http://www.autoweek.com/news.cms?newsId=100802

 

Pfffft. Nice of AutoWeek to be pretty late to the show. I've been reporting this for weeks that its going into Lucern. Others @ C&G have been saying for MONTHS that Buick is getting the Northstar, but just werent sure which program it would go with.

They never mention the Northstar by name either.

 

Glad they proof read. ......... or maybe there is a secret V8 edition Rendezvous that just isn't sold in my neak of the woods

 

i think they ment Rainer.

anyone know if this is FWD or RWD?

 

FWD. Based off of the DeVille/Bonneville/Park Ave/current LeSabre. Traces roots back to the Aurora/Riviera "G" cars.


This statement caught my attention:
"The last V8-powered car Buick offered was the big, boxy 1996 Roadmaster, a sibling to the Chevrolet Caprice."

Erm...

The mid-90's Roadmasher was boxy??? I thought the whole bitch with those cars was that they looked like bars of soap.



Footnote:
I love the Roadmasher. Huge car, LT1, floaty suspension, drive it with your pinky, take a nap in the trunk, gigantic fuel tank, cushy seats. All around great American car.

I'll take mine in white with the grey 1/4 vinyl top.

Would take a Fleetwood first if I find the right one though.

 

Wow, you guys are right. Talk about a very poorly written piece all around. I wonder what #'s that 'Vu puts out with the big brawny V8 stuffed in there.

 

I wonder if Canada will get a unique name for this one too?

"Lucerne" is a well known line of dairy products in our Safeway grocery stores. I'm sure that's the image Buick wants for a near lux sedan.

 

Buick needs a rear wheel drive car with a powerful V8 (Roadmaster or Riviera sound good to me ) Not them FWD cars they've been offering...even though I love the current LeSabre the way it looks and rides