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With a recent round of testing complete at Consumer Reports, the publication has given the 2014 Buick Regal and 2014 Volvo S60 very high scores.
Do consumers agree? Their purchasing decisions say no. The S60 is stuck in brand-wide Volvo doldrums. The Regal is selling much better this year than last year, but much less often than it did when the nameplate originally returned to the U.S. market in the form of a handsome Opel Insignia.
Buick sold 40,144 Regals in 2011 and will struggle to match its second-best year (2012) in 2014. Volvo sold 38,546 S60s in 2002, but U.S. volume over the last three years have averaged below 23,000 units.
More pertinently, neither car sells nearly as well as the cars to which they're so often compared, and certainly in the Regal's case, not nearly as often as the volume-brand midsize cars with which the Buick brand has long competed.
In GoodCarBadCar's review of the Regal wasn't so much the Regal itself as it was the goodness of the Verano Turbo, the Regal's little brother. We have not published a review of the S60, but its wagon offspring, the V60, is a member of GCBC's The Good 12.
- 2009 Buick Regal Mega Gallery: The Opel Insignia Heads To China
As strange and absurd as it may sound to our North American readers, the new Opel Insignia is sold in China under the Buick Regal nameplate. And how about here in the States, we hear many of you asking. Well, the Insignia was supposed to arrive in the...
- Buick's U.s. Sales Rollercoaster Ride
Historically speaking, Buick excelled at selling big cars in America. As recently as 2002, Buick sold more than 430,000 vehicles, including 166,056 LeSabres and Park Avenues. Buick didn't sell anything small in 2002: 204,493 sales were generated...
- Buick Regal Sales Figures
Here you will find monthly and yearly Canadian and U.S. sales figures for the Buick Regal. Use the dropdown at the top right of this page or at GCBC's Sales Stats home to find sales figures for any other vehicle currently on sale in North America....
- Buick Regal Gs Concept Gallery
As a potential follow-up to the everyday Buick Regal, the Buick Regal GS Concept turns the style quotient up to 11 while adding a healthy dose of performance and - get this.... credibility. Sport sedan cred at Buick? In essence, this beautiful sedan is...
- 2011 Buick Regal Gallery
Attempting to bring into play statistics from Chinese sales probably isn't the best way to convince North Americans of the greatness of your new car. But fortunately for Buick, they've got good looks on their side. Indeed, 64,000 Regals have been...
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Consumer Reports Loves The Buick Regal And Volvo S60 - Do American Consumers?
Do consumers agree? Their purchasing decisions say no. The S60 is stuck in brand-wide Volvo doldrums. The Regal is selling much better this year than last year, but much less often than it did when the nameplate originally returned to the U.S. market in the form of a handsome Opel Insignia.
Buick sold 40,144 Regals in 2011 and will struggle to match its second-best year (2012) in 2014. Volvo sold 38,546 S60s in 2002, but U.S. volume over the last three years have averaged below 23,000 units.
More pertinently, neither car sells nearly as well as the cars to which they're so often compared, and certainly in the Regal's case, not nearly as often as the volume-brand midsize cars with which the Buick brand has long competed.
In GoodCarBadCar's review of the Regal wasn't so much the Regal itself as it was the goodness of the Verano Turbo, the Regal's little brother. We have not published a review of the S60, but its wagon offspring, the V60, is a member of GCBC's The Good 12.
- 2009 Buick Regal Mega Gallery: The Opel Insignia Heads To China
As strange and absurd as it may sound to our North American readers, the new Opel Insignia is sold in China under the Buick Regal nameplate. And how about here in the States, we hear many of you asking. Well, the Insignia was supposed to arrive in the...
- Buick's U.s. Sales Rollercoaster Ride
Historically speaking, Buick excelled at selling big cars in America. As recently as 2002, Buick sold more than 430,000 vehicles, including 166,056 LeSabres and Park Avenues. Buick didn't sell anything small in 2002: 204,493 sales were generated...
- Buick Regal Sales Figures
Here you will find monthly and yearly Canadian and U.S. sales figures for the Buick Regal. Use the dropdown at the top right of this page or at GCBC's Sales Stats home to find sales figures for any other vehicle currently on sale in North America....
- Buick Regal Gs Concept Gallery
As a potential follow-up to the everyday Buick Regal, the Buick Regal GS Concept turns the style quotient up to 11 while adding a healthy dose of performance and - get this.... credibility. Sport sedan cred at Buick? In essence, this beautiful sedan is...
- 2011 Buick Regal Gallery
Attempting to bring into play statistics from Chinese sales probably isn't the best way to convince North Americans of the greatness of your new car. But fortunately for Buick, they've got good looks on their side. Indeed, 64,000 Regals have been...