Would you buy a Chinese-made Buick crossover?

[Gorehamj]

John Goreham
Contributing Writer, GM-Trucks.com
8/17/2015

The Detroit Free Press has reported that GM is considering importing for sale in the U.S. a new crossover larger than the Encore and smaller than the Enclave (think RAV 4 size) from China. Oddly, we had just joked in a story earlier today about SUVs that the Chinese pronounce the word car "Byu-Wick." Like with the Holden Commodore from Australia we know as the Chevy SS, and the new Buick Cascada from GM's Opel in Europe, the UAW has a lot to say about GM vehicles imported from outside North America. Most of what it says is not printable in a family publication.

 

GM says this is a product that it could import as soon as 2016. We are fond of Buicks here at GM-Trucks.com with staffers adding one to the family just this week. Would you consider buying a new Buick crossover if you knew it was one of the first vehicles imported to the U.S. from China? Either way tell us why you feel that way if you comment.

 

Read the Freep story here:

[truckofwinandawesome]

I can already tell you the answer of will people drive a Chinese Made car, even if its a Cleverly Disguised Buick (kind of like my Cleverly Disguised Daewoo Gentra masquerading as the Chevrolet Aveo) and that answer is a Resounding NO. the Crash Test Videos on Youtube say it all: they are Poorly Designed Unreliable Design Infringing DEATHTRAPS! to put it bluntly, those Chinese cars make my Old Plymouth Breeze (an 18 Year old Midsize Sedan that FAILED the IIHS Moderate Offset test in 1996) LOOK SAFE.

[Imcrazy]

No I HATE buying chinese stuff, I have so many issues with the QC on the chinese stuff I'm stuck buying.

[SteveBBB]

NO!!!

[patriot]

NO 'EFFIN WAY.

 

I'd WALK first.

[MikeNH]

Nope. They can make my trinkets but I'll never buy a China made car. Volvo deserves to go bankrupt for importing that junk here (starting soon I believe).

[galliher_nc]

No, I would never buy a Chinese made vehicle and GM has a lot of cajones to even float the idea of trying to hock a ChiCom made vehicle here after we saved them from extinction.

[Guest Oliver Dalmata]

GM may import a Buick built in China - Aug. Industry expert says GM looking at shipping the Buick Envision, a small SUV sold in China, to the U.S.

[j-ten-ner]

I avoid where ever possible to sponsor a country ruled by Communists.

 

so long

j-ten-ner