Double agent Photos: Buick Excelle Based on Chevy Cruze
Buick already sells a car called the Buick Excelle in China, but up until now it has been a Korean-built car based on the Suzuki Forenza/Chevrolet Lacetti siblings. However, General Motors has been testing a Chevy Cruze-derived Excellefor about a year now.
Over the weekend, our shooters caught some photos of a prototype almost completely undisguised. Built on GM 's Delta II platform, this new small Buick looks to be in development primarily for the Chinese market — just like the first Excelle.
The question remains as to whether it has a chance to make it to the U.S. market.The pending arrival of the Opel Insignia-based Buick Regal,with onlyfour-cylinder engines and anavailable manual transmission, could conceivably pave the way for an even less traditional Cruze-based model.But is that a trip too far downmarket for a Buick model in the U.S?
There's another photo after the jump.
2009 LA Auto Show: 2011 Chevrolet Cruze
I like how they had the car masked. This is really funny. Especially the big black things on the grille and trunk lid.