2012 Buick Regal GS Exhibit number one is the Regal Gran Sport, a high-performance version of the Regal Driving Character: Our chance to drive the Buick Regal GS came at GM's Milford, Mich., road course, a challenging mix of hills, dips, tight turns and fast sweepers. And on this specialized course, the Buick Regal GS performed like no Buick we've ever driven.
The Bottom Line: The Buick Regal GS is more than just the highest-performing Buick Little of the front-drive GS' suspension is shared with the AWD Opel OPC, and the GS is tuned for North America's scabrous road surfaces. Relative to the Regal Turbo, the front and rear spring rates and rear anti-roll bar stiffness increase by 20 percent. Inside are nicely bolstered leather sport seats; a leather-wrapped.
flat-bottom sport steering wheel; metal sport pedals; piano-black ebony trim; and gauge lighting that switches from blue to white when GS mode is engaged. The 2012 Regal GS packs some decidedly un-Buick-like parts. The front seats are a slightly more bolstered variation of the Regal's standard seats. Grander Sport.
OK, so we know the Buick Regal GS has power. More importantly, there's now a third mode (beyond Standard and Sport) to the adaptive IDC driver-selectable damper system, called "GS." Buick fitted its HiPer Strut front suspension in the interest of reducing torque steer and maintaining negative camber through corners. Besides firmer damping, GS also brings some welcome heft to the hydraulic power steering.
Besides firmer damping, GS also brings some welcome heft to the hydraulic power steering The 2012 Buick Regal GS will start at $35,310 (including $860 destination) when production starts late this summer at GM's Oshawa, Ontario, Canada plant. The GS treatment polishes over our complaints about the Regal 2.0T. The GS has some of the sharpest steering I've experienced in a front-wheel-drive car, and despite the extra power, doesn't suffer from much torque steer.
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