The 2008 Buick LaCrosse Super Unveiled at 2007 NYIAS

The new ‘2008 Buick LaCross Super’ at the 2007 NYIAS 

The 2008 Buick LaCrosse Super

The 2008 LaCrosse emphasizes more on comfort and refinement rather than mere speed. Buick's foray into the world of speed and special badges was mainly the task of GM's Performance Division. While John Heinricy developed both the LaCrosse Super and Lucerne Super, the former excels in picking interest.
Buick's Super cars are focused more on comfort and capability than pure speed, and therefore the laptimes-at-all-costs modifications have been kept to a minimum on the LaCrosse.

Some of the improved features in LaCrosse  include: 

• Revised steering with modified steering rack, designed to reduce friction.
• Improved wheel damping via Bilstein shocks.
• Upgraded trim.
• Up-rated braking components aimed at providing more over-the-road speed.
• Woven leather seating surfaces. 
• Dual exhausts.
• Dash woodgrain and shift lever come along for the ride.

Buick Enclave 2008

In North America Buick sells 72 percent of its cars through dealerships shared with Pontiac and GMC. GM hopes to have all those dealers selling all three brands someday soon, so the last thing Buick needs is a rebadged GMC.

The first thing it needs is something with the style and elegance of the new Enclave to reestablish itself as an aspirational marque for buyers (well) under 65.

The Enclave is under its voluptuous skin. GM's Lambda platform provides seven or eight seats with a minivan-size third row, a 275-horsepower, 3.6-liter V-6, six-speed automatic transmission, and front or intelligent all-wheel drive in the GMC Acadia and Saturn Outlook.

Redefining Buick

The Enclave is the flagship leading the way in Buick's rebirth; style and luxury are the hallmarks defining this revival. Standing-out in such a non-Buick-like way is the Enclave's dramatic, chrome waterfall grille and its optional 19-inch chrome wheels. Paying respect to powerful Buicks of yesteryear are the, albeit fake, exhaust ports incorporated into both sides of the Enclave's sculpted hood.Traditional Buick buyers may find the curvaceous lines of the Enclave's body somewhat uncharacteristic of Buick. Stylistically, the Enclave is quite a departure from the more traditionally styled, and soon to be defunct, Buick Rainier. The Enclave's swooping belt line may impart "sportiness," but it also diminishes the vehicle's rear-quarter side glass, impeding rearward visibility. My tester was equipped with a navigation system that included a backup camera, useful for overcoming the restrictive sight lines.

Inside the Enclave is where occupants will be most impressed with Buck's awakening, a number of aspects of which stood-out for me. First on the affinity list is the architecture of the Enclave's welcoming cabin, which includes a very up-to-date instrument panel and dash design; second is the roominess found in third class. Ingress and egress to third row seating is made easy and straightforward by uniquely folding second row Captain chairs that also slide forward.With an unobstructed path to the wide third row, even adults have little to complain of when so subjugated. I sat in the third row and was impressed with the head and legroom therein. I can't think of a mid-size SUV that provides more space for the human form.

Cadillac Readying Hybrid Chopper For LA Auto Show

The Cadillac that ain't your father's may be just be two-wheeled. Word of a new Cadillac motorcycle sporting gee whiz ethanol hybrid technology has just surfaced in D Business. The Caddy that leans will be built by V20 Consulting in New York and shown off at the next LA Auto Show. The irony of an outside company building a technology demostrator isn't lost on us, but it isn't the first time the General has collaborated with someone on a motorcycle. Just a couple hundred feet from the Detroit offices lives the first Caddy chopper, built by and currently for sale at Great American Chopper in Clawson, MI.
Knowing it was there, we took a quick jaunt to their shop so you can see what may inform the next motorcycle. According to the folks who work there, reports of Caddy boss Jim Trailer actually buying this bike are greatly exaggerated, so if you want to take a look for yourself and live in the Detroit area, it'll be there for all to see. [MotorAuthority via Hell For Leather.

Buick

Grand National. Skylark. Roadmaster. These names are iconic among American cars, and they have one thing in common: they are all Buicks.
David Dunbar Buick incorporated the Buick Motor Company in 1903, and the car maker has upheld its history of innovation very well since then. In fact, the success of this company began with the overhead valve engine, which was later advertised as the valve-in-head engine, and it continued from there, with Buick eventually becoming not only the largest car manufacturer in the US, but also the base for the General Motors Corporation.
Both before and after the creation of GM, Buick was a pioneer in the automobile industry, bringing its use sweepspears, hardtops, portholes and muscle cars into commonality, and becoming an integral part of American culture.
The company's innovation continues today, with it's LaCrosse and Lucerne sedans, Terraza minivan, and the soon-to-be released luxury SUV the Buick Enclave.