Buick LaCrosse @ 2009 NAIAS

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MORE DETROIT AUTO SHOW AT INSIDELINE.COM: www.edmunds.com Who would have thought 10 years ago that of all GM's US-based brands, Buick would be its most worldly? Not us. But the 2010 Buick LaCrosse to be shown at the 2009 Detroit Auto Show is the first vehicle out of GM to be designed on three separate continents. And when production begins this summer at the Fairfax Assembly facility in Kansas City, Kansas, GM claims all the parts will fit together, too. Design duties were shared between US designers and their compatriots in China. The Chinese arm was responsible for the Buick Invicta concept that made the auto show rounds last year. The engineering for the new midsize sedan was handled in Europe. (Europeans have no interest in Buick-branded cars per se, but this new front- and all-wheel-drive midsize platform will certainly be used by other upcoming GM models.) Did you know that the 2009 Buick LaCrosse, the one with the four round peepers, was fitted with a four-speed automatic and a pushrod V6? It was, assuming you didn't opt for the Super model. If you did, you got a pushrod V8 to go with your four-speed automatic, but nobody really chose the Super, actually. Anyway, the 2010 LaCrosse gets a healthy infusion of modern technology, starting with the two direct-injection DOHC V6 engines. The base engine, which comes with the CX and CXL models, is a 3.0-liter version of the so-called high-feature V6, most notably used in the Cadillac CTS. In this application, this engine <b>...</b>

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2010, Buick, lacrosse, 2009, NAIAS, Detroit, Auto, Show, Edmunds, Inside, Line, car, motor, General, Motors

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