Buick Velite (concept car)
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Buick Velite | |
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Overview | |
Manufacturer | Buick (General Motors) |
Designer | Gruppo Bertone[citation needed] |
Body and chassis | |
Class | Sports car |
Body style | 2-door coupe 2-door convertible |
Layout | FR layout |
Platform | GM Zeta platform |
Related | Holden Commodore Pontiac G8 Chevrolet Camaro Buick Park Avenue Holden Caprice |
Powertrain | |
Engine | 3.6L V6 Twin turbo[citation needed] |
Transmission | 6 speed automatic[citation needed] |
Chronology | |
Predecessor | Buick Bengal |
The Buick Velite is a roadster concept car designed by Buick and built by Gruppo Bertone.[citation needed] It was first presented to the public at the 2004 New York International Auto Show.
In 2002, Buick showed a roadster concept car that they called the Bengal. It was widely thought to be an impressive exercise in styling,[according to whom?] but it was never considered to be a viable production vehicle.[citation needed]
Originally speculated to use the Kappa platform (the basis that underpins the Pontiac Solstice and the Saturn Sky roadsters), in actuality the Velite makes use of the Zeta platform — which is shared with the Holden Commodore/2008 Pontiac G8, as well as the fifth-generation Chevrolet Camaro.
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- Bertone vehicles
- Buick concept vehicles
- Modern auto stubs