Article Comments - 2010 Buick LaCrosse CXS Full Test

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2010 Buick LaCrosse CXS Full Test and Video - Bottom Line: This 37-year-old would rather be seen driving a Buick LaCrosse than a Lexus ES 350.(more)

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#15 of 24 Re: USA Today article [robbieg] by imidazol97 Oct 09, 2009 (3:45 pm)
Replying to: robbieg (Oct 09, 2009 10:15 am) >about it does Lexus sell any stripped models. Yeah. They call them Camrys. The ES is just a Camry in drag. Replies to this message: robbieg (Oct 12, 2009 5:16 am) imidazol97 (Oct 12, 2009 2:26 pm)
#16 of 24 Re: USA Today article [imidazol97] by robbieg Oct 12, 2009 (5:16 am)
Replying to: imidazol97 (Oct 09, 2009 3:45 pm) Yeah, Yeah, we all know that they are a camry underneath but on the surface they look nothing like a camry. Replies to this message: imidazol97 (Oct 12, 2009 2:26 pm)
#17 of 24 Re: USA Today article [robbieg] by imidazol97 Oct 12, 2009 (2:26 pm)
Replying to: robbieg (Oct 12, 2009 5:16 am) Sounds like it's a touchy point... about the Lexus just being a Camry.
#18 of 24 Re: Has to be overall to win [southman_70] by savetheland Oct 12, 2009 (5:02 pm)
Replying to: southman_70 (Oct 09, 2009 7:23 am) Buick as the competiitor to Lexus is an example of GMs wishful thinking. Cadillac is true competitor to Lexus, not Buick. Buick kind of GM's Lincoln. Both Lincoln and Buick do not have high class dealers or high end platforms and share dealer experiense and platforms with lower priced marques. I remember going to Lincoln dealership - it was dilapidated compared with Ford dealership in same town and of course there was no decent waiting room, cofee and personel looked like crooks. So Buick is for people who want to buy pseudo-luxury car, like ES350, but for less and with ordinary dealership experiense. Many people do not see any value for luxury dealer experience which costs money. There is no free lunch - you pay for this niceties one way or another, or dealers would be bankrupt. IMO LaCross is better than ES because it is not based on cheap Japanese mass-production car but on sturdy award winning German platform.
#19 of 24 Re: Buick vs. Lexus (GM Unknown Strategy) by bvdj84 Oct 14, 2009 (8:18 am)
Replying to: mcwilliams (Sep 29, 2009 10:00 am) It is pretty sad when people are saying... Oh, this is a Buick? The reviews are smeared with this comment.
#20 of 24 I like it...I'm not MPG impressed by tehahn1 Oct 16, 2009 (10:25 pm)
The design is magnificent. I like the idea. I really liked the test drive we took. The handling on turns really impressed me. But I''m really saddened by the fuel mileage. We have a 2003 Buick Century, (the LaCrosse took over) It gets the same mpg as a 2010 LaCrosse. In 8 years they haven't done a thing to the engine. (As far as I can see...it should be doubled what it was in 2003) Replies to this message: imidazol97 (Oct 17, 2009 5:58 am) cooterbfd (Oct 17, 2009 5:13 pm) imidazol97 (Oct 17, 2009 5:49 pm)
#21 of 24 Re: I like it...I'm not MPG impressed [tehahn1] by imidazol97 Oct 17, 2009 (5:58 am)
Replying to: tehahn1 (Oct 16, 2009 10:25 pm) >it should be doubled what it was in 2003 That is ridiculous literally and virtually. With that logic going it would be better just to go buy a Prius and sit smugly and think about fuel mileage (ignoring the environmental damage due to the battery chemicals and the motor construction compared to a safer 4-cyl Corolla or Civic or Focus or Cobalt.)
#22 of 24 Re: I like it...I'm not MPG impressed [tehahn1] by cooterbfd Oct 17, 2009 (5:13 pm)
Replying to: tehahn1 (Oct 16, 2009 10:25 pm) ".....We have a 2003 Buick Century, (the LaCrosse took over) It gets the same mpg as a 2010 LaCrosse. In 8 years they haven't done a thing to the engine. (As far as I can see...it should be doubled what it was in 2003) " Well, the engine in the LaCrosse is totally different than your Century. The 3 liter also has 55 more hp, and the 3.6 liter has 85 more hp. Now, I've been driving the CXS for 2 months now, and notice the same if not slightly better fuel economy than I got in my Park Ave, w/ far more equiptment and hp. I'm averaging about 23 mpg in mixed driving back and forth to work. Name me one car that has DOUBLED it's fuel economy in the last 8 years??? Hint: THERE ARE NONE!!!! Replies to this message: imidazol97 (Oct 17, 2009 5:49 pm)
#23 of 24 Re: I like it...I'm not MPG impressed [cooterbfd] by imidazol97 Oct 17, 2009 (5:49 pm)
Replying to: cooterbfd (Oct 17, 2009 5:13 pm) That was probably just a GM-hater logged in on a one-time hit.
#24 of 24 The LaCrosse by gened1 Oct 31, 2009 (2:50 pm)
has one thing that the ES doesn't and that's AWD.