Velite-like Buick to Begin Production by 2010

[Carbon_77]

Don't know if this has been posted already, but I saw this while exiting my Hotmail:

http://news.en.autos.sympatico.msn.ca/article.aspx?cp-documentid=5043681

Stunning. Beautiful. Sexy. These probably aren't the words that you'd think of using to describe a Buick… that is until you've laid eyes on one of the brand's concept cars, like the Bengal or the Velite. The latter, a Bertone-built 2004 debutant made a big splash in New York, where it landed alongside the production debut of the ’05 Cadillac STS. But that was the last we’ve heard of the Velite since then, its glamour was replaced by the functional full-size Enclave crossover, and even more recently, the Chinese-designed Riviera gullwing coupe concept.

 

[The Vanishing Boy]

-> Looks good just because its a concept car, but I'm very afraid of GM toning it down to make it look like the La Crosse.

-> Learn something from the past-gen Riviera.

 

[ND4SPD]

Hmm Kappa platform?

 

[YSSMAN]

Last I had heard over at my GM website, the Velite was shelved, again. Buick doesn't seem to know which way is up when it comes to RWD, and while there are plans to do a large RWD sedan, the future for a RWD coupe continues to flounder.

...There should be an article or two about it either in the Zeta thread or in the Buick's Future thread, but it has been awhile since they've said anything about the car...

 

[Carbon_77]

Yes.