Drew Dowdell

frameless glass? hill hold?

Maybe Buick could be SAVED BY ZERO!

I still don't see your objection to this in a 28k car. There are more expensive imports with lesser interiors now.

The S40, while I like the over all car, has some fairly retarded HVAC controls

THAT is what makes the TSX so much better? Sorry but that ranks up there with the "underside of the ashtray is so much higher quality on a Kia" comment that is in someone's sig

Now I just had an eye exam and the doctor didn't mention anything to me about color blindness..... but where in that TSX photo are the contrasting colors? I see black and I see silver. Same as on the Regal photo. the A4 you posted is great, but that color combo isn't available till you select about $40,000 in other option packages.

I think the warm fuzzies that come from the Enclave and the next Lacrosse, will certainly help Buick a lot. Remember, the S40 and TSX start at 28k, the Lacrosse is moving on up. So this would be a good base for Buick. I think it would be slotted perfectly.

New Orleans

I'm going to press you on this simply because I'm trying to understand the thought process. I'm not saying the Regal is decidedly upscale, but neither is the TSX nor the S40. What makes this more finished? And how does your description of the Regal interior not also apply to the TSX?

I know it's simply an opinion, but what makes the TSX and S40 so much nicer? The imported badges? If anything, I think the Regal and TSX look close enough to be related. I drive an S40 regularly, and the interior is nice, but rather stark.

I'll even go out on a limb and say that only 4-cylinders should be offered. Direct injected ecotec base engine and the Turbo DI Ecotech up level engine. Let Buick play off the remnants of turbo history they still have.

The Regal is spot on. It's a domestic alternative to a TSX. or S40

Not when Lexus, Lincoln, and Acura are out there cranking FWDers and making good money on them.

Mikey could get an alleluia from me...

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Wow! No one could have predicted THAT!

If it has more luxury appointments and style, I'd say it's positioned against the S40 and TSX.

Except it's not. The Orlando is an MPV. The Equinox is a CUV.

On Saturday we got snow in the morning and for what ever reason the salt trucks never came out. All of the snow that cars were driving on got compacted and turned to ice. After I dropped my BF off at work and I was headed back home, I spotted a Port Authority bus crossing onto the same bridge I needed to cross. At the end of this bridge, I have two choices to go home once I've crossed the bridge. One choice sends me down another bridge town, the other choice takes me up a hill. Up the hill is where the bus heads. I look down onto the other bridge and watch a Suburban slide into the back of Focus. Scratch that route. I decide to take my chances behind the bus. The bus stops half way up the hill to pickup/drop off. I think "Oh hell, I'm never getting home now! There's no way the bus will be able to take off again in this weather!" To my surprise, with no drama at all, the bus just takes off back up the hill. The Pruis behind the bus but in front of me however........ yay for hyperactive traction control that you can't disable.

I agree that the materials are first rate and solid. Pity they just didn't line up right. My sample size is 1, however.

Proof that it's not the getting there, but the going that is good.

All of that is invisible when you have an overlap like this

The C-class has really grown on me also. A friend of mine sometimes picks me up to head into downtown for work has one. Love the exterior look and the interior is conservative but attractive. It was only on closer inspection that I was surprise at how a bunch of the seams didn't line up when it was clear that's what was intended.