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HAS ANYONE BEEN HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THERE KEY FOB ON THE 2010 LACROSSE? MINE WORKS AND THEN IT DOESN”T WORK. I HAVE TO PUT THE KEY UNDER THE CUPHOLDER TO START THE CAR. THEN IT WORKS.
1. Way back in the 1970s when we studied advertising in elementary school, we learned about something called “Glittering Generalities.” It may be an obsolete term now, but then, it was the device that was used to describe “the obvious” as “new! Improved!”
2. The key fob as just a few years ago? Uh, back in 1984 when Renault was selling the AMC Encore, I know for fact the Encore featured a remote door-unlocking keyfob.
3. The headlights that swivel. It’s about time GM caught up with 1950s Citroen technology.
Am I the only one that can’t hear anything anyone is saying besides the female narrator?
Holy crap, LED turn signals in the mirrors too? Slow down on adding safety items like that, GM.
Am I the only one that can’t hear anything anyone is saying besides the female narrator?
You need stereo to hear it all. Brilliant, eh?
Hey, it worked for apple. The new iPod, now with cut and paste!
Obviously the video meant to say that the Lacrosse has remote keyless start and not just a keyless fob…
however at buick.com, there is no mention of the remote keyless start
http://www.buick.com/vehicles/2010/lacrosse/features.do?year=2010&brand=lacrosse
perhaps this video is old and keyless start got cut to save costs? anyone know the answer for sure.
IIRC, Infiniti has keyless start standard across all its models….Buick should too if Buick is supposed to be the American Lexus,
slateslate, it seems like pretty much every new GM vehicle has remote start now. I would be surprised if the new LaCrosse didn’t have it.
new lacrosse has automatic start.
You can get some of that stuff on the Sebring as well. Boy, we live in great times!!
I’m troubled with all this technology getting pumped into the outside mirrors. Heated mirrors with turn signal indicators plus radar/sonar to check the blindspot. It’s all great until you pull out of your garage at the wrong angle and tear off the mirror to the tune of $1000.
At least the Lacrosse has folding mirrors. The Mazda 6 was eliminated from contention the last time we were car shopping because its mirrors don’t fold. Ironically, the Mazda 3 has folding mirrors.
The more I see the LaCrosse, the more I like it. I think a lot of people will say the same. However, can this car help the Bucik image in the US?
Key fob remotes are nice, but I won’t buy any car that doesn’t have a Turboglide transmission and Deluxe Brakes.
You guys have to understand that the geezers who buy these cars consider these features as “Space age”.
Looks like a switchblade key. VW/Audi have had those since the mid-to-late 1990s, and I think Mercedes had them before that. Switchblade key, standard ABS and side airbags, choice of four-cylinder or V6–looks like Buick is finally integrating the same technology as a 1998 Passat. I hope the LaCrosse is more dependable than said Passat.
They need to edit the pushbutton start scene — the engine took quite a bit of cranking to start, at least compared to the near-instantaneous start of Toyotas I’m used to that have the same feature. All that cranking doesn’t give the impression of a quality engine.
ZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzzzz……….
(Wake me up when GM does something exciting)
It’s not just the performance, it’s the luxury:
Adam, and they’re right, since the “space age” started in the 50’s :-)
Cheers,
Jeremy
I am going to be laughing my head off when Buick can’t match the sales of the previous Lacrosse. All this hype for a car than probably won’t even break the annual 50,000 sales mark.
Game
set
match
The new Lacrosse will flop!
Must be GM’s game plan to improve quality– incorporate technology that’s been tried and perfected by others over the past 40 years. Let’s give ’em another billion and see what someone else invents.
Personally, I’m glad to see AC seats starting to filter down to more affordable models. Everyone has had heated seats for years, but the cooled seats have remained a feature on luxury brands until very recently. I’m sure those up north appreciate the heated seats, but for those of us in the south, esepecially in those areas that never see snow or frost, heated seats are just a gizmo that will never see any use.
“…incorporate technology that’s been tried and perfected by others over the past 40 years.”
Possibly more successful than trying to invent it on their own. They still can’t get the PASS-KEY antitheft system to be dependable*, and it’s on at least the third or fourth generation.
* And by dependable, I mean no more likely to fail than a standard ignition lock with no antitheft features. There are certain parts of a car that should almost never break, e.g., key cylinders, brake light switches, door latches, hinges, window regulators.
I am going to be laughing my head off when Buick can’t match the sales of the previous Lacrosse.
+1.
That 3.0L V6 is torqueless and that will not appeal to the usual Buick buyer. I haven’t seen the power curves for it, but 255hp @ 6900RPM and 217ft-lbs. @ 5100RPM doesn’t sound like much of a Buick engine.
As far as “we want to attract new buyers from Lexus with this new car” goes, GM should forget about it because they can’t earn significant conquest buyers to save their life.
And the suckiness continues. Do some people actually LIKE this crap? Is there ANYTHING about this car that would make a normal human want to get up off the couch? I think not. The only thing bigger than that grill is the ass of the person likely to be driving one of these.
JeremyR, exactly. Only old people fall for “Space age plastic” or anything else placed before and after “Space age”. Usually these are things sold by a bearded man on infomercials… And bought by old people.
I’m being a little hard on the Buick, its really not a bad car. It seems they are trying to put a SPIN on things that aren’t really new. Next thing they will do is specify “pneumatic tires” in the vehicle specs.
All this list of features proves is that automobiles have been dumbed down to the lowest common denominator.
I’m just going to keep rolling with my Grand Marquis indefinitely.
Surprisingly, the La Crosse is a nice looking car and now has the same features BMW et al had a few years ago. I would consider buying one except that it is a Buick.
HOLY CRAP THAT’S A BIG FAT CAR!!!
Nice car, but Buick brand is too damaged. If they had something like this 10 years ago, it would have mattered. Market will go Hyundai Sonata for lower cost, or Accord or Lexus for those with higher incomes. A shame, as the new GM cars are good. They just have a bad reputation they can’t overcome.
Kids these days with their smart mouths putting down the Space Age. I bet you kids haven’t even grown out of your Biltwel X-15 Jet Molded Shoes for Boys yet.
Yep, the Space Age and the Atomic Age are going to be awesome! We’ll be able to generate so much clean, consequence-free power that electricity will be too cheap to meter!