Despite the J-car clones in the 80s, Buick had smaller cars such as Skylark and Century which sold reasonably well, building a smaller car isn't without precedent for the brand. For the record I do think Acura ILX and BMW 1 are crap, …. lot at a Buick dealer less than 5 mins from his home. Go figure. You could be correct, there was that weird period between the Z24s and the LS models, and I wouldn't be surprised if there were a few LSs that got out with 2.4s in them. …

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