Buick LaCrosse vs. Hyundai Genesis - Guess who wins

[dataguy]

I leased one of the late 90's Buick Regals. I rented one for over a month when I was on an extended business trip and liked the ride and size so much that I bought one. Suspension had to be replaced in the first 1K miles, and by year 3, it was running rough enough that there was no way I would buy it out. Overall, I liked the experience, but I haven't seriously considered an American car since.

 

[dataguy]

Noted. The only reason I don't use italicized text is because I've seen too many complaints that it's difficult to read. As long as we don't copy too much text (I know - how much is too much?), we should be okay...

I don't think this is going to go too far, but you never know how far content providers will go to try to preserve revenue: http://scitech.blogs.cnn.com/2009/08/05/associated-press-excerpts-may-cost-2-50-per-word/

 

[Yama1yzf]

I leased one of the late 90's Buick Regals. I rented one for over a month when I was on an extended business trip and liked the ride and size so much that I bought one. Suspension had to be replaced in the first 1K miles, and by year 3, it was running rough enough that there was no way I would buy it out. Overall, I liked the experience, but I haven't seriously considered an American car since.

Exactly my point....lots of strides have been made. Hopefully you will give them another try as I did. My 2008 CTS was an awesome car, like driving a premium go-kart. I like my Genesis more every day but if you have any sporting blood in you the CTS rocks. And I have no doubt the Lacrosse will be a very competitve car as well.

 

[dataguy]

My 2008 CTS was an awesome car, like driving a premium go-kart. I like my Genesis more every day but if you have any sporting blood in you the CTS rocks.

An expensive, "premium go-kart"

I generally like the CTS, but the too-edgy styling, price tag, and small back seat pushed me to Genesis. Or maybe it's more accurate to say that I went back to Genesis after forcing myself to look at other cars in the price range.

 

[Yama1yzf]

An expensive, "premium go-kart"

I generally like the CTS, but the too-edgy styling, price tag, and small back seat pushed me to Genesis. Or maybe it's more accurate to say that I went back to Genesis after forcing myself to look at other cars in the price range.

The only reason I got rid of mine was it was the only lease I could transfer (had too many cars). You can get one now for around the same price as a Genesis loaded up pretty good but you can't get a V8. Mine was $40.5K with a lot of features and FE2 suspension which was fantastic.

 

[Par Avion]

They tested a pre-production model of the lacrosse I believe.....has anyone seen one in person? It is a very substantial good looking car. The one I saw was loaded to the gills and was $37500 with a $1000 cash incentive. Just a bit more than I paid for the Genesis w/PP.

There are a lot of folks who have formed opinions about current model american cars without actually owning them. They are making good stuff.

Living in Metro Detroit, I've seen plenty of them: parked, driving down the street, and I've sat in one. IMO it looks like the "next" Saturn Aura...meaning it could easily have had a Saturn badge on it and no one would give it a second thought. It's nice looking for sure, but it does not exude luxury in the way the Genesis does, nor does it have its presence.

I can understand Buick fans being excited about it though because it's easily the best looking Buick in decades.

 

[GripperDon]

Good read, well said!