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First Drive: 2011 Buick Regal
International Rescue: With Help from Europe, the Enthusiasts' Buick

Buick Regal Forum - It's been a long, long time since a Buick was featured on the cover of Motor Trend. Nearly 28 years, to be precise. The Century T-Type that graced our August 1982 cover was, we reported, designed for "young, affluent, trend-setting import buyers" -- the sorts of people who might otherwise drive an Audi 5000, Toyota Cressida, or Nissan Maxima. Uh-huh... Little did we know that, by the time the Century nameplate bit the dust in 2005, Buick would be a hapless relic of a Detroit mindset that believed American automakers could get away with foisting outclassed machinery on American consumers too patriotic -- or dimwitted -- to buy an import brand.

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