Buick Lucerne - Kelley Blue Book's Review

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Buick Lucerne. Buick has often been associated with older car buyers, but the Lucerne is one of the brand's many new cars that are poised to reverse this image. Buick hopes the upscale design with its chrome highlights clicks with a wide variety of buyers seeking upscale amenities. Whether you are looking for a tasteful large family sedan or you crave the sport-touring character of the Northstar-powered Lucerne Super, the Buick sedan will please longtime fans and may surprise others who give it a try. For more new car reviews, interviews and automotive news visit kbb.com today.

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[steve9509]

toyota sucks. lmao

[shred5]

The Park Ave's was a much nicer car.... just didn't have the modern options...

[jagga5100]

toyota is junk

[shred5]

@MaestroTJS, some are newer, and some are older. I don't know anybody who still drives one older than 2005 currently, they all seem to have been traded in or scraped.

[MaestroTJS]

@shred5 That's disappointing to hear. Are they newer models? (2006 and newer, roughly...that seems to be when their cars started getting a nicer.)

[shred5]

@Travianwinner, I had a 2000 Lesabre with the 3.8L. My only complaint was the windows would fail every 60k or so, and dealers want like $500 to do the job (2 owners later, my girlfriend got a 3rd party regulator and installed it herself for $50, and I know people who would install it for $50 too). The only time the car left us stranded, it was 10 years old with like 160k on it and the battery died. Never did anything to that car minus change the oil every 5k.

[shred5]

@MaestroTJS, they have but EVERYONE I know with one, and that is a lot of people, have needed a transmission every 30k with no exceptions, and they don't even get a loaner covered for the first month of the 2-3 the local dealers take to do the job (yeah, the local dealers are shit too). And most of them need a head gasket every 50k or so, with very few exceptions to that one. Honestly though, I like Hyundais styling for the price range a lot but I still wouldn't buy one.

[Travianwinner]

@shred5 I agree, I loved the Park Avenues. However, the Buick Lucerne was still ok, it was a large, traditional sedan, and I liked the styling. A shame that it was discontinued after 2011, without any successor following. I would buy it in a decently equipped version, even though people call it an 'old people's' car - I do not let people with prejudices decide which car to buy or not to buy. It is VERY reliable, interior quality is OK and the car is safe! And the price is decent.

[TheKevynne]

"You can't say its underpowered", "Higher quality plastics" .....is this a joke?

[creamyfilling102]

did i hear her say "high quality plastics"?

[marky2112]

Lucerne sounds like a cholesterol medicine.

[marky2112]

Yes, you can claim it is underpowered. The taurus is 265 HP standard and Chrysler is pushing 300.