Cadillacfan

It's an interesting concept but I think GM needs to show us that the production vehicle will be as high of quality. Now, I understand the interior will never make it to production as is, but the rear-hinged doors should make it since the new Opel Meriva, a vehicle on the same platform will be offering it.

Uh oh...Perhaps it's better looking in person... As for today, it was all about the Focus. I think a lot of the other automakers wanted to hold off on their big products as to not be overshadowed by Ford.

How quiet is it driving at highway speeds? Having a good deal more interior space than the sedan, one would assume that it's a bit different in the cabin. Also: Is the rear lift gate one solid door or can you open the glass separately? How well does the lift gate protect you from the elements? Where specifically? Was that in Cheektowaga or Tonawanda?

Hey, we're going to have the Alpha platform so I wouldn't count out a small RWD coupe or roadster from a sub-Cadillac brand in a few years. GM's going to want to reduce the cost of the platform somehow so it makes sense that they'd try to make as many variants on the platform as they can.

I think that would've been a bad idea. If anything, I think would give GM more of a incentive to eventually ditch the Pontiac brand if they didn't do it already. First reason why this wouldn't work: GM would have to sink a lot of money into restyling each car both inside and out to make them as different as possible from each other (remember, Pontiac and Buick were sharing a dealership and they would've continued to do so). This would drive up the costs of the car and they would probably never make most of their money back. Second reason: in order to be sold under the Pontiac brand, they would have to dumb down the Astra and decontent it to keep costs down making for a less than spectacular product. I think Buick will do just fine selling the different Astra variants since it's already trying to improve it's image among the youth. I still think GM was right to ditch Pontiac. The brand was a shadow of its former self. Though it was showing signs of a resurgence, With the new CAFE standards and GM's massive debt (both of which lead to the premature death of the G8) Pontiac never stood a chance at truly recovering.

Shoving down our throats?! Why is offering a new model in a growing segment equate to GM forcing us to buy something that we don't want? This is one car in a full lineup of new Chevrolet cars that vary in size. You'll have plenty of options. You DON'T have to buy it. . Some people like cars like this... I know.. it's so weird that other people have different opinions than you, isn't it? Why is it so horrible that GM's considering them important to growth of the brand? You really aren't making a lot of sense.

With all due respect, you don't speak for every American. If every car built required 100% public support or catered to the most buyers, we wouldn't see great cars like the Camaro, CTS-V, CTS Wagon, or the Corvette. Instead, every car would look and drive like as plainly as a Toyota Camry. I'm not saying you're wrong believing that most people would prefer to buy cars that were large and comfortable but, the reality is that not everyone can afford a $15,000 compact car or want to spend a lot of money on fueling up their car. Smaller cars, as a rule, get much better the mileage than larger cars. There are quite a few people out there who would think this is the perfect car for them. It would be a mistake for GM to not offer a car in this segment. Personally, I would never drive a car like this and nobody is saying that GM should only be building cars like this, but it does serve the growing city car segment and people will buy it if the need it... even if they don't want to.

That TSX interior is to garish for my tastes. This Regal will blow away the competition.. but there are too many people out there who will continue to deny how much of a great car it is simply because it's a Buick.

Not everyone will like the styling of this car but why is it a horrible idea that GM wants to bring it here? Toyota and Kia both have vehicles entering this city car segment soon and the smaller Smart car is already selling pretty well. Gas prices will soar again as soon as the economy rebounds completely and people start buying again. GM's lack of good compact and subcompact vehicles during the time when we had $4 gas prices is what got GM helped lead the company to the problems it had last year at this time. Shouldn't GM be prepared?

I'm glad that this stays much closer to the Insignia than the Chinese Regal does. Some of the visual changes, although limited, managed to take away that expensive European flair of it's Opel cousin. I still hate the fact that, like the European manufacturers and the cars they import here; GM had to raise the suspension of this car in order to drive on our crappy roads in North America.

My question: What will happen to Frank Weber, chief engineer for the Volt who just left to take a senior position at Opel when it was supposed to be sold off? Will he stay with Opel under GM or leave? I hope GM allows him to stay so he doesn't go off and develop a better volt-type car for BMW, Mercedes, or VW.

Wow, I feel really bad for all those Saturn dealers who were patiently waiting for Penske to take over. Now they're all going to be unemployed by the end of the year especially at a time where the automotive market is in such chaos. I hope some other foreign automaker looking to set up shop in the US will step in at the last moment at least so all those jobs will be saved... but I'm not holding my breath.

Couldn't agree more. You'd think they would learn from past history but they're so focused on expanding and being number one, they are the new old GM.

While I'm not a fan of keeping GMC, the numbers speak for themselves. The problem of both Chevrolet and GMC offering essentially the same vehicles remains. That needs to be eliminated as soon as possible. The next generation GMC vehicles not only have to look unique, but be unique. The brand should offer something that no other brand within the GM family offers. With gas prices expected to rise dramatically when the economy improves, GM should look to phase out either the Tahoe or the Yukon or at least move one of them on a different platform. The same goes with the Suburban and the Yukon XL. Since GMC is doing so well, it would seem more likely that Chevrolet would cut it's models and focus more on crossovers.

I think I read Penske was just looking at Renault or it's South Korean arm Renault-Samsung motors. I definitely see a lot of Audi TT in this. This vehicle looks pretty good. Which is very rare to say of any Peugeot vehicles or any of the other French automakers which seem to be very comfortable designing extremely quirky vehicles these days.