Don’t forget the Gin blossoms on your nose…. I’m currently living in Palm Springs coming from San Diego and I see these things everywhere.🤷🏻♂️ along with more SC 430s than I’ve ever seen in Southern California, of which is probably my favorite bucket list car that I will own someday, up there with a Gen 1 TT💯
This desperately needed the 2.0T with 250-260 horsepower. The 1.6 is underpowered and I worry about parts availability since it’s the only car in the USA to ever use this engine
Surprised that you didn't mention that the top can be operated at speeds up to THIRTY-ONE MILES PER HOUR. That's incredible. They have to be the beefiest convertible top in history and they used it on...this. And that's coming from a GM fanboy.
My wife has one. I think it is underrated. It is peppy, gets great mileage, and handles like a go-cart. The roof can be opened at speeds up to 31 MPH. Let's see you do that with most older convertibles! This car is as practical as a Corvette. The one maintenance thing I dislike is the oil filter is impossible to change without a mess. The other thing is it requires high-test to operate properly. Typical European influence. My vehicles of choice are a 2015 Silverado and a 1970 Camaro Z28!
Awesome review as always, I’ve been watching you and subscribed for about a year, and I am stoked on your growth. I was surprised to see this car pop up in my feed and this is always been a guilty pleasure as I think these things look fantastic. When they first came out 80 to 90% of them were definitely rental car fleet now when you see rhem on the road, I don’t think I’ve ever seen anyone under 70 driving one. I would love if you did 0 to 60 tests in your videos. I realize that that is not feasible for some of your older car reviews as you don’t wanna push other peoples cars to the extreme.👌💯🙏
These were made in Poland, at the Opel factory. And it's actually kind of a gussied up convertible Chevy Cruze, because they were made on the same platform.
@@oliverstemp9132 I'd forgotten about the Verano. They didn't sell many of those, either. But the Cruze was on the same platform. The Regal was bigger.
Missed the opportunity to explain that this is another example of General Motors bringing cars designed and developed around the world to the US. Similar to the Pontiac G8/ Chevy SS which was a rebadged Australian car (Holden), the Cascada (Kas-Kahhh-Da) was a European car, the Opel Cascada. It was built in Poland of all places. A little bit of interesting GM trivia. Thanks for sharing this car.
I live in south Florida so seeing convertibles like these that have very low mileage driven by old people come up for sale is pretty common. I'll be looking forward to a dirt cheap one in another 10 years.
Wow 😮 never knew that tail light thing about the cascada! That is the weirdest tail light solution for the us I ever saw!! Also kudos for spotting these taillights out..
I know of at least one other car review channel, (or so they claim to be) that rented this car, and didn’t even mention those lights, or really anything about the car.
It’s a law because say for example, your car is on the shoulder of an interstate and your changing a tire, your hazards will be on. But the Cascada’s taillights are attached to the trunk, so when your trunk is open, drivers passing by can’t see the hazards on, which could be really bad if it’s at night. So Buick’s solution was to put a second set of taillights behind the standard ones that are visible with the trunk open. The Lincoln Corsair has to also get around this law, but Lincoln does it by putting the second set of taillights on the bottom of the bumper.
Agree. My 2009 Altima just had an idiot light. My 2017 Fusion shows the numbers, and a couple months after I bought it, one of my tires picked up something that gave a slow leak, on back roads out in the country. I could watch the numbers gradually go down, and estimate how many miles I had before I'd need to stop and put on a spare. That way, I was able to find a good place to change the tire (a gas station).
True, but then having real tyre pressure sensors add extra complication that simpler inferred tyre pressure alert based on ABS wheel speeds doesn't have. As do electronic brake pad wear sensors and electronic washer fluid level sensors and all those other things found on European economy cars but not on many Japanese economy cars... You need a diagnostic computer to properly do a brake pad change and reset the brake pad wear sensor on a BMW MINI for example!
@@TassieLorenzo The Altima did have a pressure sensor on the valve stem of each wheel - it wasn’t just based on ABS sensor speeds. There was a procedure to teach the car which wheel was which. So they did have the expense of the individual sensors. Whether those sensors were accurate enough to display pressure numbers without generating customer complaints is an open question. But IMO it was mostly just them being lazy about the design of the instrument panel display.
I always liked these. Thought they looked good, if not generic. One of the only times in the past 20 years that Buick stepped out of their box and tried something different. However it is just another Opel-ized Buick, like many of the other Buicks available at this time. If it was actually a ground up design with maybe a more powerful engine and better driving dynamics, maybe a little more aggressive styling, it totally could have taken advantage of the very small convertible niche. Too bad Buick doesn't even make cats anymore. As a big time Buick fan, there's nothing they make right now that I would buy. Maybe the Enclave. And if I were in the market for a cheaper new vehicle, the Encore isn't a bad option. But I'm not an SUV guy. I miss the big floaty Buicks of the past. I know that kind of driving dynamic doesn't sell like it used to but I think they'd be surprised at the success of a Buick that was built they Buicks used to be.
@@barta5ot-395 The hot hatch version, the Opel Astra VXR / Vauxhall Astra VXR is funky! It came with 20" wheels as standard way back in 2014-2015 IIRC.
@@rummimgYeah Buick hasn't been Buick for a long while most of the 2010s cars they had were Opel Insignias and Mokka in which they had no input in designing. The new ones are a bit more Buick because they designed the bodies for the GM Korea platforms.
I think maybe the same platform as an Astra,but not the same car. They were sold in Britain as Vauxhall Cascadas ,as well,and Opel Cascadas in most of Europe,except in España they were badged as the Opel Cabrio,as Cascada means waterfall/cascade in Español. They were also sold as Holden Cascadas in Australia & New Zealand. They were all made in a GM factory in Polska.
Interesting tidbit on the secondary taillights in the trunk jamb. In the U.S., taillights cannot be installed on a moveable piece of body work. Since the Cascada is a European-market Opel rebadged as a Buick for the U.S., it doesn't conform with our regulations. As a result, they had to put those lights in if they wanted to sell it in our market which would've been wiser if they stayed out in the first place since it never caught on here. The fact it only lasted three model years says something. Unfortunately we just don't like convertibles anymore like we used to in the mid-late twentieth century.
I can't imagine ever buying a convertible unless I was stupid rich. My neighbor had a Mini one now a BMW convertible. She loves em. Their cool but eh. Just seems like too much and a lot of sacrifice
Can we please just talk about the GIANT hair (with the follicle still attached) on the infotainment controls of the CAAS-CAA-DA I was eating dinner when I watched this! That, combined with Cascade-a, was 100% cringeworthy.
I had this car for a year and a half. Way overpaid and lost half its value. Always in the shop. Pretty pretty but plastic plastic, basically a worse chevy cruze with a fancy badge. The top was definitely the high point..
Im glad i never traded my murano cross cab for this. It was striking back then but in hindsight the cross cab is mucb more luxurious and unique than this .. hell even a Chrysler 200S is better 😭😭😭 and that engine is horrid.
Looks ok, terrible name, Baby engine, if u going 2 do a sports convertible……. 1.6L wtf?!? Get rid of the backseat and gimme proper engine, & dual exhaust,
If you were looking for a "sports" convertible, you wouldn't be looking at a Buick. The MX-5, Mustang convertible and Camaro convertible exist for that.
