Why You Should Be Excited About the 2017 Buick LaCrosse

"ptak appreciates old racecars" (racecarptak)
09/30/2014 at 18:31 • Filed to: buick

Because it looks like a Jag XJ.

These spy shots, taken by Automobile magazine's photographers, depict Buick's new large sedan. Yeah, yeah, I know, it's FWD (unlike the Jag) but it has that "four-door coupe" profile which drives people so crazy these days. Compare the XJ, also in cladding for ease of comparison:

Not that different in terms of profile, right?

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Incidentally, I'm pretty sure this recent What the Hell is This? is the '17 LaCrosse.

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I don't really blame you for not being excited for a FWD Buick boat, but if it looks as nice without the tarp, I'll be happy. Plus, I'm really hoping they'll make a larger sedan off the Omega platform that's going under the Cadillac CT6.

All photos belong to their respective owners (not me).

DISCUSSION (23)

Sweet Trav > ptak appreciates old racecars
09/30/2014 at 18:34

I hate the LaCrosse name. Why not La Sabre or Park Avenue, or Electra, or Invicta?

sm70- why not Duesenberg? > ptak appreciates old racecars
09/30/2014 at 18:35

Please let them actually make it good-looking...

*controversial statement intensifies*

...for a change.

Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire > ptak appreciates old racecars
09/30/2014 at 18:35

But the current XJ's look bad.

ptak appreciates old racecars > Sweet Trav
09/30/2014 at 18:38

Me too :/ Here's hoping they call the Opel Cascada the "Skylark"

Sweet Trav > ptak appreciates old racecars
09/30/2014 at 18:39

And a turbo Coupe version the Wildcat?

Aaron James > ptak appreciates old racecars
09/30/2014 at 18:40

The fact that it's front wheel drive and a Buick makes it impossible to be even a little bit exciting.

ptak appreciates old racecars > Sweet Trav
09/30/2014 at 18:44

Yesss

ptak appreciates old racecars > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire
09/30/2014 at 18:45

m 8

Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire > ptak appreciates old racecars
09/30/2014 at 18:47

They do. The old ones look fantastic. The current gen is bad.

ranwhenparked > ptak appreciates old racecars
09/30/2014 at 19:12

Not the first time a larger Buick has been compared to Jaguar. I still think Buick could do with a proper full-size flagship, like the one they sell in China.

http://www.cars.com/buick/park-ave…

Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To > Sweet Trav
09/30/2014 at 19:14

For all intents and purposes the Lacrosse replaced the Le Sabre. I do wish they'd go back to using LeSabre seeing as it's *one of their longest-running marquees*

Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To > ptak appreciates old racecars
09/30/2014 at 19:14

Reason 1: It's a Buick

*fanboys*

ptak appreciates old racecars > ranwhenparked
09/30/2014 at 19:22

I'm fairly confident they'll make one off the CT6 platform.

Axial > ptak appreciates old racecars
09/30/2014 at 20:40

Front-wheel-drive kills it. :(

ptak appreciates old racecars > Axial
09/30/2014 at 21:34

We gotta make the best of it :(

Axial > ptak appreciates old racecars
09/30/2014 at 21:37

It's just that they have a RWD platform for this, so why go FWD? Use the damn Alpha platform, guys! Screw the Epsilon II!

ptak appreciates old racecars > Axial
09/30/2014 at 21:39

Like I said, we gotta make the best of it. Who knows why these automotive giants make these decisions, but they know more about it than we do so financially they're almost definitely doing the right thing. I can see the spread of RWD architecture in the future, though, especially with all the rumors of an Omega-based Buick.

Axial > ptak appreciates old racecars
09/30/2014 at 22:07

I think they do FWD because people think it's safer and peoples' thoughts are what drive sales, not spec sheets.

ptak appreciates old racecars > Axial
09/30/2014 at 22:12

If they went with what people thought was safer, they'd make it all AWD. (maybe that's just a Pacific Northwest thing?)

Axial > ptak appreciates old racecars
09/30/2014 at 22:26

No, because that has a hugely negative impact in fuel economy and cost of manufacture.

Markets are as much about how the system got to where it is as much as they are about how they are now. FWD became bigger first because it increased usable interior volume without increasing the overall size of the vehicle. Then came the safety.

I just wonder how much weight the FWD advantages really hold, because the benchmark cars are all RWD.

rye shelton > Axial
10/01/2014 at 18:02

the RWD should return...FWD is not pulling it off as a flagship anymore Buck flagships have been FWD for 30 years now and the Omega can be fuel efficient.

rye shelton > Axial
10/01/2014 at 18:07

Put a RWD Omega above the Lacrosse....what about a Roadmaster ....Lacrosse doesn't sound like a flagship,

rye shelton > Axial
10/01/2014 at 18:18

The Lacrosse rides on the same platform as the Malibu for crying out loud and they both look alike.