Buick Enclave: LaCrosse in the Market
The LaCrosse isn't a product of the yesteryear thinking that drove GM to
build a competitor to whatever Lincoln was building across town. That's the sort
of culture that got GM into trouble in the first place. Susan Docherty, vice
president of Buick, GMC and the soon-to-be erstwhile Pontiac, told journalists
at the LaCrosse introduction that the car must make Buick "relevant to people in
their 40s and 50s." Right now, typical Buick buyers are in their 70s, Docherty
said.
The LaCrosse has potential to change this. Let's just hope it proves
dependable: So many promising GM products, from the redesigned CTS to the
company's three-row crossovers, have received sour reliability scores a year or
two out of the gate. Others, like the Chevy Malibu, have done better — and the
LaCrosse rolls off the Malibu's Kansas City assembly line. I'm keeping my
fingers crossed, because Buick has a heck of a car here.
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WARNING!
When you are doing this
inspection, the vehicle could
move suddenly. If the vehicle
moves, you or others could be
injured.
1. Before starting this check, be
sure there is enough room
around the vehicle.
2. Firmly apply both the parking
brake and the regular brake.
See Park
BAND: Press this button to switch between FM1,
FM2, AM, or XM1 or XM2 (if equipped). The
display shows the selection.
TUNE
: Turn this knob to select radio
stations.
SEEK
: Press either the SEEK or the
TYPE
arrows to go to the next or to the previous
station and stay there.
The rad
