Apparently Buick may get a coupe. Almost immediately after that speculation, old photoshops of the Holden Coupe 60 start appearing in threads.

I am not sure why Buick is still around. Apparently sales in China are going strong, Holden after all exports the Statesmen to China as a Buick, but in the US it is a stale old line-up with little cache that now appears to be getting the cars that the defunct Saturn once had.

Toyota added Scion to its lineup and that really went nowhere, however Toyota and Lexus are still pretty strong. There is really little use for any brands other than Chevrolet and Cadillac from General Motors. Buick and GMC should have been shedded at the same time that Pontiac and Saturn were.

There is always some speculation that the Holden Commodore will make its way back to the US. It appears that the Statesman will come over as a Chevrolet police car and you still hear comments of a the Commodore being sold as a Chevrolet that is a four door Corvette [via motortrend]:

"There's a possibility of [the Pontiac G8 coming back as] a high-end Chevrolet sedan that would be sold in limited numbers," Lutz told international media at the Detroit auto show. Volume would be limited because "with the U.S. fuel economy legislation, we just can't afford to sell too many of them."

Lutz is a great fan of Holden's rear-drive Commodore sedan, which is available in several high-performance variants. "The thrill of high-performance driving is unmatched by anything that doesn't have rear drive, bags of torque, and a nice transmission," he says. "I think of it as a four-door Corvette."

I drive a Corvette, which is a wonderful car, but it is highly impractical for a lot of stuff, such as carrying passengers, kids, putting things in the boot [trunk], getting stuff from the hardware store, etc. I think a performance car or ute with the Chevy small block shoved in it is a great idea. If I ever had to give up my 'vette that is what I would go to. Who knows.