We don't feel snubbed anymore over the Chinese getting what appears to be a sweet trivial looking Buick Regal, not after those spy shots from before today viewing the 2010 Buick LaCrosse that we'll get in the U.S. After all, the Chinese Buick Regal appears to be not much more than an Opel Insignia with a new front end based on these spy shots, while the U.S.-spec Buick Lacrosse gets a fully exclusive interior and outside conceive.
All three cars - the Opel Insignia, Chinese promote Buick Regal and U.S. market Buick LaCrosse - are based General Motors' Epsilon II platform. Of course, the Buick strain is much larger in China than here in the U.S., and the redesigned Regal, one of the cars that helped the variety reap popularity early on in China, looks timely to resume that trend.