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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.

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Kez Casey migrated from behind spare parts counters to writing about cars over ten years ago. Raised by a family of automotive workers, Kez grew up in workshops and panel shops before making the switch to reviews and road tests for The Motor Report, Drive and CarAdvice.

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