2007 new minivans Want to help “resurrect” the Buick Terazza?
So… I am a huge fan of minivans, but especially one, the Buick Terazza. However, as you know, it was shut down in 2007. But here’s the thing: I practically have come up with an entirely new design (it’s based off of the old Silhouette/Lumina APV/Trans Sport design, with a few 21st century tweaks). I know that Buick had marketed the Terazza as a Luxury Utility Vehicle, but the minivan looks repelled nearly all buyers, so I reverted it to its original “dust buster” shape, and essentially made it look like a cross between a Cadillac Escalade and a Honda Odyssey with only 1 sliding door.
My question is this: How do I get my ideas to Buick, and if so, is there any guarantee that my idea will be put to use? I NEED HONEST ANSWERS AND WILL GIVE 10 POINTS TO THE BEST ONE!!!
I doubt your design can best the Honda Odyssey or Toyota Sienna. Comparing the GM U body minivans to them is like comparing horse s**t and ice cream. The GM products offered nowhere near the level of quality and fit and finish, and were way behind in terms of mechanical design as well. The looks of the later U bodies weren’t particularly offensive. They were just outclassed by better vehicles. The Honda and Toyota offered better overall reliability, better build quality, better performance, slightly better fuel economy, better resale value and better drive dynamics.
Don’t think I’m japanese car fanboy or anything because I’m certainly not. But no U.S. carmaker has made a competent minivan since the mid 90′s.
I don’t worry too much about giving you design to Buick, in all likelihood GM has thought long and hard about getting back into the minivan market, but right now they are content to come out with CUV’s like the Enclave. GM doesn’t have a dedicated minivan platform anymore. And they definitely will not spend hundreds of millions of dollars developing a new one for single model. That’s not to say a current platform couldn’t be adapted, but if it could make them money, they’d already be doing it.
Isuzu Trooper
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