Opel Adam Entering Chinese Market As A Buick
When the Opel Adam enters the Chinese auto market in 2015, it will do so with a Buick badge as General Motors’ first high-end city car.
CarNewsChina reports the Adam will sell for somewhere between 169,800 yuan and 268,800 yuan, the same price range as that of the city car’s main competitor, the Fiat 500. Buick will import the Adam at first, though local production could come to fruition further down the road.
Under the hood, two engines will be available to future Adam owners, including a 1.2-liter engine driving 69 horses through the front wheels, and a larger 1.4-liter with 100 horsepower. Both engines are gasoline-powered.
The customer base for the Adam are those seeking a trendsetting lifestyle machine that has little to do with their parents’ Regal or other sedans.
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It looks like an older Citroen C3 Pluriel
So many Buick models from Opel, and nobody gave a thought to renaming the European operation Buick, at least upscale models sold outside of Germany.
high end and Opel/Buick in one sentence = oxymoron. Add the 69 hp motor...
100 hp can be fun, but I have a feeling this car is heavier than it looks... so, no.