Last week, General Motors pulled the wraps off a gull wing, two-door Buick Riviera concept at the Auto China 2013 motor show in Shanghai. Even though GM has no plans to produce such a model, the Riviera Concept’s goal is to give us an idea of how Buick’s design language will evolve in its next generation of cars, for both North America and China, which is the brand’s biggest market.
“The new Riviera offers a preview of Buick’s future design language,” Shanghai General Motors Corp. President Ye Yongming said in a statement.
Designed and engineered in China at the Pan Asia Technical Automotive Center, a joint venture between GM and Shanghai Automotive Industry Corporation (SAIC), the Riviera is said to draw inspiration from a number of Buick cars ranging from the Electra 225 to classic Riviera coupes of the 1960s and 1970s, but the result is a unique looking sports car.
You can see the Riviera concept in more detail and hear what GM’s people have to say about the study, in the videos below the break.
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