Straight from Lutz's mouth: Buick to have sporty coupe

0toinsanein5.4sec · 2005-07-13 06:49:33

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Jul 13, 2005 | 01:49 AM

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Straight from Lutz's mouth: Buick to have sporty coupe

Autoweek article <-- Good read

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Buick will have trucks of all sizes and description, as well as sporty coupes.

Jul 13, 2005 | 01:52 AM

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Re: Straight from Lutz's mouth: Buick to have sporty coupe

Will they bring back a huge 2-door sedan and call it the Riviera? *Fingers crossed*

Jul 13, 2005 | 02:02 AM

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How about a 2-door midsize coupe called the GNX?

..... joking, sorry, i had to do it.

A GNX would be a cool idea.

Jul 13, 2005 | 02:12 AM

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Buick will have a lot of trucks? What happened to the whole Buick Pontiac GMC trifecta with no overlap?

Jul 13, 2005 | 02:27 AM

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Re: Straight from Lutz's mouth: Buick to have sporty coupe

Here's a vote for the GN/GNX.

Jul 13, 2005 | 07:09 AM

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Buick will have a lot of trucks? What happened to the whole Buick Pontiac GMC trifecta with no overlap?

If Buick gets a Theta and Lambda truck/suv/crossover and GMC keeps a line up similar to what it has now AND Pontiac doesn't get a Theta and Lambda, you still have the trifecta without overlap.

Jul 13, 2005 | 07:15 AM

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Re: Straight from Lutz's mouth: Buick to have sporty coupe

Buick and GMC will both have Lambdas. The v8 will not have DOD. So either LS4 with no DOD or Northstar. I can see the Buick with the N* but not the GMC.

Jul 13, 2005 | 08:31 AM

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Re: Straight from Lutz's mouth: Buick to have sporty coupe

Yeah, that sentence caught me off guard. Not sure what to make of it. At this point, I'm chalking it up to "shooting from the hip" in an interview.

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Jul 13, 2005 | 08:33 AM

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Re: Straight from Lutz's mouth: Buick to have sporty coupe

I found this interesting ...

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When Bob Lutz, GM's Vice Chairman, asked to speak to AutoWeek

Jul 13, 2005 | 08:57 AM

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Originally Posted by mr00jimbo

Will they bring back a huge 2-door sedan and call it the Riviera? *Fingers crossed*

You complained about the Riviera in your "lack of success" post.

What gives?

Jul 13, 2005 | 09:17 AM

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Re: Straight from Lutz's mouth: Buick to have sporty coupe

RWD or FWD?

Jul 13, 2005 | 09:20 AM

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Re: Straight from Lutz's mouth: Buick to have sporty coupe

Just thinking about Buick's core market, and who they are attempting to reach, I would expect Toyota/Lexus like SUVs and coupes.

Jul 13, 2005 | 09:41 AM

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Originally Posted by General Z

You complained about the Riviera in your "lack of success" post.

What gives?

It didn't do well, but I still liked it. I want a big 2-door car for starting under 30k. I think if all goes well my next car will be a GM.

Jul 13, 2005 | 10:02 AM

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Re: Straight from Lutz's mouth: Buick to have sporty coupe

SUVs are not trucks. At any rate, that is probably what he meant though... real trucks as Buicks would be fairly idiotic.

Jul 13, 2005 | 10:05 AM

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Re: Straight from Lutz's mouth: Buick to have sporty coupe

That's great about the Buick coupe, (I vote for a Grand National

), but what about our Chevy coupe? That should be the number one priority at the moment

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