SHANGHAI: Buick Riviera Concept

[Northstar]

Ugh. Looks pretty ugly, and I really doubt this is anything more than a pie-in-the-sky concept.

[Cory Wolfe]

Eh... the greenhouse looks too big in relation to the body. The front doesn't look classy enough for a Buick. If they went with a front end more like the Velite, shrunk down the greenhouse, and perhaps elongated the front a bit... It would look much better. As is the body lines and the rear are almost perfect. The execution... isn't.

[FAPTurbo]

Like most concepts, it's very overwrought. However, if it was toned down a bit, it'd be a great Buick! It certainly doesn't look like it's for Grandad.

[carstar]

I'm a bit surprise that this concept didn't steal anybody design since it's from a country where its automakers, (not just buick) copies/rebadge/needs help from others, to design its own cars. I'm aware that this is a pre concept, but so far these dosent sound good:

I think I'm with Chaz on this one.

The front is butt-ugly, the back merely ok, and the doors absurd.

Hope this is only a styling exercise without production intent

The front looks waaaaay to high. The back looks OK I suppose

getting past some of the "errors"

Looks pretty ugly, and I really doubt this is anything more than a pie-in-the-sky concept.

shrunk down the greenhouse, and perhaps elongated the front a bit... It would look much better

The front doesn't look classy enough for a Buick. If they went with a front end more like the Velite,

wow, just wow. the 3 year old velite face is better looking than riviera concept?!

Like most concepts, it's very overwrought.

like most NA buick concepts, this thread would be filled with post saying something like : this will save buick! build this! this is the best concept i ever seen!

so far there's 3 of them and the rest dosen't sound great.

And this is how buick is going to be saved, w/ rebadges of out-dated designs?

Edited April 19, 2007 by carstar

[Sixty8panther]

I still love it but it should be called Skylark or Regal NOT Riviera.

Not that it will see production...

[bring_BUICK_back]

It will see production. China, or here as either a Chevy or Saturn. Why bother gettting all hyped up over things when it is clear that Buick is nothing more then a cancer to GM.

[C.H.U.D.]

The basic shape would look great as a four door LaCrosse replacement. The front end isn't working for me at all, though.

[91z4me]

I think more pics/larger pics will help us decide. What we can see is from very small pics and we may be missing some things, especially on the interior.

[Guest YellowJacket894]

After cooling off and seeing some other angles, I have to say I want someone to just, well, sit on it and pull both ends of it. The styling on this car is really nice, it's just everything is way too tall -- the front end, the rear -- and it needs to be longer, sleeker. I really love the shape of the interior, though.

Edited April 19, 2007 by YellowJacket894

[91z4me]

After cooling off and seeing some other angles, I have to say I want someone to just, well, sit on it and pull both ends of it. The styling on this car is really nice, it's just everything is way too tall -- the front end, the rear -- and it needs to be longer, sleeker. I really love the shape of the interior, though.

I found just the guy for it!

Edited April 19, 2007 by 91z4me

[91z4me]

The drawing in the upper right has me pretty intrigued. It has a 30s feel to it. Almost like an open wheel car, very Prowler like and that is a good thing.

[thegriffon]

World premiere at Auto Shanghai 2007: Buick Riviera — Stunning Coupe Concept Unveiled in Shanghai

* China-Designed Gullwing Coupe For China's Global Auto Show

* Preview To Buick's New International Design Language

* Buick Returns Riviera Nameplate After Eight Years

* “It's Not East, Not West ... It's Buick”

SHANGHAI — The Buick Riviera, a stunning concept car designed to showcase Buick's new global design direction, made its global debut today at Auto Shanghai 2007.

The gullwing Riviera concept coupe was developed with global design input by the Pan Asia Technical Automotive Center (PATAC) in China, a design and engineering joint venture between General Motors and Shanghai Automotive Industry Corporation (SAIC).

The Riviera was introduced today by Rick Wagoner, GM Chairman and CEO, and Hu Maoyuan, SAIC Chairman. …

Full press release at AutoReport

[thegriffon]

Just for reference, it's between the G37 and Mustang in size, but much wider and a little taller. No mention of powertrain other than it's a hybrid system that GM has developed for China.

Edited April 20, 2007 by thegriffon

[mustang84]

I like the way it looks, but it looks too short (especially the rear deck) to be a Riviera...I agree with Sixty8's comment about calling it a Skylark. It'd be cooler if it had a boat-tail rear.

[big blue]

That lighting is ridiculously cool looking. I also like the blue accented interior. The car is warming up to me now after seeing high-res photos.

[CSpec]

Upon closer inspection, it does indeed appear to be a concept for the Epsilon 2 Lacrosse.

[Drew Dowdell]

not disputing, but where do you see epsilon?

[ZL-1]

Nicer pics than the ones we had seen before. I actually like the car in this picture.

[VenSeattle]

Okay. I'm won over. The headlights were throwing me off, but now that I've seen them illuminated, I love them. Great concept!

[donpella]

I always hate to give my opinion, because "GM NEVER LISTEN TO THE PEOPLE WHO ACTUALLY BUY THEIR CARS", but if this is the design language for Buick, it may have a nice future. This concept is good but it isn't great. First the name. I actually own a 95 Buick Riviera (it was infact my dream car in high school)and this isn't a Rivi. The concept is cool,but it isn't revolutionary or evolutionary to to any of the best Rivi's (63-65, 66-68, 92-99). Not saying that it has to,but I always thought of my Rivi as the poor,poor man CL class. They are both the same size(full size coupes) and are both sleek personal luxury coupes. This looks a little smallish. I say the front is cool but lower the grille alittle and give it more of a traditional tail end or tapered trunk. Drop a rwd V8 in it and crame it with just enough goodies so that it doesnt step on Cadillac's tail. Currectly I own my second 95 Rivi. I haven't bought another car because stylisticly there is no fullsize luxury coupe that the common man can afford. Maybe I'll wait till the CL's price come down, because for some reason Mercedes Benz is the only company making them. Until I'll be loving that 95 Rivi. By the way, I'm 28 and not in my 40's 50's or 60's, surprising huh? but here my rendition if only they added somemore truckspace....thats what I think it need

Peace.

[gm4life]

I love this thing. The offical GM shots all 95 of them are on the Wieck.

[Flybrian]

Updated with press release info on first post as well as link to hi-res image gallery.

[gm4life]

Excellent job Mr. Fly. Can I order mine yet? Pearl White with tan like always...