Buick Avtovo 2018 – a new generation of the best-selling Buick for China

Budget 2018-2019 Chinese New Year The second-generation Buick redesigned Excelle sedan is ready for series production and enter the Chinese market in early summer 2018. In our review of Buick Avtovo 2018-2019 – photos, price, equipment and specifications, a budget four-door sedan for the Chinese market.

According to preliminary information, the price of the new 2nd generation Buick Axl sedan will be from 90,000-95,000 yuan (875-923 thousand conventional units).

The new Excelle generation sedan moves up the platform on GM's D2XX platform is a cousin of the Opel Astra 5th generation Chevrolet Cruze 2nd generation. The novelty is based on the budget version of the gimovsky rear torsion beam basket as standard and is equipped with a four-cylinder 1.3-liter 107-horsepower naturally aspirated engine (perhaps under the hood of the expensive version of Buick Avtovo will be assigned a three-cylinder 136-horsepower 1.0 turbo engine).

I want to note that the Avtovo sedan model, the first generation, created in 2003 by the joint venture of the SAIC-GM concern, based on the Daewoo Lacetti, Daewoo changed, he (known to many users as the Chevrolet Lacetti), became a bestseller in the Chinese market. Budget sedan Buick Avtovo 1st generation was produced for 13 years and was found in China by more than 2.68 million buyers. This phenomenal success of a simple and unpretentious car inspired the leadership to revitalize Buick models and create the 2nd generation Avtovo. The new budget sedan of the new generation, of course, has lost the status of “Holy Fool” and demonstrates a modern, stylish exterior design of the body, a comfortable and high-quality interior with a rich set of modern equipment.

The exterior of the Buick Avtovo body is designed in the corporate style, a novelty of American companies, aimed, by the way, mainly at the Chinese market. By the end of 2017, Buick sold 1,223,517 cars in China (previous year 1,229,808 cars), while just over 220,000 copies were sold in the US.

The body of the new sedan looks harmonious and attractive. The front of the car features a compact grille, compact headlights, complemented by flourishing LED daytime running lights and a neat organic bumper with aerodynamic elements and foglight sections.

From the side, the body of the new budget sedan from Buick Avtovo is a classic three-dimensional profile with a compact hood, saloon, top covered with a domed roof and a neat stern. In the presence of hollow body surfaces, wide ribs, prescribing door sedan, stylish roof dome, round wheel arches.

Behind the new generation of Buick Avtovo, in our opinion, the most attractive and striking. In the arsenal of the stern there are large shades of marker lights (they look like Ruby blocks), a stylish trunk lid with an original relief, and a simple in shape, but also a solid bumper.

• The external dimensions of the Buick Avtovo 2018-2019 body are 4468 mm long, 1765 mm wide, 1469 mm high, wheelbase 2611 mm.
• As standard, the new sedan is equipped with 14-inch steel wheels with 185/70 C14 tires, and optional 15-inch alloy wheels with 185/65 R15 tires are available.

The interior of the 2nd generation Avtovo sedan, some details (dashboard and steering wheel) coincide with the interior of the 5th generation Opel Astra, but in general it is made according to the original recipe and, of course, not as stylish as the German platform. The interior of the budget Buick for the Chinese market, forgive us readers for the tautology, not the budget.

The photo shows the interior rich set of new leather seats and rich equipment. But in the basic configuration, the interior does not look bad. The maximum packed package of new Avtovo sport sedan:

• instrument panel with a color screen on-board computer,
• multifunction steering wheel,
• advanced multimedia system with 7-inch color touch screen (Apple CarPlay, CarLife, internet, 4G LTE, Wireless, Bluetooth and navigation)
• mounted on the center console deployed towards the driver, air conditioning,
• Keyless entry to the salon and engine start/stop button
• power windows on all doors,
• rearview mirrors electrically adjustable and heated
• Luke,
• LED daytime running lights
• and 15-inch alloy wheels.

It is a pity, but there will be no heating of the front seats, since the electric adjustment of the driver's seat and the parking brake are mechanical. Another negative in the interior of the new generation Avtovo sedan is the low ceiling in the rear, forcing your rear seat passengers to return to the top of the roof. Legroom, by the way, is also minimal.

But the trunk pleases with a solid size and an impressive amount of memory: length – 1010 mm, width 990-1310 mm, height – 570 mm Trunk volume – 491 liters.

Specifications Buick Avtovo 2018-2019.
The basis for the new budget version of the D2XX GM platform with independent front suspension (McPherson strut) and Semi rear suspension (torsion beam). Brakes forward wheels disk and back drum mechanisms.
For the new generation of the Avtovo sedan, according to preliminary information, two gasoline engines are being carried out.
The base engine is atmospheric four-cylinder 1.3-liter (107 hp 133 Nm).
For expensive modifications, a three-cylinder 1.0-liter turbocharged engine (136 hp and 200 Nm) is provided for the latest.
Both engines can be paired with a 6 manual transmission and a CVT variator.