Selasa, 21 Juni 2011

Download AUTOMOBILE Buick Regal

By BARBARA FULENWIDER

Looks aren’t everything but

they sure help sell cars and the

Buick Regal has them.

The Regal sedan’s modern,

sleek exterior is a sweeping

silhouette with the proportions

of a coupe that make it appear

to be in motion. Along with its

good looks, General Motors

engineers added a European

inspired ride and handling.

The results are a good looking

sedan with a fi rm, Europeantuned

chassis that rivals some

of the best import sport sedans

in the segment.

New for 2011 is a driverselectable

interactive drive

control system, available with

2.0- liter turbocharged engine,

leather and heated front seats,

XM Satellite Radio, USB port,

MP3 auxiliary jack, Bluetooth

for phone and OnStar.

The four-door Buick Regal

CXL sedan is powered by

a 2.4-liter dual overhead cam

four-cylinder engine mated to

a six-speed automatic transmission.

The four makes 182 horsepower

and 172 lb.-ft. torque

and gets a highly respectable

19/30 miles to the gallon in

city/highway driving.

The Buick Regal rides on

18-inch wheels, which are also

new standard equipment for

2011, seats four adults comfortably

and has 14.25 cubic

feet of trunk space.

The Regal is the next chapter

in Buick’s portfolio expansion

which now includes a

modern sport sedan. The new

Regal takes on competitors

such as the Acura TSX and

Volvo S60.

For 2011, Regal is offered in

premium CXL trim only, with

additional trim levels to be offered

in the 2012 model year.

The well-equipped Regal CXL

includes the following as standard

or available equipment:

Standard 2.4L direct injected

engine, available 2.0-liter

turbocharged and direct injected

engine rated at an estimated

220 horsepower, sixspeed

automatic transmission

with driver shifting control,

six speed manual transmission

available with turbocharged

engine, MacPherson strut

front suspension and four-link

independent rear suspension,

four-wheel disc brakes with

four-channel anti-lock braking

system.

Also, brake assist and electronic

parking brake, stability

control system and fullfunction

traction control are

standard, standard dual-stage

frontal air bags, side-curtain

air bags and pedal-release system;

rear-seat thorax air bags

available, available navigation

system, harman kardon sound

system, internal fl ash drive

(1GB), hard drive with 10GB

for music and USB port and

19-inch alloy wheels standard

with interactive drive control.

The car’s spirit is conveyed

in sleek, sculpted body-side detail

and aggressive headlamps

that further suggest motion.

At the rear, an abbreviated

deck and tucked-in body panels

are the hallmarks of a contemporary

sport sedan, with bold

taillamps and their intricate

lighting elements reinforcing

Regal’s attention to detail.

The sweeping design motif

carries over to the interior,

where the side panels fl ow

uninterrupted into the instrument

panel. Features such as a

thick-rimmed, leather-wrapped

steering wheel and fi rm, highly

bolstered and leather-covered

seats also support the sportoriented

driving experience.

With all standard equipment

the Buick Regal retails for

$26,245. With optional equipment

that included the comfort

and convenience package and

a power sunroof the total came

to $28,090.

Buick engineers and designers

have ditched the brand’s

yesteryear look, put more fun

into driving a Buick and made

it a top value.

Buick was the biggest sales

gainer from 2009 to 2010 and

that says everything.

Buick went from having

sold 72,389 vehicles in 2009 to

selling almost twice that number

in 2010 -- 114,000 for a 57

percent increase.General Motors

in general is cranking.

The company’s Cadillac

and GMC divisions came in

second and fourth as biggest

sales gainers this year. A total

of 73,024 Cadillacs were sold

in 2009 and 105,013 in 2010.

GMC sold 176,423 vehicles in

2009 and 230,502 this year.



source: http://fbindependent.com/clients/fbi...gals121510.pdf


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