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Buick debuts flagship Invicta in China - created by GM designers in China and Detroit.
na ^ | 4/19/08 | na

Posted on 04/19/2008 7:51:14 PM PDT by Flavius

BEIJING, April 19 /CNW/ -- The sleek Buick Invicta show car revealed here in conjunction with Auto China 2008 is Buick's strongest statement yet of its deliberately international plans. The four-door midsize sedan with a coupe-like roofline presents bold direction for Buick's new generation of vehicles in the world's two biggest automotive markets -- the United States and China.


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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: automakers; buick; china; generalmotors; war
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To: martin_fierro
A '59, but chopped and lowered, and of course with a custom paint job.

Buick left off the portholes that year so it's harder to tell the models apart.

21 posted on 04/19/2008 11:37:19 PM PDT by Erasmus (Old Principals never die; they just lose their faculties.)
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To: Parley Baer
I hope the new Buick Invicta goes over big time in China.

Rest assured, final touches on a new plant not too far from the Invicta assembly line are underway to build a new Chinese car named Envicta

22 posted on 04/20/2008 2:01:55 AM PDT by fso301
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To: ecomcon

“I had a ‘60 Invicta.”

I had a 65 “Duce and a Quarter” (Electra 225 with 425 CI nailhead). Bought it back in the early 80’s for $500. The thing would do 130mph while turning only about 4,500rpm. Had a lot of fun with that car. I think it had more interior room than my house at that time.


23 posted on 04/20/2008 3:55:23 AM PDT by snoringbear (')
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To: jude24

“Buick is a very prestigious nameplate in China.”

Back near the beginning of the twentieth century, there was a race across Asia, and it was won by a Buick. I guess that lore has been handed down to the present generation.

They rejected the Buick name Regal, though, because Communists supposedly squirm at the mention of royalty, but in actuality I think it’s just politics.


24 posted on 04/20/2008 4:07:57 AM PDT by RoadTest ("- - Repent, and turn yourselves from your idols - - " Ezekiel 14:6)
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To: Parley Baer
I hope the new Buick Invicta goes over big time in China. We need to anything we can to lower the trade deficit

Just about all the GM cars for sale in China are made in China.

25 posted on 04/20/2008 6:23:01 AM PDT by am452 (In order to ensure the quality of your patriotism, your conversation may be monitored.)
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To: Bender2
We had one of these back in 1959.

1959 Chevy Impala

26 posted on 04/20/2008 6:54:33 AM PDT by blam (Secure the border and enforce the law)
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To: Flavius

The Riviera design done in China was at least original and interesting to look at, even if it was somewhat over the top, but this bulbous thing is Camry generic.


27 posted on 04/20/2008 7:18:19 AM PDT by RegulatorCountry
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To: blam
Re: We had one of these back in 1959.

Hummmmmm? Tell me, blam... were you the daddy or the mommy?

28 posted on 04/20/2008 7:37:08 AM PDT by Bender2 ("I've got a twisted sense of humor, and everything amuses me." RAH Beyond this Horizon)
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To: Parley Baer

I’m not sure it helps the trade imbalance if the car is built there to begin with...


29 posted on 04/20/2008 9:17:35 PM PDT by TheBattman (LORD God, please give us a Christian Patriot with a backbone for President in 08, Amen.)
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