Behind the Wheel: 2006 Buick Lucerne: So Shipshape the Portholes Seem to Fit April 23, 2006
It looks good. It rides and handles well. It’s quiet, comfortable and well finished. And is likely to be reliable. And, go figure, it happens to be a Buick. In the intervening decades, Buick’s portholes have come and gone, and they made a brief appearance on the Park Avenue as that big sedan faded away. They are back on the Lucerne, which replaces both the Park Avenue and the less expensive LeSabre in Buick’s lineup, with three portholes on each side of V-6 models and four per front fender denoting a V-8 ? the first such engine in a Buick …
Buick gets a ’super,’ Pontiac gets entry-level coupe February 20, 2006
Buick-Pontiac-GMC executives continue to push General Motors’ channeling strategy by introducing targeted product for the individual brands.
Executives made several product announcements to dealers at the three-brand make meeting. Executives also set sales expectations for the brands.
Pontiac will get a new entry-level coupe, called the G5, for the 2007 model year. It will be priced just under $15,000, said John Larson, general manager of Buick-Pontiac-GMC, in an interview with Automotive News after the meeting. GM will start producing the G5 coupe this summer, he said.
“We think the coupe had a significant amount of differentiation for our small-car products,” Larson said. “We …