Hi Guys,
I am new to this forum and I have joined to see what the new Buick Regal owners think of their cars.
I currently own a 07 Saturn Aura XR, and for those that may not know, the new Buick Regal was origally intended to be the next generation Saturn Aura, however as we all know GM closed down Saturn and changed the replacement model to be a Buick. Given the current state of the industry, it was probably a good choice.
I have owned 2 Buick Regals in the past, a 93 third generation "Limited" and a 4th generation 99 GS (with supercharger), both with 3.8 V6 and the new Regal is on my potential shopping list. Because of GM closing Saturn, my Aura is now not worth a lot so I am thinking of running it into the ground before I buy another car so it will likely be 2 or 3 years before I purchase.
By this time they will be building the Regal at the GM Oshawa plant in Ontario, Canada where they build the Impala instead of importing them from Belgium.
I am thinking that the choices may be better then as they are limited right now with only the 'cooking' 4 cylinder available (although the turbo is coming soon).
In Europe they have a much better range of engine choices such as 2.8 V6 turbo and diesel engines in addition to a range of 4 cylinders from 1.6 litres up.
So I am looking forward to all of the responses from new owners.
By the way, don't forget to sign up for the "Reliability" study posted by Mike Karesh. This is a valuable tool for understanding reliability issues with alomost any make of car and the true value is the data comes from 'real' owners.
Talk to you soon,
I am new to this forum and I have joined to see what the new Buick Regal owners think of their cars.
I currently own a 07 Saturn Aura XR, and for those that may not know, the new Buick Regal was origally intended to be the next generation Saturn Aura, however as we all know GM closed down Saturn and changed the replacement model to be a Buick. Given the current state of the industry, it was probably a good choice.
I have owned 2 Buick Regals in the past, a 93 third generation "Limited" and a 4th generation 99 GS (with supercharger), both with 3.8 V6 and the new Regal is on my potential shopping list. Because of GM closing Saturn, my Aura is now not worth a lot so I am thinking of running it into the ground before I buy another car so it will likely be 2 or 3 years before I purchase.
By this time they will be building the Regal at the GM Oshawa plant in Ontario, Canada where they build the Impala instead of importing them from Belgium.
I am thinking that the choices may be better then as they are limited right now with only the 'cooking' 4 cylinder available (although the turbo is coming soon).
In Europe they have a much better range of engine choices such as 2.8 V6 turbo and diesel engines in addition to a range of 4 cylinders from 1.6 litres up.
So I am looking forward to all of the responses from new owners.
By the way, don't forget to sign up for the "Reliability" study posted by Mike Karesh. This is a valuable tool for understanding reliability issues with alomost any make of car and the true value is the data comes from 'real' owners.
Talk to you soon,