A New Sort Of Thing: The Buick Regal CXL

Posted on 09.3.2010 17:00

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Bryan Usrey

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Buick | sedan | midsize cars | TopSpeed Garage | Buick Regal | Cars | Car News Take a visual trip with us down to Florida. Ignore the hot sun, sticky humidity, alligators, hurricanes, and all the other stuff that makes the state terrible, and focus on the retirees. What sort of car are they driving at 10 miles per hour below the speed limit? If you guessed a Buick, you would be right. We would have also accepted Cadillac and Toyota.That’s the image that most people get when they think of the Buick brand. Grandparents above the age of 65 driving around in boats dressed up in the shape of a car with a suspension so soft and leather so plush that you could mistake it for a yacht. That is the exact reason why General Motors nearly went belly up.The message coming from automotive enthusiasts finally sunk in to GM’s thick skulls and they presented us with the new Buick Regal, basically an Opel Insignia with a new badge. So, does this new sedan shake off the old image, or should we leave it at the retirement home when the test is complete?Hit the jump to find out. A New Sort Of Thing: The Buick Regal CXL originally appeared on topspeed.com on Friday, 3 September 2010 17:00 EST. read more