A LaCrosse Super or GN

[OLDSCHOOLGMFAN]

Bolt in the 5.3.

[Neanderthal]

Originally Posted by OLDSCHOOLGMFAN

Bolt in the 5.3.

http://www.caranddriver.com/features...e_super_page_4

LaCrosse Super 327 (pretty much). Going to be rare...

[mkaresh]

Originally Posted by cad1cts

I'm not either though the thought of a modern twin turbo DI 6 cyl is appealing to me for a new LaCrosse Super.

This is exactly what the car needs. If Ford can pair a twin-turbo DI 3.5 with the same basic transmission, then GM can do the same with a 3.6.

There have been rumors of a turbo 3.6 since about 2001. Where is it?

[Neanderthal]

Originally Posted by Danko

It is a FOUR DOOR! What is with your generation? Four Doors are not what you should be hoping a performance vehicle is based on no matter how many metrosexuals agree with you. TWO DOORS, Please! Even Two Door Station Wagons. ...and to think a V-8 could ever be considered for this sedan is not realistic. Want a nice performance vehicle? They ARE available at your Caddy dealer. ...and GORGEOUS, too!

Oh boy. WTF is it with you two-door guys? You never heard of easy access to the back? What a bunch of metrosmexuals.

BTW, hot sedans have been around forever. I dare say they go back prior to this poster's date of birth.

Originally Posted by philr

I don't want a Cadillac, and I don't find them gorgeous at all... And 4 doors are OK for me as long as they are RWD. I don't like the LaCrosse and it's not RWD anyway. Buick needs to offer a new RWD product before doing anything else.

I bet that's a slick Wildcat you've got.

You like RWD. Fine.

Danko likes 2-doors. Fine.

WTF is the matter with people who have spells when something doesn't meet their model of the perfect car? Krikey, some folks need to get a life.

Originally Posted by TriShield

GM needs leave the Grand National/GNX name in the past where it belongs, there is nothing they're going to offer under Buick today that could properly carry the image and performance of the originals.

Wrong answer, common misguided thoughts.

Originally Posted by OLDSCHOOLGMFAN

Bolt in the 5.3.

There ya go. Breathe on it a little from time to time, as they should have been doing (where was management for 10 years?) to the 3.8 since 1997, and it will be producing 325 HP and 350 TQ in no time, with no stress, and with better MPG. Gee, maybe someone will even think of hooking up a 6-speed auto. What a frikkin concept.

Originally Posted by mkaresh

This is exactly what the car needs. If Ford can pair a twin-turbo DI 3.5 with the same basic transmission, then GM can do the same with a 3.6.

There have been rumors of a turbo 3.6 since about 2001. Where is it?

Your final question is something so many of us have been asking about so many items at GM that you really shouldn't be surprised General VanWinkle is once again asleep at the switch. Shazam.

Not everybody gets a woodie over turbo-spooling up ohc sixes.

Hard to believe, I know.

[OLDSCHOOLGMFAN]

Originally Posted by Neanderthal

Oh boy. WTF is it with you two-door guys? You never heard of easy access to the back? What a bunch of metrosmexuals.

BTW, hot sedans have been around forever. I dare say they go back prior to this poster's date of birth.



I bet that's a slick Wildcat you've got.

You like RWD. Fine.

Danko likes 2-doors. Fine.

WTF is the matter with people who have spells when something doesn't meet their model of the perfect car? Krikey, some folks need to get a life.



Wrong answer, common misguided thoughts.



There ya go. Breathe on it a little from time to time, as they should have been doing (where was management for 10 years?) to the 3.8 since 1997, and it will be producing 325 HP and 350 TQ in no time, with no stress, and with better MPG. Gee, maybe someone will even think of hooking up a 6-speed auto. What a frikkin concept.



Your final question is something so many of us have been asking about so many items at GM that you really shouldn't be surprised General VanWinkle is once again asleep at the switch. Shazam.

Not everybody gets a woodie over turbo-spooling up ohc sixes.

Hard to believe, I know.

Good post. The '10 LaCrosse would look awesome with the super treatment.

[JBsZ06]

unfortunately the two door market is so fickle....so fast lived...its a like an explosion of sales (if your lucky) and then the sales flame out...

The cost of development today is so expensive...the cost of certification etc....that by the time everything is said and done.....if the car doesn't sell at projected rates...(and two door sales tend to fall of faster due to less practicality and more style orientation) for 5 years...there isn't enough time to recoupe investment for profitability...

So it'll be a rare occurence for Buick to get a rwd coupe....I'll take an awd turbo v6 four door that looks good...

Its where the minimum of five years of strong sales would be...

The days of the 2 door near luxury coupe in the mid 30's range with wild @ss performance are gone..

Thats pretty much left to more performance oriented pony cars from american manufacturers kick in...Less practicality and a little more style and performance might offer GM, ford and Chrysler might stand a chance and even then it was a gamble..

Monte carlo, grand prix (original) Thunderbird, Mark V, wildcat etc are history and will stay that way....Just not a big enough sales segment to warrant the gamble especially in these economic times..

The new wildcat type personal luxury high performance product is more along the line of lowered roofline four doors like the Mercedes CLS or VW four door coupes as they are being called..

Chop the roof, offer more of a coupe like body along with the pretense of a four door to hope for sustained sales volume over a longer period of years....

[philr]

Originally Posted by JBsZ06

Monte carlo, grand prix (original) Thunderbird, Mark V, wildcat etc are history and will stay that way....Just not a big enough sales segment to warrant the gamble especially in these economic times..

The new wildcat type personal luxury high performance product is more along the line of lowered roofline four doors like the Mercedes CLS or VW four door coupes as they are being called..

It's the Riviera was a personal luxury 2 door coupe...

Most Buick Wildcats were 4 doors (there were coupes and convertibles too), they were not personal luxury cars, they were high performance full size cars. Some Wildcats (even 4 doors!) had bucket seats and manual transmissions with floor-mounted shifters and/or dual quad Nailheads. They were in the category of the 1994-96 Chevy Impala SS the Pontiac G8 and the current Dodge Charger...