Sporty Buick Regal GS Headed To 2010 Detroit Auto Show
As we all know, the upcoming 2011 Buick Regal is essentially a rebadged version of the Opel Insignia, a car that won the prestigious 2009 European Car Of The Year award the year it was launched.
What a lot of readers may not know is that in Europe, the Insignia is offered in several different variants, including one that’s available with a 325 horsepower turbocharged V-6, a manual transmission and a sophisticated all-wheel drive system. This high performance Insignia is the OPC (Opel Performance Center) model and as recently as last month Bob Lutz hinted that the car was under consideration for the U.S. market.
Speaking previously with Car and Driver, Lutz explained that manual-transmission and all-wheel drive versions of the Insignia are being considered for the U.S., and of course the OPC model are among these.
The Regal name has been linked with sporty Buicks in the past, with models like the Grand National, GNX, GS and GSX all springing to mind, and today we have reports claiming that a new iteration of one of these, a modern-day Buick Regal GS, will be unveiled at next month’s 2010 Detroit Auto Show.
The car on display will be a concept, built using parts from the European-spec Opel Insignia OPC. According to previous reports, the Regal GS is all but ready to go–provided there is a market for it and one of the best way to judge demand is by analyzing feedback on an exciting show car.
The story doesn’t end there as Bob Lutz has also previously revealed that a Regal Sport Wagon, based on the Insignia Sports Tourer, is also under consideration. The good news is that this model is also available in high-performance OPC guise–a perfect competitor for cars like the upcoming 2011 Acura TSX Sport Wagon.
Source:motorauthority.com
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