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Old Aug 12, 2005 | 01:30 PM
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That thing is slick

Just enough chrome accents. The car looks sporty AND refined

has that expensive looking thing going for it

I'd pimp it

keep up the excellent work
Old Aug 12, 2005 | 01:38 PM
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That thing is great. I'd like to see that with velite like front end on it though. It seems that would be the perfect touch for this car.
Old Aug 12, 2005 | 01:42 PM
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I'd change the front bumper a little, but other than that the car look awesome. Very sexy and classy looking
Old Aug 12, 2005 | 01:45 PM
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I like it a lot.

It looks better than anything on the Buick, Pontiac or Chevy lots right now, with the exception of the Vette and maybe the Solstice.

I like it a lot.
Old Aug 12, 2005 | 02:53 PM
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Originally Posted by KrisH
Glad you guys mostly like it so far. The front end was a tough one for me though, like I said. The notched spoiler was kind of a hint at the chin spoiler on the GN's but the headlights...I just don't like them. I pleaded for them to only run a read view, but Johnny loved it, so he ran it anyway. Oh well...
i'm trying to imagine what would look good there and i keep thinking something very squared off in the way that the back is...

i can see the influence from the original GN now re the spoiler but it kinda comes across as a little ricey. i'm happy that you managed to come up with a truly buick looking design for this though! totally looking forward to how this one evolves.
Old Aug 12, 2005 | 03:52 PM
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I'll bet ol' BM would love to sell these....
Old Aug 12, 2005 | 04:09 PM
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Nice car. However, as long as Pontiac has the GTO (and by all indications, that will be some time minus the short gap), and Pontiac's combined with Buick, you won't see 2 of the same sized coupes in the same showroom.
Old Aug 12, 2005 | 05:05 PM
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Originally Posted by guionM
Nice car. However, as long as Pontiac has the GTO (and by all indications, that will be some time minus the short gap), and Pontiac's combined with Buick, you won't see 2 of the same sized coupes in the same showroom.
Buzzkill. You make a good point, as I knew you would. It's a shame though, because it could really wake up the brand, despite not being practical.

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Old Aug 12, 2005 | 05:15 PM
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Looks good Chris

Am I the only one who sees supra DNA in the front end of the car?
Old Aug 12, 2005 | 05:16 PM
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don't like the bottom of the front bumper, but besides that it looks great! Can't wait to see your cars in Vegas in November.
Old Aug 12, 2005 | 06:36 PM
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I like it. You forgot wheel lugs, though, and I doubt they'd use a six spoke, five lugged wheel.

The rear glass looks excessively large to me, though. Is this a hatched or a trunked car? Some minor revisions in the *** end would be in order, I'd think. The wraparound taillights don't seem to do anything for me either.

I like the location and shape of the hood bulge and this thing would probably look pretty bad *** with a shaker scoop. I don't like the nose spoiler, but with a few tweaks it might not look so bad. The Buick grille and headlights should probably be a little taller and that might offset some of the largeness of the air dam piece. The air dam piece itself looks like something I'd see on a riced Civic or an SRT4... not something I'd expect on a luxo Buick.

I like the general design and shape, though. Looks like it could fly!
Old Aug 12, 2005 | 07:05 PM
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Looks pretty cool. Could use a little tweaking but a pretty darn good start. For some reason the grill kinda reminfs me of the Mercury Montego (i think that's the name, i'm thinking about mercury's version of the ford 500) and the rear reminds me of an acura, i think because of the taillights.
Old Aug 13, 2005 | 03:42 PM
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Kris, did you forget, GNXs have to have a black with polished lip wheel design. Geez.

Aside from a few very minor things, I definitely dig it.


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Old Aug 13, 2005 | 06:17 PM
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Not even my beloved GM is worthy of you man.
Old Aug 13, 2005 | 06:32 PM
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Re: My humble attempt at Buick performance...

What I have to say- you already know- that front air dam....damn....

Because its all black its hard to see the grill in there- at first I thought I was looking at a Nissan front hood- but then i could make out some of the grill. I would like to see more styling ques like in the grill and maybe the side badge that the gn's had.

I am a phr reader and you should tell Hunkins that you are an arteeest- not a computer draft monkey- tell him to give you more time- and he can tease people in the upcoming issue with drawings to follow in the next



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