Buick Sells 100,000th LaCrosse in China
27 July 2010
Less than a year after its launch in China, sales of the new Buick LaCrosse have reached 100,000 units. The LaCrosse is the fastest-growing member of China’s premium upper-medium sedan segment.
In the first six months of 2010, the LaCrosse 3.0-liter SIDI model accounted for nearly 80% of the segment (upper-medium sedans priced over RMB 300,000, or roughly US$44,200).
The LaCrosse was introduced as a redesigned model in the US in 2009, offering a standard, direct injected Ecotec 2.4L four-cylinder engine in the CX and CXL FWD models. That engine delivers an EPA-rated 30 mpg on the highway and 19 mpg in the city. The 3.6L direct injected V-6 is available on the CXL and CXS models provide 17 city/27 highway fuel economy ratings.
For the first six months of 2010, US sales of the LaCrosse reached 30,409 units, a 206% change by volume from the first 6 months of 2009.
LaCrosse is a nice car and one of the few U.S. cars that I would consider buying. They put it up against Lexus and I think that is a good comparison.
Posted by: SJC | 27 July 2010 at 09:57 AM
SJC: We had both and had many times less problems with the Lexus. The Cadillac STS may be a better comparison, but even that one is not as trouble free as a comparable size Lexus.
Posted by: HarveyD | 27 July 2010 at 01:15 PM
That is one example, a small sample makes for poor statistics.
Posted by: SJC | 27 July 2010 at 02:58 PM