The TourX is an amazing family vehicle. Many people didn’t know they wanted one until after GM stopped making them. That’s why they should have marketed the thing.
Double JJ Sure they do! I hate SUVs and crossovers but you see wagons everywhere in Europe and it’s just funny seeing Americans being excited about a new wagon.
Victor Ibarbo Yeah because wagons got a bad rep and nobody wanted to be dead set in a wagon. Same way with minivans. Now car enthusiasts or some people want something different than your neighbor's SUV/crossover.
Double JJ I really don’t get that. I think wagons are more aesthetically pleasing than SUVs and crossovers and they’re also more of a enthusiast car. SUVs and crossovers are for moms who want to bring their children to their football matches and for people who can’t drive.
I'm highly considering picking one of these up in the next year or so, hopefully they still have them around in 1-4 years or so. Really want to support the wagon movement.
GM does this weird thing where they make great cars, but then never market it and then wonder why it fails. I think if they actually had the confidence to carry this car out, then it would've been really something special. This vehicle looks so much better than all the other Buicks on the road and made the brand, for a split second, seem interesting and cool
I would like to agree with you, but this is only a test by Buick. If it sells, they will make more of them. If it doesn't, it will fade away again. They did this with the Encore and it sold like hotcakes - so now Chevy has one as well with the Trax.
There’s a GS version of this available in Europe. It’s called the Opel Insignia GSi Sports Tourer (260hp 4 cylinder, AWD, 8-speed automatic). Looks really cool!
TheVP they aren't going to sell a lot of these so we shouldn't expect a whole lot of powertrain options in the states. Similar things happened when gm imported Holden vehicles
Damn I love him. I really appreciate his honest assessment on the cheaper looking interior. This is why you are one of the best. Not just PR speak for the company. Thank you!
Why I just don't understand why people want some of these useless crossovers like the Nissan Rogue that has barely any space at all. Bet this thing handles better than most crossovers too.
I just bought one. I love it! It’s better than any tired crossover that it seems every American has now. Navy. Light interior and every package. 😎 Thank you! Your reviews are my favorite on RU-vid.
The Volvo V90 (& Cross Country) to me is the best looking wagon currently on sale. The TourX would come next...I'm glad Buick is helping bring wagons back Stateside though!
Give wagons another chance. I had the Volvo V70 and really enjoyed it. The V50 was not really a good representation of Wagons these days. V50 was also small.
Sadly the V90 CC is a $60-$70K vehicle. Same powertrain as their $40K vehicles. A big price to pay for a few inches of rear legroom and 10 cu ft of cargo capacity.
Bought it. Love it. All kinds of positive comments and the little twin turbo has plenty of torque. Handles very well and the all wheel drive is effective. Car guys do love wagons... especially interesting ones.. Way back when I was a kid (so old) I remember a friends' Dad had a new Chevy wagon with a dual quad 409 and a four speed (had to be a COPO) and I thought it was the hippest vehicle on the face of the earth... Later owned two Allroad Audi cars (one was the first six speed in the US) . This wagon, right now, is much better than I had hoped for....
Just saying as a always Infiniti/Benz owner, this vehicle is a lot of bang for the buck. I have found this vehicle $22-28K. You can’t get all this anywhere else but Detroit/USA. 👍🏼. I think this will be my next vehicle
Maybe if Buick ran a single commercial for this in America it would sell... I just traded-in my Dodge Magnum, which I thought was the last station wagon sold in America for a Crossover... because I thought nobody made modern Station Wagons... this car will fail, not because it's a bad car or nobody wants station wagons, it will fail because nobody even knows it exists... worst marketing ever.
Mithrennon of Aegwynn gm doesn’t want this to be successful. Only reason they are here is due to the argument with opel. Doubt it will be more than a 4 year deal In the states. Sadly :(
Buick had always been the almost as good looking unassuming sister of Cadillac. People associate the Buick badge with Grandma's Roadmaster Land Yacht though, as they lost their way, as 90% of GM did 80's & 90's .I'm so glad that they're truly working to become a competitor again.This is a gorgeous wagon. They could really go in a cool kind of Dodge Magnum or AMG e63 wagon inspired direction.
@@aaronrodriguez1410 My wife has a Chevy Orlando and there is some cheap ass quality on that car. GM been counters. My '15 VW Sportwagon has been awesome for 6 years.
@@aaronrodriguez1410 I don't really care for the mk 8, front and they took away alot of real buttons. Hopefully facelift will be better. Luckily, I don't have a leaking pano sunroof on my Sportwagon. Cheers
The TourX is built in Germany starts at $29k with AWD and a turbo motor, but Buick's own Envision crossover, which is built in China, starts at $35 with FWD and a regular 4 cylinder.
test drove one of these today and fell in love with it.that suspension and 2.0 torbo is so fun on back roads,that seat makes you sink right in for tight gut wrenching hard cornering.
