Has Buick become a driving force for GM?

A lot has been going on with General Motors Co. in the last few months but without much fanfare, Buick brand has turned into a driving force for the company.

There’s no denying that GM has been focused on the switch to new marketing chief Joel Ewanick, on reshaping Chevrolet and Cadillac and on the upcoming initial public offering. That is why it comes as a bit of a surprise that the US sales of Buick’s Enclave
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Larrybel2000 - 8/18/2010 5:25:15 PM

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Buick is my favorite GM brand.

Larry B.
Key West.

veyron1001 - 8/18/2010 5:32:07 PM

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Actually China is the driving force of Gm.

rxh8me9000 - 8/18/2010 8:32:55 PM

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Buick has beautiful interiors and the exteriors are getting there. They have really done a 360 and I hope it gets better from here.

nguyenvuminh - 8/19/2010 3:19:33 AM

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Wouldn't a 360 mean they've gone full circle and back to heading the same direction they were in? Did you mean to say they did a 180 :-)

bmwdrvr - 8/19/2010 11:02:19 AM

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no the cliche is 360 not 180......., as in they did a complete turn around wth seriously....

thstone - 8/19/2010 1:07:38 PM

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I think that GM has done a 720 and come right back to where it was before....twice.

tango - 8/19/2010 3:17:45 PM

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Trigonometry seems to be a weak point on this board. The cliche starts with the phrase "about face" or "about turn". That's a military manoeuvre that has the soldier face in the OPPOSITE direction from before. Mathematically, that represents a turn of 180 degrees, usually towards the right. Thus, Buick has made a "complete 180". That's the correct phrase. I don't even know why I bother...Anyway, to answer the question, I do think Buick is a driving force for GM. It was the Enclave that started major interest in the things that GM is doing currently. Previously I think Pontiac was that driving force. Remember those G6 commercials a few years ago with the cool music tracks?

r_driver04 - 8/20/2010 9:49:51 AM

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Buick has some of the sharpest looking cars on the road right now. Not sure how much they'll help GM, but I like them alot. Cadillac CTS is sweet too.