GM To Import North American-Bound Buick Envision From China
In a somewhat unusual move, General Motors will offer it’s seven-seat Buick Envision SUV for the North American market as a fully imported model, built in China, when it goes on sale in 2016. The move will make GM the first US domestic manufactur
In a somewhat unusual move, General Motors will offer it’s seven-seat Buick Envision SUV for the North American market as a fully imported model, built in China, when it goes on sale in 2016.
The move will make GM the first US domestic manufacturer to import a Chinese-built vehicle and only the second 'old world' automaker to offer a Chinese-built passenger car in the US market (Volvo imported a limited number of Chinese-built long wheelbase S60 sedans to the US).
Sales estimates for the three-row SUV are tipped at around 40,000 per year, a figure that borders on being too low to establish a dedicated production facility in North America.