I drove one of these with the ZZP intake and exhaust and trifecta tune and it was a rocket 🚀. I was amazed cause I was expecting a little 4 banger like the Cruze and when I opened it up I was like holy crap this little thing moves out in a hurry. I was highly impressed with it.

@00boogie99

Жыл бұрын

I got a 2016 regal T u think the trifecta tune is worth iy

I love this guy! He is one of the best hosts when it comes to car reviews!

this is the best review I have seen on this car! Thanx

One of the most sensible cars of the modern day. Round of applause to Buick on this one.

@RigginTheRod010

Жыл бұрын

That they didn't market....smh just GM things

I absolutely love mine

@jshdwhite79

7 жыл бұрын

I can't believe the EPA rates it so poorly. I recently went on a 1500 mile trip, 34 mpg without trying to hyper-mile.

@paulcondie2520

5 жыл бұрын

Any issues with your gs? I'm about to buy one, love the car!

@erinfreize4717

5 жыл бұрын

Me too- bought mine in the summer of 2017 with high miles, but it's been sporty, relatively efficient and a great highway car. Plus, it'll put smiles on your face once you get into the twisties!

@nenadmomcilovic9133

3 жыл бұрын

@@erinfreize4717 I'm looking at one now. My main question comes to the sport and gs settings, is it noticeably different than regular setting? And how are they reliability wise? I'm looking at on with 230000km.

This, essentially, is the successor to Acura's TL. As the old TL's and TSX's ride off to the sunset with their front double wishbone's, Buick, of all, makes a true successor. The HipeStrut is what I like to think of as a compact double wishbone suspension with the strut mounted on the top control arm. No doubt the advantages are numerous - smaller scrub radius, reduced unsprung weight, lower complexity, greater camber change. This car should handle like it's on rails. Now if we can get Hiperstruts in the Verano...

Excellent all-around car!

Oh man! I LOVE this Regal GS. Such a chunky werewolf and perfect for a guy who wants to kick some Audi butt. JV Johnny ⚾⚾

Same with my 00 GTP! And still 28 mpg! Simple 3.8 V6 supercharged pushrod V6 all day

Beautiful Car, but certainly not impressed with the 0-60 time!

Good to see a 6 spd Manual in it!

195K and counting. With no issues. So, you're right not good car, a GREAT car.

@tdrommond ya ive been doing some more research and finding good things. I'm also waiting for a dry day to go test drive one. thanks for the info man

"Twin port hood" LOL my friend has one of these things and they're not even functional. They're cosmetic pieces of plastic :l

@-stzy-1261

3 жыл бұрын

He prolly has the T instead of the GS

Not many four cylinder engines making almost 300hp and 300tq out there and still getting almost 30mpg highway....sounds good to me It's also worth mentioning that, with 135 horsepower per liter, the new boosted Ecotec boasts the highest specific power output of any engine in GM's history. It's also the most power-dense rating the SAE has ever officially recognized. That's impressive stuff.

I actually love this Generation, reminds me of a 3 series

There's a positive connotation affixed to buick; associated with quietly producing some ridiculous and legendary automobiles.

I live in NJ and there were only a handful. I got lucky and picked it up at an Acura dealership, of all places. They are very rare in this configuration, and even in the year I've had it I have only seen 3-4 others on the road versus the same piles of LS/LTs.

Black on black, stick, limited slip. Only reason I got it was because I have gigs from time to time and it fits my drum kit perfectly. It wasn't my ideal car, as I'd rather have a V8/RWD car of some kind, but I've grown to love the little "breadwagon"

WTF how is a muscle car guy like me drooling over a 4 cyl buick? Oh thats right because this thing is freaking sweet!

Very nice, not bad... I was going to get one but things happen... Still would get one if I had the chance... Murdered out black with 20" chrome wheels like this one...

Hopefully Buick builds on this and we see another monster, like the Grand National. It would be cool to have my 1986 GN setting next to a 2016 Regal GS.

