Buick Electra Convertible.

Buick recently showed a brand new sedan for the Chinese market, where the brand is much, much more popular than it is in the US. A new SUV and Minivan will follow soon. And how about a convertible?

Something like the illustration above would be Buick‘s first convertible since the Cascada, which was really an imported Opel. The last true Buick convertible was probably the 2-seater Reatta. Produced from 1988 to 1991.

While Buick doesn’t offer an EV over here yet, they already have 3 on sale in China. The Velite is an older model based on the Volt. But the Electra E5 and especially the really cool Electra E4 have been on sale over there for over a year. Both are based on GM’s Ultium platform. Buick just introduced 2 new EV concepts a few weeks ago, also in China, a sedan called the Electra L, and the LT wagon. And they both look great.

What if GM went nuts and decided to show us a new future convertible, also based on the Ultium platform?

The illustration above shows what such a crazy hallucination could look like.

Of course, the last convertible sold by Buick was not a hit. At all. The Cascada was a rebadged Opel that only saw very few buyers in the US. Same thing with their last wagon sold here, the Regal Tour-X. Another Opel with a Buick badge. And yet, the new Electra LT shows a future wagon for the Buick brand.

So why not a convertible? There might be hope…