Buick Electra-C
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GM has recently announced the 1st Buick EV for North America will be late, again.
While Buick doesn’t offer an EV over here yet, they already have 3 on sale in China. The Buick Velite is an older model based on the Volt. But the Buick Electra E5 and especially the really cool Buick 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 Buick 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 Buick-badged 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…
I’m pretty impressed by GM under Mary Barra. They’ve shown pretty good flexibility to change with the market and the reviews of the Ultium products aren’t bad. Its a good step. What I’m hoping we’ll see is Buick becoming the ultra modern design leader, Cadillac becoming the modern retro lux brand and Chevy carrying mass market trends. So a raised wagon that’s different from the Subie Outback in Buick’s lineup would be a great addition – I’m just hoping its an Ultrium-based hybrid system.
Another article that shows terrific looking cars that never seem to come to market.
Sad thing GM is producing some great looking concepts, but they do not have the guts to build them!!
Among many other brands. They’re coming out with sedan and coupe concepts solely just to release a crossover that ” looks” like it. Boo, thumbs 👎
Realistic flights of fancy. I want my convertible to be sexy fun and reliable and attainable. The C7 was is a good platform. The CT5 is a good platform. If we are abandoning ICE then go out with a bang and do a limited Caddy vert with a black wing .
Buick is always being punished by GM. No Avista cuz of the Camaro, no Avenir concept because of Cadillac, and we’ll never see this either.
Big problem with the Electra is
it’s an EV.
So it’s crap!