@charliesmash

8 ай бұрын

Never happened. 😢

I actually really like this car... I wouldnt mind having one with a 6 speed manual at all :)

This is based on the Vauxhall Insignia VXR that we have in the U.K only ours has a 2.8 turbo V6 and 4wd so there's scope for a Grand National yet

Where can you find older episodes of these like from the early 80s when it started to 1990?

where did you get it? It's a pretty rare car where i live yet i see lesser HHRs by the dozens

I'll take one in black and I don't even like buicks lol

I really think that GM should make a buick based off of the Camaro; use the same chassis, some of the same panels, but all together a different look. Place the same V6 from the Camaro, expect with a turbo, paint it black, and call it the Grand National! Would love to see that!

The 6-speed automatic is now available, and it's still just as fast on a straight-line according to a publication.

Can you post a review for the 88-96 regal coupe if you still have it

It's really an Opel Insignia OPC or a Vauxhall Insignia VXR

@t3chn0m0 i know right? its pretty much gonna be competing with the ford fusion, dodge avenger, and a slew of other midsized sedans with more power. they should've started with this setup and had the awd opc setup as the GS.

gorgeous car. If I could afford one I would seriously take a look. Then get an aftermarket tune

Hmm, in germany the car is called Insignia OPC, but it has a 2.8 l V6 Turbo with 325 hp and AWD.

@tdrommond i currently drive a 99' bmw 323i . In the next year I want to upgrade to a newer car. Do you think the regal can compare to bmw at all?

I own a 2013 automatic and ran a 14.8 @95 mph in 96° temps back to back, completely stock.

Just drove my moms new regal turbo, (with 50 less hp and a lot less torque than this gs) and it felt just as powerful and torquey as my 05 grand prix gtp comp g with the 3800sc. I'm an old school v6/v8 guy myself but give this car a chance guys, i wasn't expecting much but was really impressed with the powertrain

@aconfusedazn whats an opel? is it like a vauxhall?

This is basically a Opel.

@CarringtonHollister

5 жыл бұрын

Or a Vauxhall

@123andme

4 жыл бұрын

Euro Buick

@DruidB19 Those old Bucks with the SC 3800 were fast and the engines were torquey. If only they had a 5 speed automatic at the time vs that long geared 4 speed the performance would have been even better. I always liked those older Buicks, comfy and quiet but they had some balls too.

Where's the Insignia OPC's 325 bhp V6 and four wheel drive?

Well the G8 didn't offer one for the first year of production. We had to wait until the GXP was available. It was preferable to the Charger SRT8, which to this day still doesn't offer one.

All day baby!

@IrishChris1979 I'm 18, and almost bought one, and my 60 year-old boss loves the GS also.

What color is it and is it a stick shift? I've only seen one and i still kinda think it looks like a breadwagon.

@wsmarines Actually Opel a majority-stake subsidiary of the American General Motors Corporation since the late 1920s.

It´s base on an Opel Insignia, Chevrolet´s counterpart in Germany for sale in Europe

@xdavstratx I would love to have a Grand National but not for a daily driver. This Regal is a nice, comfortable, and economical driver that you can have some fun with when you want to, not a hot rod. If i was going to get a brand new car based only on performance I would get the 2013 GT500

@hong99sm Good point, but the GS "smokes" the Sonata in the slalom, skidpad and 60-0 statistics plus the Sonata doesn't even offer a stick. I'll agree the Sonata is a nice car, and yes the GS is $10,000 more, but when you consider the front drive premium sedans you could buy for that money (ES350, TL, MKZ etc) it competes pretty well. And finally GM sells a Buick (cough cough...Opel) that doesn't handle like a semi in the twisties.

This is like the modern Grand National

@QthAgR8

4 жыл бұрын

BASITH PH I’d prefer a 2013 SHO all blacked out

@76carmel Some V6`s. I can think of many n/a v6`s with over 300hp

@7477238 or a proper 5 speed manual. the 3800 supercharged regals were nice.

@66soad Grand national? Wildcat? SKYlark gsx? . Are u a car favoring bi-troll or a car enthusiast.

WE LOVE YOU, JOHN DAVIS!!!!

@IrishChris1979 I'm 19 about to join the Air Force and I plan to get one after Basic.

