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Originally Posted by FenwickHockey65
Insignia is everything a Buick should be. Refined, comfortable, luxurious, and FWD. Throw a RWD sports sedan in there like the G8 and you'll have another brand identity crisis like Pontiac.
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yeah yeah... but it would be so goood. Maybe give it some smoother buick like lines. but that's too damn god of a car to just kill off.
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Originally Posted by stovt001
No, what he's saying is RWD Buick could conflict with the distinction between Cadillac and Buick. And Pontiac's identity crisis was every car that wasn't the G8 or Solstice. Everything they had besides those two cars was the antithesis of "excitement". In the luxury segment, Buick is more sensible, luxurious, and tame while Caddy is wilder and more performance oriented. I'm not saying the G8 as a Buick would ruin that, but it also isn't quintessentially Buick either. I could go either way here.
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Since the GNX and more recently the Regal LS/GS were tame
... w/ the DI 3.6 in the G8 and a really tall last couple gears (i think i'm still trying to understand gearing) you could advertise the great gas mileage and performance, comfort and overall badassery. The GS was advertised as the car for the supercharged family and i swear i see at least 20 of those a day at least as many as rustangs. Maybe step back on the engines make the gt the highest model and the DI 3.6 the base.