The All New Statesman

**HoZy** · 24-05-2006, 03:20 PM

Ladies an gentleman, I'd like to give you....

The statesman

Having given Cadillac a shot in the arm with lots of new models, now General Motors is turning its attention to Buick, with a multi-year effort to replace Buick's entire lineup of cars. First was the 2005 Buick LaCrosse, which replaced the Buick Century. Next will be the 2006 Buick Lucerne, a stylish replacement for the Buick LeSabre.

Buick has not yet shown the third new sedan, but these latest spy photos, taken inAustralia, give the first glimpse of the all-new rear-wheel-drive full-size sedan which will be Buick's new top-of-the-line model, and will replace the Buick Park Avenue for the 2008 model year. One possibility for a name, used by Buick on concepts before, is Lausanne.

This new sedan will be a premium model, once again raising the level of luxury and performance beyond that of the model it replaces. A V-8 engine is expected, of about 5.7 liters of displacement. The fact that it was caught under test in Australia is no fluke. The new Buick is being developed jointly by GM and GM's Australian car division, Holden. In fact, Holden will not only share in the design of this as-yet-unnamed Buick, but Holden will build it in Australia as well, and GM will import it to the U.S.

The prototypes reveal a very rounded roofline with steeply slanted windshield and rear window. At the front are big headlight clusters with small-diameter high-intensity headlights along with turn signals and parking lights that result in a two by two matrix of lights behind a large clear cover - covered with tape for disguise on the prototypes. The rear taillight cluster is also large, and has multiple round lights. A few luxury touches include parking sensors in both the front and rear bumpers, and lights in the lower portion of the side mirrors.

The grille of the black prototype is disguised with lots of black tape, but looking closely at the white car shows details of the grille design. A bold ring of chrome surrounds the grille opening, plus four horizontal bars crossing the grille are also trimmed with chrome at the front edge of each bar. At the grille's center is a large chrome Buick emblem. There's plenty of bright chrome to put "bling" into the grille of this top-of-the-line cruiser. The rear end carries on a Buick design tradition, with a horizontal chrome bar across the trunk lid, just above the license plate, with raised letters spelling out Buick. The chrome bar is covered with black tape on the prototypes, but a close-up photo not shown here clearly shows the Buick name under the tape.

Enjoy!

Cheers
MaT

**253@7k** · 24-05-2006, 03:26 PM

Very nice. Whats with all the wires near the mirror?

**pumba** · 24-05-2006, 03:28 PM

so how do ya no this is the new statesman? although it looks like it could be, theres nothin here to say it could be or is the new stato... also, it says its gonna hae a 5.7Ltr, but holden isnt using the 5.7Ltr's anymore coz of that uero3 emissions crap or whatever its called lol.

none the less, if it is the new statesman, the design is startin to look futuristic in my opinion lol. i dont mind it aye. it would look phat as dumped on its guts with a set of BIG chromies

it would be interestin to see how ford go with bringin out its compatition

.

and ya gotta love the new spot they picked for the spare tyre

(look at third pic)

**HoZy** · 24-05-2006, 03:30 PM

The new Buick is being developed jointly by GM and GM's Australian car division, Holden. In fact, Holden will not only share in the design of this as-yet-unnamed Buick, but Holden will build it in Australia as well, and GM will import it to the U.S.

Buick has not yet shown the third new sedan, but these latest spy photos, taken inAustralia, give the first glimpse of the all-new rear-wheel-drive full-size sedan which will be Buick's new top-of-the-line model, and will replace the Buick Park Avenue for the 2008 model year. One possibility for a name, used by Buick on concepts before, is Lausanne.

Cheers
MaT

foammedia · 24-05-2006, 04:03 PM

No point in Holden building a buick and driving it around Australia unless it's a rebadged statesman

for sure it's the statesman

**Ripcell** · 24-05-2006, 05:52 PM

**shudders, i hope the real thing looks better than the CG images that r going round, looks too european

Killafish · 24-05-2006, 06:07 PM

Thats not the new statesman...

that photo was around in 2004 from testing in the Northern Territory. Everyone thought it was the new statesman then, buick china confirmed it was a FWD sedan for the chinese market (royaum?).

Check the Wheels mag, 2004, with the Charger 49 R/T, Skyline GTR and F6 Typhoon on the cover.. its in that I believe.. sorry forgotten which issue number.

