Buick did a major retooling of their flagship sedan, the LaCrosse, for 2017.
The reboot is the first for the LaCrosse since the car moved to a long wheel base version of GM's Epsilon II platform in 2010. The car will ride on the latest iteration of the Epsilon II called the P2XX. The 2018 Chevrolet Impala will built on it as well.
Buick claims the new Lacrosse car is more upscale inside and out and borrows many design cues from the Avenir Concept that was shown at the 2015 Detroit auto show.
The P2XX allowed designers and engineers to develop a cabin that is as cavernous as it is luxurious. It's important that contemporary sedans offer buyers something that they can't get in cross over sport utilities vehicles; that being legroom and interior space.
Hopefully you don't have to feel like you're taking a college level computer programming class to learn how to operate the blue tooth. Call me old fashioned but I don't see so much a handsome dashboard as a dashboard jam packed with electronics that will be difficult and expensive to repair.
There's a new V-6 engine and an 8 speed automatic behind that aggressive looking new front grill. No details out on the engine except that it is not the once rumored light hybrid assist. Halleluiah.
Make sure there are defibrillators in the dealership before you look get a look at the sticker price. No doubt a loaded Lacrosse will push $60,000. Or more.
In Canada the Lacrosse will continue to be known as the Allure because in Québécois youth "crosse" is slang for masturbation. You can't make this stuff up. Oh, and of course, there will be no coupe version.
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