2005 Buick Allure Road Test
When I first saw Buick's new Allure in photos, a model that the brand's marketing arm was touting as the first of a new era, I thought to myself, "What's so different?" I mean, look at it. Does it appear like anything other than a Buick? Not really. While its round headlight clusters are a bit of a departure, the Allure still sports the now trademark elliptical, vertical-bar "waterfall" grille, flowing Jaguar-like lines and midsize dimensions, somewhere in between the Regal and Century it replaces, that all Buicks have exuded over the last decade or so.