Very interesting car. I've had a few Subaru Outbacks through the years, the latest has been so problematic i have no qualms looking elsewhere for my next purchase. Never thought I'd be shopping a Buick wagon but from what I see this car looks like a winner.
I saw an Insignia wagon without the cladding testing here in CO over the summer. I'd have one near the top of my shopping list if they offered that one without the crossover cladding and higher suspension garbage.
Only 1,000lb towing capacity is balls. Straight balls, and that's not a good thing. All I want, as a dad with two kids, is a bad ass WAGON that can tow at least 3500 lbs. I want to tow a caravan like they do in the UK, and 1000lb towing capacity ain't gonna cut it.
The worst part is, this exact vehicle in the UK is rated to tow 3400 lbs. They cripple the limit stateside so that customers who want to tow are stuck buying more expensive SUVs and crossovers. If they tried doing that in Europe, customers would just buy a wagon from another manufacturer. Need evidence that automakers do this in the US? Go check the tow ratings for the Ford Crown Victoria from the early 90s to the mid-2000s. The car itself went through very few changes, yet the tow rating drops right around the same time the Ford Explorer came out.
Been a Ford man my whole life, I've had every model fusion too... Saw an all black tourx sitting outside our local gm dealership. Whipped a u turn and just fell in love! I don't usually care for wagons but that chrome and black together is unbelievable. I however am NOT a fan of GM's 2.0l.
Autos Fan that's because in Canada they don't buy a lot of cars lol....if you look on 'good car bad car' the amount of cars the American market buys is far superior than the Canadian market...lol...Canada has nothing on the U.S. market lol
I bought a Buick Regal Tourx Essense a week ago. I came from a Volvo C30. The Tourx is an amazing car and I love driving it even though it's not a manual Tranny like my 250hp turbo T5 R-Design C30 Polestar. The Buick surprised me with it's European styling and peppy engine. Nice job Buick. Nice job.
When a car does not have a sport mode but does have an option to shift manually on the shifter then try putting the shifter into the manual shift mode before doing the acceleration run. It should hold the shifts longer.
Funny, was in Sedona the past few days and saw a grey TourX on Sunday in the canyon (from Flagstaff) and a white one as I was departing Starbucks yesterday and commented "strange to see two of those already." Had 3 outbacks and 3 wrx's (currently one of each), so this interests me. Glad to see another wagon...maybe it can push Subaru to get competitive with more power on the 4cy...175hp is a joke. Am used to the lag you showed with my 6cyl/3.6 Great review...and appreciated.
I get the impression with this last Opel from Germany that GM is experimenting again to see what sells - a hatchback sedan and a wagon. They experimented a few years back with the small SUV, the Encore, and it was so successful they made a Chevy version called the Trax. If this succeeds we will be seeing the same in a Chevy in a few years. If it fails, then back to sedans and SUVs only. 0-60 mph tested is 6.9 seconds, so it is pretty fast.
@@insainllama You are right - just like sedans everywhere (and I mean everywhere as Mercedes is cutting back on them along with everyone else except Genesis).
I'm really happy to see this new wagon. Wagons make a lot more sense for people and cargo hauling than a CUV. This particular wagon looks REALLY good. My only gripe is that they'll only give the American market a Subaru Outback wannabe version, with AWD and black exterior cladding. In Europe they sell this as a straight up FWD wagon. I hope they decide to bring that version to the American market. I'd be VERY interested in buying one if they do.
I had a 94 Buick Century with over 300,000 miles of getting beat up daily, The piece of shit never broke on me. Only after getting rear ended in a snow storm I junked it still driving
Love my VW '15 Golf Sportwagen tsi se. 37k miles and been the best car I have owned. Have gotten 40mpg on road trip. Love the utility, performance and economy. 170 hp, 199 torque and no need to tune. A guy at work had a brand new Chevy Malibu and the engine broke after six months. My wife's Chevy Orlando is getting rebuild under recall for excessive oil consumption..lol GM..lol He then got a Chevy truck..lol My Sportwagen was 27k through Costco in April 2015. This Buick is 43k..lol
Deshawn Saunders automakers have tried to sell wagons in recent times but they were all flops. The crossover is what everyone wants now and it's demand is only increasing. Lol minivans are going out as we speak. I love wagons. Unfortunately mass market north American tastes don't
I agree, but there are exceptions, Subaru, Volvo, Audi and a like have wagons. Although arguably Subaru have been more cuvs now. Rather than traditional wagon. Depends where you live. In mn under lots of Subaru wagons. I own a rare lancer wagon
It's a good thing they offer a base model without leather. Not everyone wants leather and it can cost down quite a bit. Volvo would have a bigger advantage with their wagon line if they offered non leather trim packages. I like most wagons in general, we could definitely use more of them.