Interesting, the speed problem is nothing a flash couldn't fix. The handling and braking numbers are good, and to me that's really what matters most.

Very true! I don't know how anyone in their right mind can justify paying such outrageous prices for such unreliable pieces of shit like BMW's, Mercedes', etc... Buicks are pretty luxurious, powerful, reliable, and don't cost an arm and a leg either.

Wassup guys. Sometimes u have to look past certain things when you look at cars. Example, the 0-60 time. Really u change that pending on your drivin' skills. I do agree with it bein' awd though. (waitin' on the srt4 dart for that) The look reminds me of my caliber srt4. You dont see a lot of them and yes the rims do bring out the car. Lls All cars have there ups and downs, it just depents on want your willin to deal with. all in all its a nice car. Test drive the car b4 u judge.

@kylesvt720 I said some in their 50's. My brother is 44 and he doesn't look a day over 30. He has friends that are in their late 40's & early 50's. They all play ultimate frisbee together & their team won the state championship in last year. These guys scrimmage against the college teams and beat them all the time. If you saw how fast and athletic these guys are, you wouldn't think 50 was old. You can look up "ultimate frisbee" on youtube to see what it's about if you want. Awesome game :)

@66soad good for you

@SMGMP7A1 Oh yeah I've seen stuff like that too, it's just not very often. Hey if you're in your 70's or 80's+ and you drive a cool younger persons car, more power to ya! ;) I hope I'm a hip old man one day ha ha.

ROCKAUTO. ROCKS!!!!

its nice to see the target audience under 90 years old

I wish that the 2000 buick regal GS had a 5 speed transmission. GM. Never thought about that. Super charged 3.8 liter would Be alsome and powerful as well.

It's a friggin' Opel.

i told a buick dealer when i drove up in my 98 green gs how can you guys sell a 4 cyl turbo for almost 40k that will get smoked by a "outdated" model that gets just about the same great gas miles on the highway. he laughed and gave me all kinds of excuses but i said no sale and peeled out of the dealership.. hopefully a gn/gnx will be alot nastier.and a v6.

Turbo 4 cylinders are the modern day 5 cylinder engine. Both were supposed to provide more power than nonaspirated 4s, while being more efficient than 6 cylinders.

I really hope they bring back the grand national

@lesher27 "Most" old people aren't going to drive a GS version of this new regal unless they're going through a late life crisis LOL. The Lacrosse CXL or maybe even the CXS would be more to their liking if going this route. This Regal GS will be selling to people mainly in their 30's, 40's and some in their 50's for the most part.

I really like it, but for it to be a real player it needs to be 400lbs lighter or 40hp more. 270hp is sub par to most competitors. Torque is good, but it needs to be better than this. The v6 Genesis is still more powerful and gets decent gas milage, the cost is even cheaper. I like it... but wish it would have been a little bit mroe omph! Make it a 2.4L-T

I agree 2007deadeye1, I think it would of been very smart to refine the 3800 and keep it in mass production, it actually started out as a Buick engine, Buick created it in the 1960's I believe, correct me if I'm wrong, but the 3800 would easily get figures like 350 HP and 17/25 mpg and they sound great, the one we had in our grand prix GTP coupe was the l67 supercharged version, what a strong engine...

@lincolnparc8897

Жыл бұрын

it's sad they killed their best V6 ever 😮

@moealfaily1662

Жыл бұрын

@@lincolnparc8897 it was a good motor, pretty reliable, I’m no engineer but I’m not sure pushrod motors has much more potential for fuel economy and V6 engines didnt need 3.8l, my current car is an Audi S5 with a 3.0l supercharged V6

they killed pontiac for this?? p.s whats the button on the shifter?

I know this is old but I have one of these cars and no it’s not a 1/4 mile monster, but if you like fast cornering then this little mid sized car is the ticket, I’ve always like the old V6 SC GS but around a corner it doesn’t even come close

I like it..

so the sc 3800 regal was .2 seconds faster @ 0-60 in 6.6 sec! with a long geared tranny and no manual? i cant even imagine what it would have been like with a stick. the LT1 roadmaster was 0-60 in 7.0 an that car was 2 tons!

