Buick Regal | |
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2011 Buick Regal CXL - North America
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Manufacturer | Buick (General Motors) |
Model years |
North America 1973–2004 2011–present China 1999–present |
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Class | Mid-size car |
Chronology | |
Predecessor | Buick Skylark (1972) |
First generation | |
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1973 Buick Regal coupe
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Also called | Buick Century Regal |
Model years | 1973–1977 |
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Body style | 2-door coupe 4-door sedan |
Layout | FR layout |
Platform | A-body |
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Third generation | |
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1988–1989 Buick Regal Limited coupe
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Model years | 1988–1996 |
Assembly | Oshawa, Ontario, Canada (GM Canada) |
Body and chassis | |
Body style | 2-door coupe 4-door sedan |
Layout | Transverse front-engine, front-wheel drive |
Platform | W-body |
Related |
Chevrolet Lumina Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme Pontiac Grand Prix |
Powertrain | |
Engine | 2.8 L X V6 3.1 L X V6 3.8 L Buick V6 |
Transmission | 4-speed automatic 1988–92: 4T60 1993–96: 4T60-E |
Dimensions | |
Wheelbase | 107.5 in (2,730 mm) |
Length | 1988–89 2dr: 192.2 in (4,882 mm) 1990–91 2dr: 191.6 in (4,867 mm) 1992–94 2dr: 193.6 in (4,917 mm) 1995–96 2dr: 193.9 in (4,925 mm) 1990–91 4dr: 194.6 in (4,943 mm) 1992–94 Custom & GS 4dr: 194.8 in (4,948 mm) 1992–94 Limited 4dr: 196 in (4,978 mm) 1995 4dr: 193.7 in (4,920 mm) 1996 4dr: 194.1 in (4,930 mm) |
Width | 72.5 in (1,842 mm) |
Height | Sedan: 54.5 in (1,384 mm) Coupe: 53 in (1,346 mm) |
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1997–2004 Buick Regal GSE
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Also called | (Buick Regal) Chevrolet Lumina (Philippines) |
Model years | North America: 1997–2004 China: 1999–2008 Philippines: 2005–2006 |
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Class | Midsize (EPA) |
Body style | 4-door sedan |
Layout | Transverse front-engine, front-wheel drive |
Platform | W-body 2nd Gen |
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Engine | 3.8 L 3800 Series II V6 |
Transmission | 4-speed 4T60-E automatic 4-speed 4T65-E automatic 4-speed 4T65-E HD automatic |
Dimensions | |
Wheelbase | 109.0 in (2,769 mm) |
Length | 196.2 in (4,983 mm) |
Width | 72.7 in (1,847 mm) |
Height | 56.6 in (1,438 mm) |
Chronology | |
Successor | Buick LaCrosse |
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2011 Buick Regal CXL
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Overview | |
Also called | (Buick Regal) Holden Insignia Opel Insignia Vauxhall Insignia |
Production | 2008–2017 |
Model years | China: 2009–2017 North America: 2011–2017 |
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China: November 2008–2017 (Shanghai General Motors) Germany: 2009–February 2011 (Opel Rüsselsheim Assembly) Canada: Oshawa, Ontario February 2011–2017 (General Motors Canada) |
Designer | Mark Adams Malcolm Ward |
Body and chassis | |
Class |
Mid-size luxury car Executive car |
Body style | 4-door sedan |
Layout | Transverse front-engine, front-wheel drive / all-wheel drive |
Platform | Epsilon II |
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Buick LaCrosse Chevrolet Malibu Cadillac XTS Saab 9-5 |
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Wheelbase | 107.8 in (2,738 mm) |
Length | 190.2 in (4,831 mm) |
Width | 73.1 in (1,857 mm) |
Height | 58.4 in (1,483 mm) |
Curb weight | 3,600 lb (1,600 kg) (2011 CXL) 3,671 lb (1,665 kg) (2011 CXL Turbo) |
Chronology | |
Predecessor | Buick LaCrosse |
Sixth generation | |
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Production | 2017–present |
Model years | 2018–present |
Designer | Buick Inc. Industries. |
Body and chassis | |
Body style | 4-door sedan 5-door wagon |
Layout | Transverse front-engine, front-wheel drive / all-wheel drive |
Platform | E2XX platform |
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The Buick Regal is an upscale mid-sized automobile that was first introduced by Buick for the 1973 model year. North American production ended in 2004 and began again in 2011. For the 2011 model year, Buick re-introduced the Regal to the North American market, positioned as an upscale sports sedan. Production and sales in China have continued since 1999.
For certain model years between 1973 and 2004, the Regal shared bodies and powertrains with the similar Buick Century. The current model (2011–present) is a badge-engineered version of the Opel Insignia, known as the Vauxhall Insignia in the UK.
Buick had been the first GM division to bring a personal luxury car to market with its full-size 1963 Riviera, but was otherwise slow to react to the developing lower-priced mid-size personal luxury market, which Pontiac created with the 1969 Grand Prix and Chevrolet with the Monte Carlo the following year, 1970. At the same time, Oldsmobile added a formal notchback coupé to its intermediate line, the Cutlass Supreme, in 1970 and that model soon became Olds' best selling intermediate. Buick did not get its own personal luxury coupe until the GM intermediates were redesigned in 1973, the so-called "Colonnade" cars that eliminated hardtop models completely. In a curious name swap, the Skylark name was dropped from Buick's intermediate line and instead the Century nameplate, last used in the 1950s, was revived for them.