2012 Buick Regal eAssist Tested: Mild-Hybrid System, Mild Efficiency Gains

Since 1973, the Buick Regal has taken the form of landau-roofed barge, square-jawed personal coupe, bad-ass muscle car, shark-nosed jellybean, forgettable sedan (more than once), and, as it sits in Buick showrooms today, Opel-derived near-luxury four-door. For 2012, the 270-hp Regal GS adds "competent sports sedan" to that list, and Buick wouldn't mind if the Regal eAssist was described as a "high-tech fuel-sipper." But we won't be the ones to do so. At least not based on this first real-world test. Keep Reading: 2012 Buick Regal eAssist – Instrumented Test from Car and Driver Blog http://blog.caranddriver.com

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