2012 Buick Regal GS

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at the TOP of my new car want list!

Perhaps this will answer the question on the forum about whether only cheap buyers go for the stick shift.

Color me impressed. Only downside is that price, especially vs. such contenders as the Optima and Sonata.

270hp, big honking turbo that comes in fairly late and hard, FWD.... sounds like a recipe for some pretty vicious torque steer.

Torque steer is nearly nonexistent. This car is a showcase of their HiPer Strut technology. http://youtu.be/LWdjijpNiO4

Now that I am back to work I see them every day. As a matter of fact there is a black one looking into my office as I type this. The best way I can describe the New Regal is this: General Motors has built a VERY GOOD Volkswagen Jetta. The base Regal is much like the high option package Jetta and the Regal Turbo is every bit as good as the Wolfsburg model and the GS is on par with the GLI.

No Tq steer here. The redline is too quick though. This car is TIGHT. The brakers excellent. Handling rock solid and smooooth too. Excellent seats and steering wheel. I'd like another 100HP because the car just seems so all around capable.

I'm guessing that the front end is polarizing, but I love it. Way better than the ugly stuff coming from Japan and Korea lately.

If the auto bailouts mean GM brings their Euro-flavored cars to our shores, we'll take it. Gone—along with several of the General's divisions—are the barely carlike road floaters that have long been popular with octogenarians. Now Buick is tackling head-on its competition from Acura, Infiniti, and other premium import brands.

The GS is the top-spec Buick Regal, equipped with a heavily boosted four-cylinder engine and a real six-speed manual transmission. It makes 270 horsepower from a measly two liters, and has a GS button on the dashboard that makes the steering and suspension damping a bit sportier—and also adds a red glow to the gauges.