What's Wrong With This Picture: Not A Concept Edition

by Edward Niedermeyer

Published: January 5th, 2010

what s wrong with this picture not a concept edition

The production version of the Opel Meriva has debuted, and as promised, the suicide doors made the cut. But will the Meriva come to America, re-grilled as a Buick? A Gamma II-based MPV is rumored for Buick’s 2012 lineup, and suicide doors might just be the gimmick that helps America understand the concept of “premium compact.” Even though, as the image after the jump shows, they are little more than a gimmick.

Look Ma, no… oh wait, there are the B-pillars. Still, America has a thing for the willfully, unnecessarily different. If there’s a way for Buick to possibly be taken seriously by compact car buyers and the young (and there might not be), this is probably it.

#Buick #Concept #Meriva #Mpv #Opel #SuicideDoors

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Dimwit on Jan 05, 2010

There is a B pillar. If you real close the separation is hidden by a crease. Clever design. I doubt that it will get to NA unaltered as usual. Sadly. This is just the sort of fresh thinking the General needs to pull itself out of the doldrums.

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Thinx on Jan 06, 2010

Aztek?? Is that you??

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