The weight of the car is around 3700 lbs -- pretty heavy. Buick is known how to put a lot of sound reduction on their frame. For some reason recently, there are more vehicles that have faster 0-60 times with an automatic. According to some tests, the Regal GS' automatic's 0-60 time is around 6.2 seconds.

@lesher27 Narr, you're thinking of the Lincoln Towncar.

They needs to make a gnx version of this car that is a v6 turbo awd or rwd car making least 450hp

@carotene2 Opel has one too, what's up with that?!?! 3 manufacturers make basically the same car

I love it but I really wish or maybe it's just the ipa talking but damn why didn't they do a turbocharged series two 3800 !?!!!? They supercharged it with an Eaton pos why not do a True throwback to the grandnational and offer a GNX package that's AWD, manual, and an enormous blast to drive .... oh and has a 3800 series two turbo!!!

@IrishChris1979 50s isn't old?

@BoberMcBoberson Oh and MW's driver must have sucked, because Motor Trend got a 0-60 of 6.3 and a 1/4 mile of 14.9. I wouldn't mention that but, A half a second seems to be a pretty big deal now.

There's no manual transmission option, despite the big engine. I understand that nowadays laziness has led us to dual-clutch/8-speed automatics that frequently out-run those cars equipped otherwise, but nothing can replace the connection you get with the machine from that third pedal.

@erinfreize4717

5 жыл бұрын

Huh? The car only came with a stick, like mine. The new version is auto only.

Why did they show the Ford Mustangs gauges?....

nice opel.

Looks like a sabertooth tiger

This Ecotec Turbo 1-4 with 270 hp has more horsepower than V-6s.

Bad mammajamma!

I love MotorWeek & have seen every episode, but I am curious as to why this Regal GS only trapped 94 mph in the 1/4 mile when this same car trapped 99 mph in the magazines? That is a huge, huge difference. I know every car, driver & conditions vary, but 5 mph? When I did my first mods to my car, it picked up 2 mph through the 1/4 mile & it was very noticeable. No offense to MotorWeek or anything, I'm just surprised.

@erinfreize4717

5 жыл бұрын

Yeah, their's is probably the slowest. I've seen low 6's 0-60 w/ quarter under 15 at much closer to 100mph.

This car shares alot with the SAAB 9-3 and 9-5. The powertrain is from Germany and is a higher output version of what's used in the 9-3. Typical GM badge engineering..

@Lambo6fo From what I know is this... the V6s that don't exceed 300 hp, Toyota's V6 for passenger vehicles (Camry, Avalon, Sienna, RAV4) - max hp 270hp. Honda's V-6 is 271 hp (Accord). Chrysler's Pentastar V-6 is 283 hp for the vans, 200, Avenger, and Wrangler; and 290 hp for the Grand Cherokee, 300, and Charger. Most of the 300 hp V6 or I-6 are ususally the German luxury vehicles; mainly BMW, Mercedes, and Audi (who is really shaking the luxury auto world right now).

@blowersho but im sure you can't pull .90g on the skidpad or brake 70-0 in 160 ft. those figures are better than a cadillac cts-v

Too bad they don't make this more powerful. A Regal GS from 15 years ago with the S/C 3800 would give this a run for its money and probably beat it in a straight line.

@RigginTheRod010

8 жыл бұрын

with a intake and tune it gives it 70 more hp/tq... I admit mine is slow now. too bad it weighs 3700lbs

Can u get the cxl base in manual?

@MrJimbo666

5 жыл бұрын

Dragunov302 yes but only 5 speeds

Do these cars come in automatic trans?

@eaglefat9398

6 жыл бұрын

yes, 6 speed auto

Why are there cricket sounds in this video?

@GranTorino992 Dude Buick's had v6s in them for such a long time. Look at the 1972 Buick GSX its got a 455 V8 in it.

Just build a new GNX with rear wheel drive and a hyper-boost turbo motor that will "melt" your brain. You can do it Buick.

Nice I just hope they come out with a V6 and a V8 would be suicidal

I still gave the video a like rating as always by the way.