[ar00200]

Not from a Lucerne, but from an Allure. I bought my wife a 2012 LaCrosse to replace her 2006 Allure CXS (Canadian LaCrosse w 3.6 DOHC). It's a beautiful car, very powerful with the 3.6l 303 horse engine, good riding, headlights (adaptive HID) are the best I've driven behind, handles great (has the driver confidence package), well put together and comfortable, and we've gotten many admiring comments from all of our friends and acquaintenances.

Negatives - it holds each gear for a very long time, even on very light throttle, revving very high before shifting - definitely not tuned for economy. Visibility is not good. My wife loved her old Allure - but she does not like her new LaCrosse because she finds the roof line and large pillars make it too difficult to see out of, especially when backing - it does not have the reverse camera, only sensors, and even when changing lanes (even with blind spot sensors) - she is nervous. I will likely have to replace it in short order because of those reasons.