Chevrolet Lumina heard of it?

mrtwenty1

nakita ko lang sa tv that GM will launch Lumina... any one know about this?

OTEP R

The Chevy Lumina is a front-wheel drive sedan. It is popular in the U.S. with the non-personal use market. Police cars, taxi cabs, rental cars, government agencies, fleet use, etc. Really nothing special about it. It's plain vanilla.

GM is pulling the plug on the Opel brand soon. And they plan to replace the Vectra with this car.

BOOGIECAT

Ang nilabas ng GM Philippines dito ay yung made in China na based sa Buick Regal.

http://www.buick.com.cn/regal_gl25_feature.aspx

Pinaka cheap looking car sa pinas ever tong kotse na to.Ang tatalim ng mga switches ng car na to SOBRA!(KAPAREAHS NUNG SWITCH NG ILAW SA CR!).

PRICE: GL 2.5 V.6(MADE IN SHANGHAI,CHINA)

1,290,000!(YIKES!)

GreatBop

1.3M for a Midsized sedan is about right...



how much do accords sell here for diba they also start at around 1.2M for the 2.4L model?

AbulugAdventure

Hmmm, sounds reasonable na price niya.

elodeon

it has an ad in philstar today.

looks too "safe".

shun_sakurai

I heard of an entirely different Lumina being sold in Malaysia and Singapore. That car's based on the Opel Omega chassis (RWD, I think) and uses a 3.8L V6 with 200+ HP.

Methinks this is the one that will find its way into Philippine showrooms soon. HICOMOBIL, the firm that manages Chevrolet's sales in Malaysia, already sells the Lumina V6 along with the Nubira (basically a rebadged Opel Zafira), the Aveo and the Optra---since last year if I remember correctly.

For more information, grab an issue of Autocar ASEAN.

shun_sakurai

The "LUMINA" name is actually quite old in GM nomenclature.

Aside from the US-market sedan shown in the above pictures, there was also a Lumina MPV minivan from the late 1980s.

OTEP R

carlocaraddict did post the Opel-derived Lumina in Tsikot. Yep its RWD. Its also the basis for the Cadillac Catera sedan.

IMHO, GM should have just concentrated on the European offerings (even if it meant rebadging them into Chevy's). I don't know why they keep bringing the Chinese and Korean vehicles in when they have other better vehicles in their arsenal.

rational

Hmmm.... interesting. i was assigned to the US for one year and this was the company car that was issued to me.

Funny thing is I can't really remember anything about it. Can't even remember how we named it. I think it was Po (after the blue TeleTubby).

For it's size, it wasn't really all that roomy. Wasn't all that quick either. Such a plain vanilla American car.

elyserva

They're being used as police cars here in Saudi. At least they're using the big V8 engined ones, I guess. They're very popular with the younger set here. You'll often see dressed up Luminas driven by young Saudis. The ones in the picture above are somewhat older models. They already have the newer, sportier looking ones here. That's why they're very popular.

talipandas9

^^shun_sakurai Yup, the Lumina name was used in the '90s as a replacement for the Celebrity. I could still remember the Lumina APV plastic-bodied minivan - yikes that thing looks horrible until the Pontiac Aztek came along (which is more horrible!).

I was disappointed when I first heard that GM will finally introduce a "US sourced car" here in the Philippines hoping that it would be US sourced like the big SUVs (Expedition, Tahoe, Explorer, Trailblazer). The Lumina here is indeed made in China. I was hoping that finally the Philppine market will see real American sedans - even though they're not exciting and just plain vanilla. I would like to see and feel how it is to ride in an American car which has been ballyhooed for being too softly sprung (typical American boulevard ride) and underpowered most of the time for its size.

P1.3 M is just right for this market. The Honda Accord 2.4 VTi starts at P1.25M. The cheapest Camry starts at P1.325 M.

The last remaining Opel brand car sold here is the Astra - another GM car that has been ballyhooed for its poor build quality.

I wish Chevrolet or GM will introduce real American cars here like the Cobalt, Malibu/Malibu Maxx and even the car given away Oprah Winfrey - the Pontiac G6.

slamm

talipandas9 wrote:

The last remaining Opel brand car sold here is the Astra - another GM car that has been ballyhooed for its poor build quality.
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You can say that again, my boss is still shocked at the repair price GM quoted for his suspension and A/C. I ended up bringing the car to my suking tindahans and cut the price quite significantly.

If they sell it a 1.2-1.3, medyo dehado yung car na yan sa labanan IMO as people will still more or less look at the Accord/Cefiro/Camry trio.

elyserva

Yeah, I think the Lumina will be a hard sell against the Japanese opposition.

shun_sakurai

Saw the Lumina in an article on the STAR's motoring section today. Certainly does look like the Malaysian model I saw before, except for the engine.

I wonder how well this will sell though.

ale828

Bland, tastless. who's gonna buy that for 1.3M, it doesnt offer anything special or extraordinary for that price. If they priced it at 1M flat then i think there are people who might be tempted or if they added stuff like four way zone climate control, 8 airbags, dynamic stability control, those techie stuff.

BOOGIECAT

shun_sakurai wrote:

Saw the Lumina in an article on the STAR's motoring section today. Certainly does look like the Malaysian model I saw before, except for the engine.

I wonder how well this will sell though.

The Thailand/Malaysia and Australia version of the Lumina is based sa Holden Commodore/Opel Omega.Ang sa Philippines ay based sa Buick Regal(China spec).Pang D.O.M lang ang Lumina!

elyserva

ale828, a lot of people will still buy it! Many Filipinos are crazy about American products no matter how impractical!:D

mrtwenty1

interesting that I still don't see anyone riding a lumina on the road... GM people maybe having a hard time selling this sedan......or maybe there is something wrong with the car hmmmmmmmmm...