I wish they kept the three prong outlet from the previous generation and gave it a bump in engine considering the more mass of the vehicle and being able to carry more. It’s about time Buck started further differentiating itself from Chevy, however, I’m really Buick has a wagon again and the Subaru has a competition, somewhat.
Something that adds a lot of class to this set up (car in a dusty dessert) is when you set the car where you want it. Use waterless car wash soap. It just makes people wonder how you got the car in the location your at with no dust and dirt getting on the car.
I'm glad they kept it lower. Its a good balance between cross-country models (crossovers with a short roof) and a standard wagon/sedan. I've taken a rwd sedan far enough off-road to know that you don't need a cross-country anything to go camping.
Great review! I don't need to be told whether to like start/stop or not. I need to SEE it. You let me see it work. I don't need to see a drone video of the car doing 20. Every car ever can maintain 20. You floored it! Thanks for testing the car, rather than just driving it.
I would've liked to have heard about the road noise...if there is any or not...if it's too annoyingly loud or acceptable. Also would've liked to have heard about the rear windshield wiper and squirter...maybe seen it work? Would also like to see this car at nighttime to see how well it lights up or not via the headlights, parking lights, taillights, inside dome light. Another thing missing from this review, I would've liked to have seen the sunroof shade work, like close and open it.
This is a good review, I learned a lot. Not sure why he didn’t mention that this car is really just an Opel. My understanding is that this car was made in Germany by Opel and Buick more or less just rebadged it.
Your descriptions of the Buick TourX reminds me of my 05 Volvo V70 which i had a lot of fun with and enjoyed. We also had the 2012 Outback, it was a piece of junk.
If i get this then I would make sure it has the panoramic sun roof for sure! I do like this Tourx because its different and there is not the need to drive the big ass SUV's that are coming out now. this has the size to put everything i need plus built in wifi, Onstar, SOS, and much more and still have the size of a sedan to a certain point...right now I have a 2017 Escape...wish the Tourx came out sooner...i just have to wait or something lol
If the wagon came in GS trim with the V6 I'd probably own one already....so maybe I should be thanking Buick for keeping me car-payment free right now!
It would be cool if Mazda brought the Mazda 6 wagon over to the US, lifted with mild off road capabilities. Call it the CX-6. I think it would look really good too, but one can only dream...
It really is a nice car, huh? I recently shot a walk around on a 18 Essence AWD if you'd like to check it out. Im sort of in the process of converting my channel into a car review page if you'd like to subscribe. :)
I drive a 2015 Volvo XC70 T6 (real T6 not the 4 cylinder T6) and love it. It has 72 cu ft space with 2nd row seats folded down and as you said it drives like a car but has SUV space. Nice review but would have liked to see cargo area with rear seats down, the whole point of a wagon for cargo space. Does this come in a 6 cylinder or only 4? I hate 4 cylinder cars. This vehicle is nice looking, reminds me of the previous gen Audi Allroad. Interior is decent as well.
Reminds me a bit of the Audi Avant Quattro 4x4 off road sports wagon version. I've a 2003 Avant Quattro 3.0 it's absolutely awesome. Sports wagons are in! 😀
Believe it or not I was never in to Buicks! But this new wagon looks pretty cool looking!! About time Buick brings back the wagon! It looks between a Subaru Outback and a Mazda! Nice! I like it.
to me this car doesnt say off-road it says brady bunch mom buying groceries with 2 children and a dog...with that being said i LOVE the look and im looking into buying one
It really is a nice car, huh? I recently shot a walk around on a 18 Essence AWD if you'd like to check it out. Im sort of in the process of converting my channel into a car review page if you'd like to subscribe. :)
Like the two tone interior...But the darker top half is angled toward the driver (like my Optima) but the lighter colored lower portion seems tacked on....doesn't feel well integrated (like my Optima) Great review as always! Thx.
My biggest issue is the on the “attainable luxury” yet heated seats not available unless I get top of the line trim from Buick yet from Chevy I can add a simple 1200 package to a bare bones Malibu or equinox and get heated seats. Huge oversight in my eyes but still I am going to look at this wagon in April when a lease is up in my house
Actually you can fool the start/stop. Tap the brake when it comes on. Bam it goes off for the rest of the time you're in traffic. Peppy I loved it ! #1 on my list now.
A GM rep told us at our dealership to bypass the stop/start all you'd have to do is start the vehicle, pop the hood and shut it and it turns the stop/start off... why they couldn't be like FCA and just have a button who knows
