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GM Reveals 2012 Buick LaCrosse with eAssist: 37 MPG Highway
2012 LaCrosse Comes Standard With New Eassist™ Fuel-Saving Technology, For 37 Mpg Highway Fuel Economy In A Full-Size Sedan
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Is this similar to the Malibu mild hybrid system?
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Yes, but vastly improved.
Note also that this is now the STANDARD powertrain for the LaCrosse.
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Since it's the standard powertrain, is it safe to assume this will find its way into many other GM cars in the near future?
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It's definitely possible.
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Alright, the pricing structure makes it pretty evident that this is going to be very close to a kind of 'no cost' alternative to the HF V-6. In other words, pick your poison....more power and refinement or increased fuel economy. I get it, and fundamentally speaking I think it works. Certainly it makes a lot more sense than just having the standard, run of the mill four cylinder as the base engine in a car priced as dearly as the LaCrosse, which is what we have right now.
That said, I think a ~30k price point for what is effectively a very base LaCrosse is still really pushing it. In fact, I think the word optimistic best describes Buick pricing as a whole right now. |
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The two paths diverge at volume, the Taurus easily best the Buick here likely because the pricing is much more realistic and because the SHO option offers a halo effect that the Buick is currently missing. Ultimately, the reality is that people who spend the extra dough on a Ford get more than just a Buick badge for their trouble. Current sales volume comparisons indicate that people have noticed and they do indeed mind. Long term I don't see the 'it's expensive because it's a Buick' strategy playing overly well. And the problem is that badge is currently the only justification Buick has for this cars price point. |
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Taurus and LaCrosse are both selling in the 50-60k unit range YTD, with no incentives on LaCrosse.
If you honestly think that the Buick badge is the only reason the LaCrosse now starts near $30k, you're delusional.
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As for reasons why the Buick is worth 5k more than the Taurus, it's going to take an imaginative mind to come up with an argument for the same but if you're willing to try I'll read it. |
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As for why the LaCrosse is now $5k more than the Taurus, the eAssist system isn't free.
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Look, think what you want. If you like the Taurus more than the LaCrosse, more power to you. I think it's a great car as well, but I don't think it's better than LaCrosse. To get this thread back on track, the bottom line is that eAssist is definitely something that needs to be integrated into the rest of the GM lineup.
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As an option, I would agree that it makes for a good idea. If it is going to raise the base price of everything 3k like it appears will happen here, that could be bad juju. Standard equipment on Cadillac models might be easier to swallow. A CTS Sport model with a LS3 V-8 and standard eAssist could easily meet or beat the fuel economy of the V-6 model with a much more interesting power curve.
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