The Buick LaCrosse AWD is a 4 door saloon (sedan)-bodied road car with a front mounted engine powering all four wheels.
The 6 cylinder, double overhead camshaft naturally aspirated engine has 4 valves per cylinder and a displacement of 3.6 litres. In this application it provides power and torque figures of 305 bhp (309 PS/227 kW) at 6800 rpm and 363 Nm (268 lbft/37 kgm) at 5200 rpm respectively.
The power is transmitted to the wheels via an 8 speed automatic gearbox.
Full specs
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| bodywork | |||
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| Body type | 4/5 seater sedan/saloon | ||
| Number of doors | 4 | ||
| Designer | |||
| dimensions & weights | |||
| Wheelbase | 2906 mm | 114.4 inches | |
| Track/tread (front) | 1598 mm | 62.9 inches | |
| Track/tread (rear) | 1603 mm | 63.1 inches | |
| Length | 5017 mm | 197.5 inches | |
| Width | 1859 mm | 73.2 inches | |
| Height | 1461 mm | 57.5 inches | |
| Ground clearance | |||
| length:wheelbase ratio | 1.73 | ||
| Kerb weight | |||
| Weight distribution | |||
| fuel tank capacity | |||
| aerodynamics | |||
| Drag coefficient | |||
| Frontal area | |||
| CdA | |||
| Powertrain | |||
| engine type | naturally aspirated petrol | ||
| Engine manufacturer | GM | ||
| Engine code | |||
| Cylinders | V 6 in 60° vee | ||
| Capacity | 3.6 litre 3649 cc (222.676 cu in) |
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| Bore × Stroke | 95 × 85.6 mm
3.74 × 3.37 in |
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| Bore/stroke ratio | 1.11 | ||
| Valve gear | double overhead camshaft (DOHC)
4 valves per cylinder 24 valves in total |
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| maximum power output | 309 PS (305 bhp) (227 kW) at 6800 rpm |
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| maximum torque | 363 Nm (268 ft·lb) (37 kgm) at 5200 rpm |
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| Specific output | 62.3 kW/litre 84.7 ps/litre 83.6 bhp/litre 1.37 bhp/cu in |
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| Specific torque |
99.48 Nm/litre
1.2 ft·lb/cu3 |
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| Engine construction | |||
| Lubrication | wet sumped | ||
| compression ratio | 11.5:1 | ||
| Fuel system | direct fuel injection | ||
| bmep (brake mean effective pressure) | 1250.1 kPa (181.3 psi) | ||
| Maximum RPM | |||
| crankshaft bearings | |||
| Engine coolant | Water | ||
| Unitary capacity | 608.17 cc | ||
| Aspiration | Normal | ||
| Compressor | N/A | ||
| Intercooler | None | ||
| Catalytic converter | Y | ||
| performance | |||
| Acceleration 0-80km/h (50mph) | |||
| Acceleration 0-60mph | |||
| Acceleration 0-100km/h | |||
| Acceleration 0-160km/h (100mph) | |||
| Standing quarter-mile | |||
| Standing kilometre | |||
| Maximum speed | |||
| Power-to-weight ratio | |||
| Weight-to-power ratio | |||
| fuel consumption | |||
| Fuel consumption | |||
| universal fuel consumption (calculated from the above) | |||
| litres/100km | |||
| km/litre | |||
| UK MPG | |||
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| Carbon dioxide emissions | |||
| Carfolio Calculated CO2 ? | |||
| VED band (UK) | |||
| CO2 Effizienz (DE) | |||
| chassis | |||
| Engine position | front | ||
| Engine layout | transverse | ||
| Drive wheels | all wheel drive | ||
| Torque split | |||
| Steering | power assisted rack & pinion | ||
| turns lock-to-lock | |||
| Turning circle | |||
| Front suspension | |||
| Rear suspension | |||
| Wheel size front | |||
| Wheel size rear | |||
| Tyres front | P235/50 R 18 | ||
| Tyres rear | P235/50 R 18 | ||
| Brakes F/R | VeDi/VeDi-S-ABS | ||
| Front brake diameter | |||
| Rear brake diameter | |||
| Braked area | |||
| Gearbox | 8 speed automatic | ||
| Top gear ratio | 0.57 | ||
| Final drive ratio | 3.07 | ||
| general | |||
| Carfolio.com ID | 441397 | ||
| Production total | |||
| Model code | |||
| RAC rating | 33.6 | ||
| Insurance classification | No information available | ||
| Tax band | No information available | ||
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2015 Buick LaCrosse AWD (2017) added 2015-11-18. Last modified 2020-03-16. |
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