Buick’s North American focus on SUVs means Chinese LaCrosse sedan is staying in China car auto cars
sedan enjoyed a solid 14-year run in North America before being axed so the carmaker could put all its energy into the booming crossover and SUV market. But the Chrysler 300-sized notchback lives on in China where an all-new fourth-generation model has been launched for Buick buyers who just can’t live without a traditional trunk.
Though the formal three-box sedan doesn’t pretend to be a crossover like Toyota’s new Crown, the LaCrosse does employ the same new-generation design language we’ve seen on recent Buick crossovers and SUVs such as the Encore, Envista, and Electra 5 EV. Signature design elements include the wing-shaped front fascia, new grille and badge design, and McLaren-style hockey-shaped DRLs that sit above LED headlights.
Those lights feature 222 LED lighting sources on the range-topping Avenir model and will provide an illuminated welcome display as the driver approaches, says Buick, while the rears – which are connected by an obligatory light bar – have 352 LED sources. Buick has only released a close-up shot of the rear to go with the wide front-three-quarter and dead-on front photos, but that’s enough for us to get a hint of the fastback roof design the company references in the accompanying blurb.
But it’s probably not the space, but the style and technology that will strike passengers when they climb aboard the LaCrosse Mk4. The old car’s dashboard was generic, cheap-looking 2010s GM stuff, with an old-fashioned gearshift lever on the tunnel, a dated steering wheel, and a ton of bland grey buttons.
Do you think this all-new LaCrosse would go down well in North America, or is Buick doing the right thing by leaving it in China?
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