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To bring you the most useful possible review on the new 2010 Buick LaCrosse, TheCarConnection.com's editors have first driven the LaCrosse, reporting firsthand on their likes, dislikes, and overall impression of this new luxury sedan. Then, to give you even more information for your buying decision, TheCarConnection.com selected highlights from a range of other review sources.
Likes:
- Fresh, bold exterior
- Roomy interior
- Strong value in the middle-spec models
- Attractive, solid-seeming interior
Dislikes:
- Somewhat cheap look and feel on base model
- Expensive to option fully at the top end
- Handling isn’t as sharp as it could in the sportier CXS model
The Buick LaCrosse is an all-new vehicle for the 2010 model year, redesigned from the ground up to bring a new fight to its competitors. Though the last LaCrosse was never intended to compete with the entry-level luxury sport sedans from Europe, the new car takes on both Japanese and Europeans on their own turf.
The new LaCrosse design hints at the future of Buick’s styling ethos, and puts a fresh global face on the brand. The styling and comfort of the new car will not likely deter the brand’s older core buyers, but Buick is hoping the 2010 LaCrosse will attract a younger set as well.
With its capable if not quite sporty handling and large feature set, there’s something for everyone in the new LaCrosse. The four models—CX, CXL, CXL AWD, and CXS—can only be easily differentiated externally by their rear-mounted badges and varying wheel sizes and styles, though sharp eyes will catch the characteristic trio of fender-mounted “portholes” that have migrating to the upper hood for the new CXS.
Each of the four LaCrosse trims but the CXS get the same 255-horsepower, 3.0-liter, direct-injected V-6 engine, though a smaller and more efficient 2.4-liter engine will be available in late 2009. The 300-horsepower V-8 that the 2009 LaCrosse Super had is gone, but it’s replaced by the same 3.6-liter direct-injected V-6 found in the Cadillac CTS, detuned to 280 horsepower. The 3.0-liter engine will pull the front-wheel drive LaCrosse to 60 mph in 7.8 seconds, while the CXS’s 3.6-liter unit makes the dash in 6.8 seconds. A smaller 2.4-liter four-cylinder will enter the 2010 Buick LaCrosse lineup at the end of 2009, but will not be available at launch.
