G.M. Drops Buick S.U.V. for Lack of Interest

DETROIT (Reuters) — General Motors has dropped plans for a new Buick sport utility vehicle because of a lack of consumer interest, only two weeks after the new model was announced, the company said Wednesday.

The automaker canceled plans for the vehicle, which also called for a plug-in hybrid version, after potential customers invited to G.M.’s testing ground last week said the model did not have the premium characteristics they expected from Buick.

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  Damn. That didn’t last long. Remember the plug-in hybrid Buick that General Motors announced two weeks ago? The one that was basically a re-badged Saturn Vue? GM just killed it.
  General Motors made a Very Big Deal out of the compact Buick…
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  News today Buick will kill the planned Saturn Vue-platformed plug-in-hybrid-electric crossover comes as no surprise to the consumers and journalists who saw it in person…
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  Surprising news comes by way of General Motors today as the automaker has already canceled its recently announced Buick crossover, which in reality was little more than an ex-Saturn Vue emblazoned with Buick’s trademark chrome waterfall grille…
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  Surprising news comes by way of General Motors today as we have confirmed with Michelle Bunker, Manager of Buick Communications, that the automaker has already canceled its recently announced Buick crossover…
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  The ill-fated Pontiac G8 ST – Click above for high-res image gallery
  It’s sad enough that the dizzying, platform-sharing, don’t-call-it-rebadging upcoming product extravaganza…

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