Not your Father's Buick
The Buick Lucerne with the V8 engine is quite powerful and drives almost like a sports car with it's rack and pinion steering. The front wheel drive allows one to be more precise than with rear wheel drive. There is almost a growl sound to the engine.
This car has many automated features that take quite a while to figure out. The graphic indicators seem to be counter intuitive in some cases. The back up assist is great, especially with the limited visibility of the high rear window. The heated seats are a great option here in Wisconsin. Air conditioned seats are also available. The remote start is a great option to get the car pre-cooled in the summer months while loading groceries in the trunk, or to give it a short warm up period in the winter.
Overall, it is a neat car, but it could have a few additional options such as dual visors like on my old Mercury Grand Marquis to make it better.
The driver and passenger seats in both the bench seat model and the model with the center console are identical type bucket seats. Much space seems wasted with the large center console.
However, the CXS model with the magnetic rde control only comes with the center console, so that's what we got due to the better ride it and the 18 inch wheels provide.
- Lakeside, 2006 Buick Lucerne
