Buick Excelle
| Buick Excelle | |
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| Overview | |
| Manufacturer | Shanghai GM |
| Production | 2003–present |
| Assembly | China: Shanghai |
| Body and chassis | |
| Class | Compact |
| Chronology | |
| Successor | Buick Verano |
| Buick Excelle XT | |
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| Overview | |
| Also called | Opel Astra |
| Production | 2009–2015 |
| Assembly | China: Shanghai |
| Designer | Uwe Müller |
| Body and chassis | |
| Platform | Delta II platform |
| Powertrain | |
| Engine |
Ecotec D-VVT 1.6L I-4 1.8L I-4 1.6L I-4 |
| Transmission | 6-speed automatic |
| Dimensions | |
| Wheelbase | 2,685 mm (105.7 in) |
| Length | 4,419 mm (174.0 in) |
| Width | 1,814 mm (71.4 in) |
| Height | 1,487 mm (58.5 in) |
| Buick Excelle GT | |
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| Overview | |
| Also called | Buick Verano |
| Production | 2010–present |
| Assembly | China: Shanghai |
| Body and chassis | |
| Platform | Delta II platform |
| Powertrain | |
| Engine |
Ectotec D-VVT 1.6L I-4 1.8L I-4 1.6L I-4 |
| Transmission | 6-speed automatic |
| Dimensions | |
| Wheelbase | 2,685 mm (105.7 in) |
| Length | 4,671 mm (183.9 in) |
| Width | 1,814 mm (71.4 in) |
| Height | 1,483 mm (58.4 in) |
The Buick Excelle (Chinese: 別克凱越 or Chinese: 别克英朗) is the common name for the luxury compact cars marketed by Shanghai General Motors Company Limited (Chinese: 上海通用汽車有限公司) under GM's Buick brand.
The original Buick Excelle (Chinese "Kai Yue") is based on the Daewoo Lacetti developed in South Korea by Daewoo Motors. While this car was originally sold worldwide under the Daewoo brand, in 2004, General Motors rebranded all Daewoo products in Europe as Chevrolets.
Parallel to the Lacetti-based Excelle, Shanghai GM introduced a new car, also called "Buick Excelle" in China, but called "Ying Lang" in Chinese. It is based on GM's global compact car platform "Delta II" which is developed at Rüsselsheim in Opel's International Technical Development Center (ITDC). The Chevrolet Cruze is based on this same platform.
Since the 2009 economic crises and the subsequent demise of the Saturn brand and reduction of GM's North American brands to four, the Opel models are aligned no longer with the Saturn brand, but the Buick brand. Consequently, the models built and marketed by Buick China are twins of the Opel variants of GM's global platforms.
Originally presented in China as a hatchback called the Excelle XT in 2009, which is essentially a rebadged Astra J (2009–present) or as a sedan presented in 2010 called the Buick Excelle GT (Chinese: 别克英朗GT). A North American version of the Excelle GT is assembled in the United States and marketed as the Buick Verano.
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