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Buick GL8 luxury MPV is a favorite of Chinese leaders В General Motors.
The pinnacle of Buick on US roads is long gone, but the brand is far from dead In fact, business is in full swing †just not in the U S.
The brand is very popular in the largest car market in the world of China † † which have a large foreign car is a status symbol.
sales figures support these requests Buick Excelle was the first passenger car in China in 2011, when 254,000 units deployed concessions Next year, Buick sales in the country jumped 8.
J D Power Associates predicts total sales Buick in China could hit 1 million by 2016, according to the Detroit Free Press.
Why the love for a car that, in his homeland, is considered a relic of the past.
The shared vision of China is different from that of Buicks US cars are the choice of business people and executives of Chinese government officials are partial minivans, which don t come with kid-hauling picture that they have here.
General Motors, owner of the brand, has capitalized on this popularity.
When he saw the Chinese leaders were partial minivans, he designed the GL8 luxury MPV market just for making it particularly spacious and comfortable.
Adapting to offer what the Chinese buyers wanted, GM earned her reward She delivered nearly 67,000 GL8 luxury MPV in 2011. Sales increased by 28 compared with 2010, double the rate of the previous model.
Buick sales in the U S trending and almost to the levels before 2008, but China is now the focus for the brand.
At the New York Auto Show, Buick rolled three beautiful, new sedans a little boring He saved the fireworks for the Shanghai Auto Show, where he showed off dramatically redesigned Riviera super stylish, hybrid revival В plug-in an older model was arrested in 1999.
The concept car is inspired by a Chinese supposedly saying that the highest good is like water, and it was partly designed by the Pan Asia Automotive Technical Center CAPET, GM joint venture with SAIC Motor China.
Buicks are huge in China because GM was smart enough to recognize the buyers were fans of the brand, and that they would like more cars.
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