**andrewmac** · 24-05-2006, 06:12 PM

Originally Posted by Ripcell

**shudders, i hope the real thing looks better than the CG images that r going round, looks too european

Amen to that.
But i dont think that they have the cg images as close as they would like to think.
There are several things that the VE (spy shots that have been going around of the test cars) have that the cg images got wrong such as the shape of the side windows which seem to be much curvier than the cg and the line from the front of the wheel arch to the back where it meets the boot line is square and on the real thing there is no line it flows much better than the cg so hopefully they statesman is different, and if the pics we are seeing are of the statesman,then i would say that they got it pretty wrong aswell things such as headlights nad again the side windows and i know these may only seem like small things they may be the things which decide whether it looks good or not.

**Reaper** · 24-05-2006, 08:22 PM

That car seems to have a ton of weight in the boot. Either that or the "boat" look is in!

Reaper

**stocky** · 24-05-2006, 08:27 PM

Originally Posted by Reaper

That car seems to have a ton of weight in the boot. Either that or the "boat" look is in!

Reaper

have a look inside. there are tyres on every seat, so im guessing the boot was full

**HoZy** · 24-05-2006, 08:59 PM

Originally Posted by Killafish

Thats not the new statesman...

that photo was around in 2004 from testing in the Northern Territory. Everyone thought it was the new statesman then, buick china confirmed it was a FWD sedan for the chinese market (royaum?).

Check the Wheels mag, 2004, with the Charger 49 R/T, Skyline GTR and F6 Typhoon on the cover.. its in that I believe.. sorry forgotten which issue number.

Hahaha wrong dude...

This is a different model to the one your talking about. Although the one your talking about is very similar. And the one your on about is only a chinese model.
Cheers
MaT

**blackahcdx** · 24-05-2006, 10:07 PM

The Buick Royuam is just a re-badged statesman

This mule shown is not a Statesman, not even related in anyway

**HoZy** · 25-05-2006, 12:38 AM

we'll see ............

**Nikkojoe** · 25-05-2006, 02:10 AM

Originally Posted by blackahcdx

The Buick Royuam is just a re-badged statesman

This mule shown is not a Statesman, not even related in anyway

I agree, this looks totally different to the other spy shots of the statesman. The cgi of the statesman looks exactly the same as the other spy shot.....

Killafish · 25-05-2006, 10:10 AM

Originally Posted by blackahcdx

The Buick Royuam is just a re-badged statesman

This mule shown is not a Statesman, not even related in anyway

Yeah just found out its teh LaCrosse. Still proves my point its not a wm statesman

**Full Spectrum** · 25-05-2006, 02:49 PM

Someone correct me if I'm wrong but there is something above the dash dials, Looks like some type of heads up display on the window?.
Them Mirrors look VY.
The only thing about it that seem wrong is it looks short the wheelbase also. But there are many things about it that look fake, Lights bonnet guards.

**blackahcdx** · 25-05-2006, 09:58 PM

Originally Posted by HoZy

we'll see ............

i bet on your mothers life that this car is not related to the statesman

**Full Spectrum** · 26-05-2006, 05:57 PM

Bet on your own mum man leave mums out of the fun.

**ucwepn** · 27-05-2006, 01:21 PM

Originally Posted by blackahcdx

i bet on your mothers life that this car is not related to the statesman

Geez bit harsh mate.

No-one knows for sure what it is or is not until this particular model is released. We do know for sure that instead of 3 years after the commodore sedan is released the statesman will be released 3 months after the commodore. Essentially killing fords hopes of keeping their current shape Fairlane until 2010 like they had hoped. 2007 will probably be the final year of the Fairlane for Ford.

**392RWkwSS** · 28-05-2006, 10:42 AM

i am absolutely certain that this car is not the statesman. i bought the new june wheels magazine and in 2 little pictures it shows a wh stato parked with its bi-xenon lights on and another of the rear driving. it also has none other than mr tony hyde caught with the car which confirms the car as the new stato. any way my point is is that the car looks nothing like those spy pics and exactly like the comp gen ones...

**HoZy** · 28-05-2006, 12:22 PM

WH... IS the vt/vx style stato....

The stato's meant to be the WM mate....

Cheers
MaT

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