Alpha Based RWD Buick Coupe?
A while Back
GM held a sort of open house for the North Hollywood Design Center, Journalists
were invited in to watch the Unveiling of the Cadillac ULC concept, and were
allowed to wander the building to get a glimpse of its development, the Studio
contained many mock ups, mostly from Cadillac, but other brands were
represented as well. Most of these mockups were supposedly dead, although the
Cadillac Ciel, is almost Identical to several of them, so perhaps some of the
Bucks are just slightly different from future vehicles or concepts. At any rate
I believe allot of information can be gleaned from the photos. Ever since the
pictures were published I have been pouring over them, trying to pick up on
details that were missed, and I believe I may have. This is purely speculation,
but Bob Lutz has said that Pontiac was to get a Sporty RWD car based on a
Cadillac platform, probably Alpha. At the Design center there were shelves of
mockups, the center two shelves are rumored to be solely Alpha based Bucks, possibly
studies for the ATS and next Gen CTS, All but two of them are Cadillacs. Nestled
among the Caddies were two others a Buick & a Pontiac, allot of blogs focused
on the Pontiac, probably because the brand had recently shut its doors, the
pictures of what could have been were like salt on the wounds. The Buick when
largely unnoticed, until the other night when I was looking at it again, I
noticed something funny about the wheels, and after looking closely I determined
they bore a Pontiac arrowhead. This certainly threw me for a loop, but then I
started thinking, what If designers borrowed a frame for a Pontiac Mock Up and
built a Buick around it? It’s among the range of possibilities, and due to the
cars placement on the shelves this could be the first glimpse of Buick’s Alpha
car. I know a logo is hardly enough to base much on, but for the RWD fans out
there here is a glimmer of hope for you. Design wise the car is quite nice,
though hopefully any production versions that could come from this will receive
some attention to the front end. Many cues seem to come from the Riviera Coupe
Concept, and the Lower front fascia inductions are really different looking, and
are repeated in the indentations on the lover doorskin. Again it’s not much to
go on, but we can hope right?
A while Back
GM held a sort of open house for the North Hollywood Design Center, Journalists
were invited in to watch the Unveiling of the Cadillac ULC concept, and were
allowed to wander the building to get a glimpse of its development, the Studio
contained many mock ups, mostly from Cadillac, but other brands were
represented as well. Most of these mockups were supposedly dead, although the
Cadillac Ciel, is almost Identical to several of them, so perhaps some of the
Bucks are just slightly different from future vehicles or concepts. At any rate
I believe allot of information can be gleaned from the photos. Ever since the
pictures were published I have been pouring over them, trying to pick up on
details that were missed, and I believe I may have. This is purely speculation,
but Bob Lutz has said that Pontiac was to get a Sporty RWD car based on a
Cadillac platform, probably Alpha. At the Design center there were shelves of
mockups, the center two shelves are rumored to be solely Alpha based Bucks, possibly
studies for the ATS and next Gen CTS, All but two of them are Cadillacs. Nestled
among the Caddies were two others a Buick & a Pontiac, allot of blogs focused
on the Pontiac, probably because the brand had recently shut its doors, the
pictures of what could have been were like salt on the wounds. The Buick when
largely unnoticed, until the other night when I was looking at it again, I
noticed something funny about the wheels, and after looking closely I determined
they bore a Pontiac arrowhead. This certainly threw me for a loop, but then I
started thinking, what If designers borrowed a frame for a Pontiac Mock Up and
built a Buick around it? It’s among the range of possibilities, and due to the
cars placement on the shelves this could be the first glimpse of Buick’s Alpha
car. I know a logo is hardly enough to base much on, but for the RWD fans out
there here is a glimmer of hope for you. Design wise the car is quite nice,
though hopefully any production versions that could come from this will receive
some attention to the front end. Many cues seem to come from the Riviera Coupe
Concept, and the Lower front fascia inductions are really different looking, and
are repeated in the indentations on the lover doorskin. Again it’s not much to
go on, but we can hope right?
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