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The Buick brand serves as a sort of midlevel brand that offers much of the luxury feel that you get from Cadillac but with a lower price. Thanks to the addition of the eAssist mild hybrid system to several vehicles in the lineup, Buick offers both power and fuel efficient models with a long list of standard amenities from base model to the top of the range.

By Patrick Rall on February 26, 2013 - 6:17PM
Refreshed versions of the Buick LaCrosse and Buick Regal are expected for the 2014 model year and today, General Motors confirmed that the new Buick sedans would debut in April at the 2013 New York International Auto Show.
By Don Bain on February 15, 2013 - 4:24PM
Buick is known for building cars as quiet as a mausoleum on a moonless night, but when a turbocharger was added to the elegant Verano model, the brand suspected it might attract a more discerning buyer interested in the sound an engine should make as it speeds away.
By Anthony Faccenda on February 2, 2013 - 11:40AM
General Motors has expanded last fall's airbag recall to include an extra 3,896 model-year 2012 Buick Verano, Chevy Cruze and Sonic vehicles in the United States.
By Patrick Rall on January 30, 2013 - 9:35PM
It has been many moons since the Buick brand offered a high quality compact option but with the 2013 Buick Verano, General Motors has an affordable compact sedan that offers a luxurious interior, a superb ride and drivetrain that is both powerful and efficient that makes the Verano exactly what Buick has been needing.
By Patrick Rall on January 28, 2013 - 3:32PM
General Motors announced today that they will invest $600 million in their Fairfax Assembly and Stamping Plant where the popular Buick LaCrosse and Chevrolet Malibu are built – bringing the total moneys invested in the Kansas facility since 2003 up into the range of $2.5 billion dollars.
By Patrick Rall on January 10, 2013 - 12:33PM
General Motors ended 2012 in a positive note with overall growth by the company as well as with 3 of the 4 brands but more importantly, as 2012 drew to a close General Motors was able to one again claim the title of being America’s bestselling automaker – selling more cars in the US than any other automaker.
By Patrick Rall on December 11, 2012 - 12:33PM
While General Motors was one of the less successful automakers in the US auto industry in terms of year over year growth – GM still showed positive growth last month and in the long run, that is what the company is the most concerned with reporting.
By Aaron Turpen on November 20, 2012 - 6:06PM
Buick's new drivetrain technology for all-wheel-drive vehicles includes "magic magnets" to anticipate slippage before it happens, giving greater responsiveness to the all-new Encore crossover.
By Anthony Faccenda on November 14, 2012 - 6:48PM
According to GM, the recall was issued due to a driver side frontal airbag problem, which may result in airbag deployment failure.


By Patrick Rall on November 8, 2012 - 6:38PM
October 2012 proved to be a good month for the folks at General Motors, with all four of their current brands showing positive growth while the company as a whole led the US market in sales volume with 195,674 vehicles sold last month.
By Patrick Rall on October 8, 2012 - 11:25PM
General Motors was one of the weakest auto companies in the US market in September 2012 with a year over year growth of just 1.5% but that slight increase allowed them to beat cross-town rival Ford Motor Company en route to once again being the bestselling automaker in the US by a pretty comfortable margin.
By Anthony Faccenda on October 4, 2012 - 12:18PM
Costco Auto Program members are now eligible for discounts on 12 different GM models including the Chevy Cruze, Buick Verano and GMC Acadia.
By John Goreham on October 3, 2012 - 11:39AM
Newest Buick is a good example of modern lighting technology and its benefits.
By Patrick Rall on September 24, 2012 - 12:55PM
General Motors recently announced the pricing for the 2013 Buick Encore with the price for the luxurious entry level, front wheel drive trimline starting at just $24,950 (including destination of $750) and option packages bringing the price of the fully loaded Encore into the low $30s.
By Patrick Rall on September 21, 2012 - 12:38PM
General Motors announced last night that the Buick and GMC brands would be receiving nine new models in their lineup over the next 12 months with some of the most popular vehicles in those two brands getting a refresh – including the Buick Regal, the Buick LaCrosse, the GMC Sierra and the GMC Yukon.
By Patrick Rall on September 6, 2012 - 1:13PM
The sales results are in for August 2012 and for the folks at General Motors, it was a good month with all four of their existing brands showing positive growth – helping the largest of the Detroit Big 3 to beat out Nissan and BMW in terms of year over year growth.
By John Goreham on August 29, 2012 - 6:47PM
Consistent with the Buick tradition of offering forced induction engines, the 2013 has three new four cylinder engine choices for buyers looking at a Regal, but they seem pretty common these days.
By John Goreham on August 28, 2012 - 11:54AM
Buicks cute ‘ute joins the low 30s highway mileage club, but will buyers expect more performance from a compct premium vehicle?
By John Goreham on August 8, 2012 - 9:42PM
That price will help the Buick get noticed in a very tough market segment as it tries to win customers from luxury makes Lexus, Acura and Infiniti, but the mainstream brands seem to be the Verano's real competition.
By Patrick Rall on August 3, 2012 - 1:37PM
General Motors reported a year over year decline in sales of 6.4% but the company points out that the decline is due in large to the decline in sales to rental car companies and other large fleets while retail sales only declined by about 3% in July 2012.
By Patrick Rall on August 1, 2012 - 2:04PM
The EPA has released their official fuel economy figures for the new 2013 Buick Verano Turbo, with the performance minded compact luxury sedan offering 20 mpg around town, 31 on the highway and a combined figure of 24 miles per gallon when fitted with the 6-speed manual transmission.
By John Goreham on July 11, 2012 - 9:33AM
Why does the fotball champion for Indianapolis, and now hero in Denver drive a Buick Verano? Is he not aware of the Cadillac CTS-V?
By Patrick Rall on July 3, 2012 - 9:25PM
June 2012 was good for the folks at General Motors as all four of their brands showed positive growth compared to the same month in 2011 but June was best for Buick – which posted an increase of almost 27%.
By Patrick Rall on June 18, 2012 - 8:28PM
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has announced that they have upgraded their preliminary investigation of the 2006 and 2007 Chevrolet Trailblazer to an engineering analysis while also adding the GMC, Buick, Saab and Isuzu, a move which could lead to a recall of 341,786 vehicles in the US.
By Aaron Turpen on June 15, 2012 - 3:11PM
Buick is working hard to shed the geriatric associations with its name and taking the Regal GS on the race track proved that they are serious about the effort.
By Denis Flierl on June 12, 2012 - 7:36AM
Buick has announced the 2013 Verano will be packing a new 2.0-liter turbocharged engine with 250 horsepower.