Beijing Auto Show: Buick Invicta by Inside Line

http://www.edmunds.com/insideline/autoshows/beijing/2008/index.html

Buick has dusted off one of its classic nameplates — Invicta — for a new concept luxury vehicle that will be formally unveiled in mid-April at the Beijing auto show.

General Motors says the Invicta was jointly developed at corporate design centers in China and North America — a pattern that could mark the future design direction of the Buick brand, which is expected to share more models between those two markets.

GM says the Invicta showcar continues the thread of the futuristic styling theme introduced last year on the Buick Riviera concept that was displayed at the Shanghai show. It borrows such signature Buick design cues as the chrome waterfall grille, portholes and "sweepspear" curving line that runs along the vehicle's flanks.

The Invicta name — Latin for "unconquerable" or "unvanquished" — was used briefly by Buick from 1959-'63 on an uplevel version of the big LeSabre, and was supplanted by the Wildcat. The Invicta brand also appeared on a series of British cars from 1925-'50, and more recently on a limited-edition British sports car called the S1.

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[jayr545]

Beautiful vehicle, regardless of what the homos below have to say.

[bliglum]

WOW, that thing looks way too much like a bmw 5 series

[Carl6231]

Great looking car!!! Nothing new on the road can compare to the new Buicks.

[greenelectra]

The Chinese market has saved Buick , they sell more cars there now than anywhere else . Bring back the Riviera .

[afyaff]

the back looks soooo like the CAMRY or LS460

[edo5555]

looks like an fn camry

[Lumotaku]

because you liberal commie pinko. Liberal does not mean what it is susposed to anymore. Liberal ideas are not new they have been tried and failed.

[CeeStyleDj]

How can you have CHINA design buicks??? Sad day.. *sighs*

[fuzzzymaine2]

toss the name invicta! call it.....The buick SEX those lines are delicious...

[f1khamba]

Don't criticize stealing my man. All the greats do it. From composers, to artists, to apparently car designers. No one ever really creates anything of value on their own. It's a compilation of everyone's best, and thereby becomes original.

[HakemEX]

That 2 door Riviera Concept is pure sex....

oh and the invicta's alright too. lol

[HakemEX]

But it's an invicta!!