2019 Buick LaCrosse Sport Touring is sporty in name only

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The Sport Touring package only brings styling updates to the flagship sedan

Buick is introducing a new model for the 2019 LaCrosse lineup called Sport Touring (ST). Don’t get too excited about it, though: it doesn't turn Buick's flagship into a sports sedan.

The Sport Touring treatment only updates the LaCrosse’s exterior, bringing body color grille surround and side vents (finished in chrome on other models), as well as a subtle rear spoiler, black mesh grille, 19-inch midnight silver wheels, and “ST” badging on the trunk lid. We wonder what Ford will think of that badge.

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Buick offers the LaCrosse ST with five available exterior color options: White Frost Tricoat, Satin Steel Metallic, Quicksilver Metallic, Red Quartz Tintcoat, and Ebony Twilight Metallic.

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As with most other LaCrosse models, the 2019 LaCrosse Sport Touring comes with a standard 3.6-liter V6 engine mated to a nine-speed automatic transmission. The unit delivers 310 hp at 6,800 rpm and 268 lb-ft (363 Nm) of torque from 5,200 rpm, and returns an EPA-estimated 20 mpg city/30 mpg highway. Prices for the LaCrosse ST start at $40,295, including a $925 destination fee.

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Along with the new ST model, the 2019 LaCrosse lineup also features additional changes. These include two new exterior colors (Carrageen Metallic and Pewter Metallic), as well as a new air ionizer that is now offered as standard on the Avenir model.

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