GM's recalling 243,000 crossovers for defective seat belts where the important kids sit.

Buick's new "Take A Look At Me Now" ad campaign features a caricature of a creepy director seemingly ready to sleep with a new 2010 Buick LaCrosse and 2009 Enclave. It is, in a word, "awkward."

The Buick Enclave is a "win" for the General. General's reaction? Cut production to keep it hot. Oh look, someone's learning! [WSJ]

Delta Township adds production on increased demand for the Enclave, Outlook and Acadia. Looks like the Tri-Lambda CUV's are actually selling. [Freep]

To understand the Buick Enclave in China, we feel you must do as Ty Webb says and be the Buick Enclave in China. Nah-nah-nah-nah-nah-nah-na-na-na-na! Be The Enclave! Nah-nah-nah... [Washington Post]

Maybe it's the rounded rear (more rounded than its two Lambda stable mates) or maybe it's the way the front end tapers down to that trademark styling cue of the "dollar grin" oval chrome-ribbed grille. Whatever the reason, we've got to say the Buick Enclave's a helluva lot better looking than anything out of David…

At car industry events, Phil Floraday normally can be found arm-in-arm with his fellow AutoWeek mag o' war man, Bob Gritzinger. Somehow we're unsure if we'll be seeing either of them invited to another event of the General's. If you'll remember, Gritzinger was the motor-man who broke open the seal on the new-for-2007…