Used 2013 Buick LaCrosse for sale 

The 2013 Buick Lacrosse is available in five trim levels with a wide variety of equipment as well as mechanical features. The trim levels are called Base, Leather, Premium One, Premium Two, and Touring. Optional packages include the Ultra Luxury Interior Package, Driver Confidence One Package, Driver Confidence Two Package, and Experience Buick Package. These options add a lot of desirable features that can be personalized according to the buyers’ needs.

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The Leather trim is a great buy at its price point of $33,870. It comes with very useful features such as leather upholstery, driver-seat memory functions, heated front seats, auto-dimming mirrors, and more. Buyers can also pick between 2.4 L four-cylinder as well as 3.6 L V6 engines in this trim level and can meet their power demands as well. It truly emphasizes the luxury aspirations of the brand and provides the best that it has to offer.

The Buick LaCrosse is offered for 2013 with a choice of two powertrains. The base trims – Base and Leather - come with a 2.4L four-cylinder engine that is paired to a mild hybrid system with an 11 kW electric motor and lithium-ion battery pack. The combined output is 182 hp and 172 pound-feet of torque. This is then connected to a six-speed automatic transmission, and power is sent to the front wheels exclusively. 

The other engine offered is a 3.6L V6, which comes as an option in the base trims, and as standard on the higher trims. Again, front-wheel drive is standard, while all-wheel-drive is available as an option. A six-speed automatic transmission is the only one offered. This engine produces 304 hp and 264 pound-feet of torque and hence is very superior in terms of performance.

The Dodge Charger is the most powerful full-size sedan when you look at the acceleration figures. It is with pride that Buick holds a candle to the Dodge Charger despite being a more luxurious offering. The Japanese and Korean rivals have much less performance in terms of 0 to 60 mph and quarter-mile times despite having almost similar power outputs.

Being offered in a wide variety of powertrains, fuel efficiency is a factor that depends purely on what kind of engine and drivetrain layout you are choosing. The four-cylinder engine is a hybrid and returns an impressive 29 mpg combined and translates to 25 MPG in the city and 36 MPG on the highway. Although these figures are pretty impressive, it does not stay in the same ballpark as its hybrid competitors. 

The V-6 engine is a much more thirsty drinker and returns 21 mpg combined, 18 MPG in the city, and 20 MPG on the highway. Opting for the all-wheel-drive platform sees a further drop of one MPG. A rather large fuel tank capacity of 16.6 gallons makes sure that it returns a good range - 298.8 miles inside the city and 348.6 miles on the highway.

This category has decent fuel-efficient cars, and the Toyota Avalon is the most fuel-efficient of the lot. It also has a large fuel tank capacity of 17 gallons, which puts it at a safe spot in terms of range. The maximum range can be found in the Kia Cadenza, but that is not due to higher fuel efficiency but simply due to having a large tank. The LaCrosse turns out to be the least efficient, with a combined mileage of just 21 mpg, which is a shame because it is even below the Charger.

The interior of Buick’s flagship sedan is extremely well-designed and has features like ambient lighting that make it stand out from the rest of the crowd. Material quality is excellent, especially in cars with leather seats.

The sedan shows that Buick has invested quite a bit in its flagship model. The space offered is also quite generous in the interiors, and the seats are supportive and comfortable. One of the only defects is that the trunk space is a bit low at just 15.6 ft.³.

All sedans offer seating for five passengers, and one can observe that all cars are pretty evenly matched in terms of interior space as well as trunk volume. The Buick offers the least cargo capacity, but the difference is merely half a cubic feet. The hybrid drops this to adjust 10.8 ft.³. Both front and rear row seats offer excellent head, shoulder, and legroom despite which car you pick. Some of its interior features include:

• Keyless ignition and entry
• 8-way adjustable power front seats
• Premium artificial leather seating
• Dual-zone automatic climate control
• Leather-wrapped steering wheel
• Active noise cancellation

Infotainment unit

The infotainment unit you can find in the Buick is an 8-inch touchscreen that is easy to use but a little bit hard to reach from the driver's seat, maybe due to just how spacious the car is. However many buttons and knobs used to control the audio, climate control, and navigation system are not very user-friendly and will take some time to get used to. Buick has offered various standard tech features for ease during long journeys. Few standout infotainment features available are-

• AM / FM stereo
• USB connection
• Mast antenna
• Seven speakers
• Satellite radio service for three months
• Speed sensitive volume control

With the Buick LaCrosse, the company has tried to break some new ground in terms of design language. The design is pretty conservative but is nice to look at nevertheless.

The proportions are nice and measure up dimensionally to that of a full-size sedan. It measures 197.5 inches in length, 73.5 inches in width, and 57.5 inches in height. It has a wheelbase of 114.4 inches.

One can see that the Buick would have been the longest and nearly the heaviest sedan, had it not been for the imposing Dodge Charger. However, this is a pointless metric because the Buick offers a lot of space in the interiors. But it is surprising to see that the Toyota is actually smaller even though its design makes it look bigger. The Dodge is the heaviest and is closely followed by the Buick. Some exterior highlights of the LaCrosse are-

• 17-inch wheels
• Fog lamps
• Automatic xenon tail lights
• Heated mirrors
• Sunroof

The IIHS has awarded it an overall rating of ‘Good,’ whereas the NHTSA has given it all five stars, both the highest ratings possible and proving its credibility as a safe full-size luxury sedan. Standard features include OnStar automatic crash notification, remote door unlocking, rear-seat side-impact airbags, blind-spot alert system, and so on. Some standout safety features include:

• Safety alert seat
• Teen driver mode
• Automatic park assist
• Rear vision camera
• Rear cross-traffic alert
• Lane keep assist with lane departure warning
• Forward collision alert
• OnStar safety suite

The 2013 Buick LaCrosse is a full-size sedan that gets a wide variety of powertrains, some of the best features available in the market today, and innovative design at a very reasonable price. It is a complete package that promises much more than the sum of its parts. Hence it is a car we would readily recommend to anyone on the lookout for a luxury full-size sedan.