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The LaCrosse’s strong crash-test results prove that it’s up to the task of protecting occupants in the event of an accident. Unfortunately, its headlamp performance didn’t meet expectations in testing conducted by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, preventing it from winning that organization’s highest rating. Collision-mitigation technologies are available but require shelling out for an option package or ponying up for the expensive Premium or Avenir trim.
What’s New for 2018?
IIHS made significant changes to its testing regimen for 2018 to include a new passenger-side small-overlap crash test and altered the qualifications for its two top awards. As a result of these changes, the LaCrosse no longer qualifies as a Top Safety Pick. Otherwise, Buick’s suite of passive- and active-safety technologies has remained the same.
Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) Test Results
2018 Buick LaCrosse
2017 Buick LaCrosse
Crash Test Results
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and the nonprofit, independent Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) evaluate vehicles for crashworthiness in the United States. NHTSA assigns cars an overall rating out of five stars. IIHS uses a different set of tests, grades cars on a scale of Good to Poor, and awards the vehicles that perform best across its tests with Top Safety Pick or Top Safety Pick+ honors, the latter of which requires that the subject’s automated forward-collision-braking system performs well.
The LaCrosse performed well in its crash tests by both NHTSA and IIHS, earning five stars from the former and a Top Safety Pick award from the latter. It missed out on IIHS’s Top Safety Pick+ award due to headlamps that didn’t score well in the organization’s tests.
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) Test Results
2017 Buick LaCrosse
Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) Test Results
2017 Buick LaCrosse
Airbags, Child Seats, and Spare Tire Location
Active-Safety Features
Buick offers many active safety-features; unfortunately, most of them are expensive optional extras. Rear parking sensors are standard across the range, and Essence trims can be equipped with the Driver Confidence #1 package ($445), which includes blind-spot monitors with rear cross-traffic alert. The Driver Confidence #2 package ($1690) is only available on the top-spec Premium trim and includes automated emergency braking with pedestrian detection, an automatic parking feature, and adaptive cruise control.
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