![]() I should have known better: To most people - people who will in all likelihood never read this review - cupholder placement is more important than handling neutrality or steering feel. With 200 hp, it gets out of its own way - but it doesn’t sound happy about it.īut then, I had assumed that the stuff I thought was good about the Verano was the same stuff Verano buyers thought was good about the Verano. Rear visibility is sub-Camaro, and that’s saying something. The any semblance of sprightliness is crushed by an extra 700 pounds of curb weight. If you’re looking for a vehicle that illustrates the vast gulf between what enthusiasts look for in a car and what the general populace seems to want, look no further than the Cascada.Įverything good about the platform-mate Verano is gone. The six-speed automatic feeding the front wheels does a decent job at managing power and being invisible - shifts are soft but moderately quick. It might not set records for acceleration, but much like the other easy-going convertibles of the past, it does a fine job keeping up with traffic. ![]() The noise is fun, but doesn’t equate to any real performance - the engine makes 200 hp at 5,500 rpm, and 207 lb-ft at 1,800 rpm. Powering Buick’s latest drop top is a 1.6-liter turbocharged I4 that makes all the right whistling and whooshing noises to appeal to the racer boy in all of us. I especially had trouble working the navigation, but even that became second nature after a day in the driver’s seat. save for the recessed infotainment system, which is clunky and not easy to manage. While the interior seems ripped straight from 2008 with its myriad black plastic switches and red LCD screen planted in the middle of the gauge cluster, it actually works well - the switches and functions are laid out intuitively, for painless operation. That might seem like an insult, but it isn’t: The Cascada does a perfectly fine job at being an inoffensive two-plus-two convertible. Getting it ready for Buick rebadging, GM opted out of a rename, leaving us with what we have here - the 2016 version of a Toyota Solara or Chrysler Sebring. Ultimately, GM settled on Opel’s Cascada two-plus-two convertible. In search of a budget convertible for Buick, the folks at General Motors looked through its global product line to find something that fit the bill.
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