Filed under: Sedans/Saloons, Videos, Buick, Lexus
VIDEO: It's a Buick, beyotch!
A creative Buick dealer is celebrating the brand's performance in J.D. Power's 2007 Vehicle Dependability Study that was released yesterday, in which it tied Lexus for the top spot, by putting together an amusing little viral that stars the Buick Lucerne CST SEMA concept from 2006. The car was prepared by Stainless Steel Brakes Corp. of Clarence, NY, and was one of many Lucernes GM sent to the show last year. You can see the full inventory of upgrades along with the aforementioned video created by Alfred Matthews Motorsports after the jump. Believe us, it's worth it, beyotch!
UPDATE: The video's been yanked. Lame.
[Source: YouTube]
Gallery: Buick Lucerne CST - SEMA 2006
Gallery: Buick at SEMA 2006
BUICK LUCERNE CST BY STAINLESS STEEL BRAKES CORP.
Sportiness and style are unstoppable in the Buick Lucerne CST by Stainless Steel Brakes Corp. of Clarence, N.Y. It targets the executive who wants a vehicle that can function as a rolling office, have performance to pass and hold the road, and still entertain children on long trips.
The Buick Lucerne CST builds on the production Lucerne's solid foundation, including the 4.6L Northstar V-8, reworked with custom heads to crank out 320 horsepower. To stop all that power, the Lucerne CST features 15-inch front and 14-inch rear rotors, new three-piston front and new force tri-power piston rear calipers (with internal parking brakes) customized for the vehicle. All-stainless steel lines, cables and clamps top off the package.
A Sherwin-Williams Black Cherry exterior finish accented by all-black chrome complement Katzkin two-tone tan leather seating surfaces and custom upholstered door panels.
Vehicle highlights
* Custom Corsa stainless steel exhaust with four port outlets
* 22-inch Sporza wheels and Pirelli tire package
* Custom Razzi rear wing
* Billet / custom accessories by Stainless Steel Brakes Corp.
* Sprint lowering springs (lowered 1.75 inches)
* Custom LED lighting (high-tech LED)
* Modified marking lights and headlight kit by Aero Automotive
* Black Cherry body color grille
* Sony full stereo system with overhead TV
* Two headrest monitors powered by two Dell multimedia laptops with wireless internet connections
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
sw 3:40PM (8/10/2007)
That has to be the funniest thing I've ever seen, just not the way the advertisers meant. If Lexus is for old people then Buick's are pretty much for septuagenarians. While I admit both are fairly decent vehicles, Buick really has nothing nowdays to compete with the likes of the IS350
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red 3:46PM (8/10/2007)
OMFG that was soooooo funny, yo! Cause, you know, imports really suck! And that video proved it! YEAH!
Caboose 3:46PM (8/10/2007)
Great word usage. I don't think I have ever seen septuagenarian used in an actual sentence.
Ivey League Educated 3:44PM (8/10/2007)
Yeah, try that rollin up to a *new* Lexus like an IS350 or GS350 and not an old one. We'll see who's the big "L" then.
Comparing Buicks to Lexuses is like comparing Betty White to Megan Fox. One oozes moth balls and the other oozes pure sex.
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RickCA 4:31PM (8/10/2007)
If you were truly Ivy leaugue educated in the automotive realm, you'd know there is nothing sexy about a lexus IS350 ..please a suped up Corola it's a total chick car with about as much excitement driving as a camary.. Infact (at least in my opinion) the whole lexus line is nothing but girlie bland rebadged toyota's that drive just like lofty buiks. If you like a bland -no-frills luxo minded car than I guess you can't go wrong with a lexus. Not for me though
RickCA 4:31PM (8/10/2007)
If you were truly Ivy leaugue educated in the automotive realm, you'd know there is nothing sexy about a lexus IS350 ..please a suped up Corola it's a total chick car with about as much excitement driving as a camary.. Infact (at least in my opinion) the whole lexus line is nothing but girlie bland rebadged toyota's that drive just like lofty buiks. If you like a bland -no-frills luxo minded car than I guess you can't go wrong with a lexus. Not for me though
AMGoff 10:57PM (8/10/2007)
Well... if you were in fact IVY league educated, that's not much to brag about. All that would mean is that you are a fool for paying that much for your post-secondary education. I went to a state university... yet somehow I know how to spell "Ivy," who would have ever figured that?
Either way I'd be willing to bet that my Buick is ten times nicer than and could drive circles around whatever POS you're driving around.
Regardless of this moron, it is nice to finally see some younger people on here who can actually appreciate a fine American nameplate.
alex 3:44PM (8/10/2007)
and this is EXACTLY why you'll never see me in a Buick, or Buick dealer.
or a Lexus for that matter..
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Aaron 3:48PM (8/10/2007)
ahahaha here come the ass hurt apologists from their parents' computers..
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Eriq 3:50PM (8/10/2007)
I can't take buik seriously as a "sportscar". My grandparents have been driving buiks for over 50 years. I don't think they can really change their "image".
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Jeremy 4:15PM (8/10/2007)
Buick Grand National GNX...one of the fasted production cars of the 80s. Today you'd be lucky to find one for 15k that wasn't a rust bucket.
Most Buicks from the 60s were pretty sweet muscle cars.
The newer ones however have gotten much more boring. Although the Lucerne and Enclave are very nice vehicles.
BTW...the average age of a Toyota driver is now older than a Buick. I think the average for a Toyota is 52 and I think the Buick was either 42 or 48, don't remember exactly, but somewhere in the 40s.
Eddie 3:54PM (8/10/2007)
Pull up in a LS600h next to a Rendezvous, then we'll see who's saying loser.
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Mr. Oak 4:00PM (8/10/2007)
Let's say I pull in a GNx, you in the 600h.
sw 4:37PM (8/10/2007)
Let's make it interesting GNX vs LF-A when it comes out ;)
Ryan 4:09PM (8/10/2007)
That's funny as hell !!! But that type of people just don't drive Buick's they little rigged up Honda's.
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DC 4:17PM (8/10/2007)
Lol..That was funny...
Didn the guys point out the L the way. I mean looking at it from the Lexus point of view the L was inverted..lol such a dumbo..
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Ivey League Educated 4:22PM (8/10/2007)
Who careas about some low-tech "muscle car" Buick put out 20 years ago? Thats going to convince the under 30 set that Buick is cool now? whatev. Buick will NEVER EVER EVER EVER be cool to people except those dinosaurs over 50 trying to re-live thier low tech childhood. YAY, a hula-hoop and a rubber ball attached to a woode paddle. ;)
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Ivey League Educated 4:27PM (8/10/2007)
Who careas about some low-tech "muscle car" Buick put out 20 years ago? Thats going to convince the under 30 set that Buick is cool now? whatev. Buick will NEVER EVER EVER EVER be cool to people except those dinosaurs over 50 trying to re-live thier low tech childhood. YAY, a hula-hoop and a rubber ball attached to a woode paddle. ;)
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Bill 4:32PM (8/10/2007)
"Ivey" Community College,
The GNX was most certainly not low tech for it's day.
Justin 6:40PM (8/10/2007)
Buick will NEVER be cool? What if they make start making cool cars again like the skylark gsx, the grand national gnx, and even cool luxury cars like the NEW enclave? Will they STILL be not cool? That means that you'll be in denial, forever obligated to say buick isn't cool even when they will have cool cars. Do yourself a favor and remove your bias and look up buicks future offerings sometime.