DailyTech - 2012 Buick LaCrosse Sedan to Top 37mpg With eAssist 2012 Buick LaCrosse eAssist achieves up to 37 mpg highway — Autoblog Apparently, this is the next generation of BAS hybrids. Let's see if they fare better than GM's previous BAS attempts. Only thing is that Buick accounts for a tiny portion of GM US sales. (example sales chart at Chevrolet, Buick, GMC and Cadillac October Total and Retail Sales Increase 13 Percent -- DETROIT, Nov. 3, 2010 /PRNewswire/ --) Autoblog says:
Buick LaCrosse with eAssist priced from $29,960* — Autoblog Green Here we got again w/GM's optimization for high highway numbers. Let's see if they also ship w/crappy transmission shifting/behavior. I wonder how many GM will be able to sell as Buicks do not sell in large numbers in the US (http://media.gm.com/content/Pages/n...par/download/file.res/Deliveries May 2011.pdf and http://www.autoblog.com/2011/06/01/by-the-numbers-may-2011-as-the-earth-quakes-edition/).
I cant believe they are making this their "base" engine with such trunk. Not to mention they have such troubles with packaging mild-hybrid with 0.5kw lion battery.
Doesn't look too bad. At least it's squared off and there's a shelf on the left side. Do the rear seats fold?
