2012 Buick LaCrosse With eAssist Road Test - Edmunds.com
The "eAssist" badge on the 2012 Buick LaCrosse is a quiet announcement that comfort, luxury and roominess can coexist with fuel efficiency. The EPA rates the new 2012 Buick LaCrosse at 29 mpg on the combined driving cycle. This time around, GM is under-promising even as it is over-delivering by improving the LaCrosse's mpg rating by nearly 25 percent. The eAssist is standard in the 2012 Buick LaCrosse , although a V6 engine is an option. The LaCrosse starts at $32,440 (our loaded, top-trim test car stickered at almost $38,000) and competes against the powerful, rear-wheel-drive 2012 Hyundai Genesis or the refined and more expensive 2012 Lexus ES 350. Shoppers set on getting a... Performance The LaCrosse's eAssist combines a 2. 4-liter four-cylinder engine with a mild hybrid system to post impressive fuel economy numbers (25 city/36 highway) for such a roomy sedan. The mild hybrid system is essentially an automatic stop/start function that shuts down the engine at a full stop and then smoothly brings the engine to life again. Source: www.edmunds.com
