Without a name and permission to drive: a strange Buick hatchback prototype (17 photos)
Looking at automobile auctions for a long time, you you will definitely come across some oddity on wheels like this one 2002 Buick hatchback prototype. 
It is rare to see a surviving car prototype years later, unless in a photo in old magazines or in the company museum, if the prototype was not destroyed according to the corporate requirements, but what would such a car still be put up for sale - this in general, an amazing case. 
At the Mecum auction, a unique, existing in the only example of a Buick that doesn't even have a name. Prototype small crossover (or large hatchback?) made in 2002. This is a running model, there is an engine and a transmission, but the main task, as far as I understand, I was in design studies. 
The front end reminded me of a misunderstanding of the Audi A2, the stern of the prototype gives off some Chinese motifs. 
The salon, as in most concepts, is presented in a minimalist way, but similar ones were found in budget configurations of serial passenger cars zero beginnings. The speedometer is in kilometers, not miles, a hint of development for European markets. Or maybe even for Chinese. 
It is curious that the concept car is equipped with a radio, albeit a simple one, and even an air conditioner, just sit down and drive today.
This is a real time capsule, but you can't ride it in one country of the world, this car will not be registered. Necessary for This specification is absent from the car. 
A few words about technical points. One and a half liter gasoline engine four-cylinder, with a volume of 1.5 liters. Five-speed gearbox, front-wheel drive, the version with all-wheel drive, apparently, no supposed 
Only the icon on the key and on the engine indicate that the car belongs to the Buick brand, there are no nameplates on the car itself. 
