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The critical time has come for General Motors is struggling Buick brand. With its dull image and years a decline in market share, the automaker is working hard to pump some life into the brand value.

In the coming months, Buick plans to improve its two sedans and a much-anticipated crossover sport utility vehicle. According to General Manager Steve Shannon, Buick can not afford that these efforts fail, that this year is down in the revitalization efforts of the brand. "2007 will be the breakout year for Buick. The business is hard, and we are making it every day," Shannon said in an interview with the Automotive Press Association lunch.

Buick is that the search for something that would help them to revive sales in North America, where sales increased by more than 40 percent since 2002. Despite the fact that it is in the hot Chinese market, where GM has been able to sell more than Buick in North America remains the brand in the United States to fight. Two years ago, GM product czar Bob Lutz has a Buick "damaged brand" and added that GM would scrap its product range, if something with the brand does not improve. Fortunately, Buick Auto-components, its parent company GM supplies like GM hub is continuously produced, so Buick car owners need not worry.

Shannon Buick also announced that plans for the coming months, the super-car formula, based on high performance models of the 1950s. The brand also plans to improve the LaCrosse and Lucerne later this year.

Buick of the most promising vehicle, the Enclave crossover SUV will hit showrooms this summer with Tiger Woods to star in the ads. And next month, GM will continue its LaCrosse 2008 at the New York Auto Show.

Save Buick is a tough business and some wonder whether the GM strategy is really to save its struggling brand. GM takes a different approach with Buick as he with Saturn, a brand from a product-out attack in the last 18 months. GM has five vehicles in the Saturn Series, even if it means shipping a compact car for the United States from Belgium just to better compete in this market.

In view of the Buick, General Motors is continuously decrease down the brand model series that will soon be deleted, to name just three vehicles, the LaCrosse, the Enclave, and the city of Lucerne. GM has already scrap production of the Rendezvous sport utility vehicle in December last year and plans to stop the production of the Terraza minivan and Rainier midsize sport utility vehicle from the beginning of summer.

Buick In the past year has been able to sell about 96,000 to 71,000 LaCrosse and Lucerne sales rose slightly from 2005. The Buick dealer network will also be consolidated. GM is also planning to consolidate Buick, GMC, Pontiac dealer and an outlet, all three brands.

After Karl Bauer, editor of Edmunds.com, an online car-shopping site, "Even though Buick has as much or more attention than Saturn, its not always a complete renewal. The hard struggle, and there is a lot of baggage there . 'Bauer added that the enclave has potential may not be able to change too far, actually the picture of the Buick brand.

On last Tuesday, General Motors, Buick has a presentation in which one of the spectators is Tom Libby, senior director of industry analysis at JD Power and Associates, he came immediately with the impression that GM is not fully reflected in the creation of a well-designed Strategy for Buick.

During the presentation Hannon discusses attracting wealthy buyers at the same time, compliance with the Buick loyalists. The brand, which is also in attracting younger urban crowd.

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