/06/2006)
Looks great!
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Toby 10:36AM (7/06/2006)
Oh wow! I had to join after seeing this section of the website. I've been observing this other GM website and the "brilliant minds" there haven't come up with anything this revolutionary.
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Speed42 10:39AM (7/06/2006)
I'd rename that Wildcat a Riviera. And then I'd start churning 'em out like Keebler makes cookies.
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Karl 10:43AM (7/06/2006)
How about something that doesn't look like a Chrysler?
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Michael Karesh 10:47AM (7/06/2006)
Domestic enthusiasts love large coupes. But hardly anyone buys them.
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Richard S. 10:58AM (7/06/2006)
It is amazing what you can do when cars are designed by individuals with passion and not "designed by committee, under bean-counter's watchful eyes".
I second the previous posts. Hire these guys. However I am sad to say that these are the cars that Buick could get if it was bought by Toyota or BMW, which would preserve and ressurect the Buick heritage of luxury, power and design.
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jayRC81 11:07AM (7/06/2006)
I never understood the large coupe thing either. 2 doors only makes sense on a small vehicle... if you would buy a coupe, it probably means rear passenger comfort and conveniance is not that important... if rear passenger comfort is not important, why would you buy a large vehicle? Hence, large 2 door = no purpose.
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Paul 11:23AM (7/06/2006)
ever sit in the back of a two door grand prix? not the greatest car but by far the most comfortable back seat i have ever been in.
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Asher 11:31AM (7/06/2006)
Surprise...some people like cars that are bigger than a Civic, but don't scream old man like 4-doors do.
Small 2-doors are neat, but a larger coupe with a 6-speed tranny is better.
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Peter 11:32AM (7/06/2006)
Nice looking prototypes, for sure, but how well would they go over with the swollen-prostate crowd that forms Buick's core customer base?
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Gardiner Westbound 11:46AM (7/06/2006)
Swollen prostates my ass. People will beat down the showroom doors to buy these!
How, with in-house talent like this, can GM keep grinding out aesthetically and technically challenged cars unsaleable without massive profit robbing incentives?
The GM Gestapo is probably looking for the people behind this. Here’s a clue. They’re the guys with majorly cojones!
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Jason 11:49AM (7/06/2006)
I had a 2-door Grand Prix GTP ('97) and I'd likely not do that again. Looks nice on the outside, but I don't like punishing my 3rd or 4th passenger when they enter or exit.
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shea lee 11:49AM (7/06/2006)
Buick tired the 2 door halo sports coupe in 1989, it was called the Reatta, it failed, why would it work again in 2009? and the Crossfire, another sales winner ... dumb ideas for a tired old brand …
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steve 11:51AM (7/06/2006)
i like the wildcat. Now all they have to do is concentrate on lightweight and ditch the v8 for the turbo 6. As for the swolen prostrate crowd-screw em theyre almost in wheelchairs anyway. Seriously, that wildcat doing 34 mpg and 3300 lbs would be incredible-
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Hutt 11:51AM (7/06/2006)
Asher, a large american car screams old man, no matter how many doors it has.
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Roy 11:59AM (7/06/2006)
I love the look of this car and I agree that it should be called a Riviera. I never understood why Buick gave up on that name.
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JC Whitless 12:05PM (7/06/2006)
What about a sedan of this?
http://www.autoclub.com.au/uploaded_images/holden-efijy-concept-743006.jpg
Now that would be a Buick!!
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