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Originally Posted by velocity149
Ok, so my mom is looking at buying a 2013 LaCrosse, and I am looking at all the simmilarities between the Buick and my Camaro. The DIC menus are pretty much the same, but the graphics are amazing, the ABL goes accross the dash, the car has pretty much everything interior wise that the camaro has, but steps it all up. My question, why does GM go hardcore on the interior on cars like these, and give cars like the camaro the "cheaper" stuff like the blue dot matrix DIC, as opposed to the color one on the LaCrosse. I can see maybe the lower model ones for cost reduction, but when, for example, you buy a zl1, I think you shoud get some more bang for your buck.
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I would say it also just got the "goodies" first. The new Chevrolet SS is getting a lot of these features, and like always technology will trickle down eventually. I will say that it seems to be like this...Since the heavy redesigns in Buick and attempt to make it more of a luxury brand than it was in the 90's, the Buick can serve as a test platform for all of the higher end goods that obviously are becoming easier to integrate into all vehicles. So Caddy gets it, then it gets cheaper to do as more advanced tech comes out and Buick gets it, then eventually Chevy gets it and the cycle starts over.
Ten Years ago, all of these cars had pretty much the same build quality. Then GM stepped it up and really gave each brand it's own identity. But within those same ten years, the technology and quality of all of their vehicles has increased exponentially. The same can really be said with a fair amount of confidence about most current auto makers.
Just talking out loud, but it seems to make sense.