Foreword: Business and Sport
Buick is a very familiar car brand for Shanghai, from January 1997 in Shanghai Pudong Jinqiao project site to lay the first pile, and then in December 1998 the first Buick new century car off the production line, the first decade of the new century, it is Buick to make Shencheng more New York street style, to avoid the embarrassment of aesthetic fatigue by the german car of one color.
When people think of Buick, what comes to mind first? It is the rumored choice of Buffett's car, the strong old and spicy business atmosphere of the economic world, or the chrome grille necessary for the Aesthetic aesthetic, or the solid chassis texture and surging power output. With the passage of time, more than 20 years after entering the Chinese market, this brand that was originally remembered as a bit old-fashioned in business is becoming more and more young, lively and delicate. Yes, you heard it right, now Buick is delicate and refined, more and more in line with the current Chinese market demand and consumer taste of the kind of delicacy and refinement, but also become less business, under the blessing of new technology is also more intelligent and young.
On January 21, 2022, the SAIC-GM Buick brand announced the new listing of mid-to-high-end trend vehicles Buick Regal and Regal GS, including 2 Regal models and 1 Regal GS model, priced at 196,800 yuan - 249,800 yuan.
This time the small editor came to the Buick brand 4S store located at No. 1478 Yuqiao Road, Pudong New Area, Shanghai, where a new Buick Regal 652T smart edition real car has just arrived, please follow the perspective of the editor to taste the bits and pieces of the most successful strategic model of Buick.
The new Buick Regal 652T Smart Edition is colored in ivory white, with a length, width and height of 4913/1863/1462mm, wheelbase of 2829mm, and a total weight of 1530kg, and the power configuration is equipped with an 8th-generation Ecotec 2.0T variable cylinder turbo engine and a 9-speed HYDRA-MATIC intelligent transmission, with a maximum power of 174 kW and a maximum torque output of 350 N·m in the speed range of 1500-4000 rpm. The new Buick Regal 652T Smart Enjoy 0-100km/h acceleration time is only 7.1 seconds, and the comprehensive fuel consumption of 100 kilometers under NEDC conditions is 6.6L, which has surging power and has a fairly good fuel economy, achieving a balance between performance and fuel consumption, making each trip more relaxed and worry-free.
In addition to the powerful power system with strong fuel consumption, in order to give people an elegant and simple but sporty style of impact in the visual, the new Buick Regal 652T Smart Enjoyment adopts 18-inch multi-spoke aluminum alloy wheels, standard with horse brand 245/45 R18 ContiMax Contact MC5 series tires, front and rear brake discs equipped with FNC brake disc cleaning patent technology, frequent braking does not have to worry about the brake pad dust falling on the silver and white aluminum alloy wheels to affect the appearance, Aesthetics and functionality are well thought out.
The new Buick Regal 652T model is inspired by the aesthetic design elements of sports models and high-end cars in terms of shape design, the overall shape is dynamic and elegant, simple and rounded style, the front shape of the car does not have too many prominent edges and corners in the same plane, the area of the slightly conservative flat grid grid and the new Matrix matrix full LED headlights occupy most of the front face of the vehicle. The spread-wing LED daytime running lights are placed at the bottom of the headlights, which are combined with the chrome trim strips of the flying wings of the grille, and also echo the double-spread wing taillights with a full LED light source. Its dazzling black tungsten photoelectric plating grille adopts parametric structural aesthetic design, the cells are matrix arrangement, while showing exquisite craftsmanship, highlighting the beauty of the three-dimensional structure, plus the vertical "fangs" modeling design on both sides of the previous protection, giving people a sense of visual impact, while highlighting the dynamic youth at the same time without losing stability and introversion, and the exaggerated front face shape of some current Japanese models is very different, can't help but feel that the flow of time has changed a lot of old design traditions.
The interior design of the new Buick Regal 652T model is relatively calm, retaining an elegant and exquisite business atmosphere while adding some sports elements, the cockpit design follows the wing extension elements, forming a more sculptural sense of the surrounding interior style, the center console is slightly inclined to the driver, the instrument is traditional pointer type, although not trendy enough, but the functionality and configuration display are also not picky, very rich and intuitive, the ritualistic shift button is located on the center console, and the decoration of the piano paint bread gives it a sense of elegance. The front and rear seats are made of Mocha brown suede interior, through the high-quality material process to give the interior a better texture, while in the car and the interior color matching to form a contrast effect, above the legs of the position with a large area of soft coating, combined with handmade French double stitching, visual refinement and functional comfort at the same time, let people feel that the interior workmanship of Buick brand models is comparable to or even in some areas to catch up with Japanese brands.
The most eye-catching nature in the cockpit is still the central control display that represents the function of network technology, and the new Regal and Regal GS series are equipped with an 8-inch high-definition touch central control screen as standard, with Buick eConnect interconnection technology, providing users with rich and practical interconnection functions. In addition, the new Regal is also equipped with a new generation of OnStar OnStar full-time online assistant, covering more than 50 major services in 5 categories, including powerful vehicle remote control functions, and providing 100G "OnStar OnStar 4G Car Application Lifetime Free Traffic" service per year.
For a new generation of consumers who are pursuing cutting-edge new technology experiences, the technology atmosphere of vehicles is also very important. The new Buick Regal and Regal GS models have added front-row wireless charging panels, combined with Apple CarPlay and Baidu CarLife smartphone mapping, so that the easy and convenient digital mobile life will not be interrupted by lack of power, and meet the needs of users at any time of the day. The Baidu AI intelligent voice assistant built into the car has high-level natural speech recognition capabilities, supports multi-wheel dialogue, and can realize up to 214 kinds of human-computer interaction commands in more than 60 scenarios, which can realize vehicle control, navigation search, car control smart home and a variety of query functions. In addition, the vehicle also has a remote control to start the trunk tailgate, as long as you press the button on the vehicle key, you can open the trunk, saving time, effort and convenience.
The new Regal and Regal GS are equipped with high-definition streaming media rearview mirrors as standard, supporting dual-mode one-click switching of ordinary rearview mirrors and streaming media, and can realize brightness adaptive adjustment, field of view area zoom, and vertical angle zoom function, rear view range is 3 times that of traditional interior rearview mirrors, and greatly improve the clarity of rear images when driving at night, providing all-weather and all-round support for user travel safety.
In terms of vehicle active and passive safety, the new Buick Regal series models use many of GM's current advanced technologies. First of all, the body is based on the global five-star crash safety standard, using BFI integrated design, the body structure is heavily made of high-strength steel, and the whole series is equipped with active engine cover technology as standard, providing excellent pedestrian safety protection. The new Matrix matrix full LED headlights, using innovative adaptive LED lighting technology, realize up to 8 intelligent lighting modes, eliminating frequent lighting operations, reducing driver fatigue, and providing protection for night driving safety.
The above is only part of the functional features of this new Buick Regal model, behind each successful model in the market is the wisdom and sweat of designers and manufacturers, and has also experienced the test of time and consumers, in order to know more intuitive and more detailed vehicle information, I hope that readers will go to the store to find out.
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brief summary
As a strategic product of the GM Buick brand, the Buick Regal series has won the favor of consumers by virtue of GM's advanced manufacturing technology, its own product characteristics of continuous rejuvenation and personalized technology, a good driving experience and a very high cost-effective configuration in the same level of models. The new model has been pragmatically upgraded in terms of styling, interior, safety, and technology configuration for consumers' car needs, and the business and sports elements complement each other. With the concept of practicality and the guidance of customer needs, the new Buick Regal models are bringing a better car experience to the majority of the new generation.