EXCLUSIVE!!! We are the first journalists to operate the Chinese-designed Buick Riviera concept. Sadly, we are also the first journalists to break the Chinese-designed Buick Riviera concept.
First shown in China, the Riviera sat forlornly behind GM's presentation stage...
We pulled a couple of strings and were the first to operate the heavily styled gullwing four-seat coupe. By this nifty remote control, one can turn on countless neonlike ambient lights all over the vehicle. Or you can until it stops responding at all and just emits a loud ringing sound.
"Anyway," we said the to PR guy, "I think there's a press conference to go to. Thanks."
Our first impression? Car looks kind of cool but doesn't sound that great. -- Daniel Pund, Senior Editor, Detroit
firstwagon says:
12:06 PM, 01/13/08
Sounds like a software problem rather then a car problem but it's still embarrassing the the PR rep.
billt9 says:
02:46 PM, 01/13/08
What's up with the blue stroke on the hood? did they start writing Chinese calligraphy and ran out of time?
stovt001 says:
02:51 PM, 01/13/08
So its not just your Long Term cars now eh?
merks62 says:
04:25 PM, 01/13/08
Even if the prototype malfunctioned, I thought the detailing on this was exquisite. Aside from looking cool, the novel rocker panel lighting might prove a useful safety feature. If they can figure out a way to keep from leaking, they ought to go for gullwing doors in production - a guaranteed attention-getter since the first Mercedes SL rolled out a half-century ago!
wenhead says:
07:20 AM, 01/14/08
I think the car looks great. But every time I hear ambient light, I cringe. It seems like a strategy to introduce a bug into the cars lighting/electrical system. I hope that the desire to throw features at cars wont lead to the most unreliable cars ever. I an not expecting a concept to be reliable. Ambient should be done at home and accesable for REPAIRS.
ateixeira says:
10:18 AM, 01/14/08
Nice to see that Buick's styling direction, as seen in the Enclave, translates well in to coupes.