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The 2004 Buick Rainier is the vehicle the famed golfer touts in
television commercials
Things happen quietly at Buick. With little fanfare, and perhaps even some relief, Middle America's most midmarket carmaker is pasturing the perennially underwhelming Century and Regal models. (Please, no wailing.) The replacement is the LaCrosse, a pleasant but generic-looking sedan that might have been a head turner five years ago. There's a shocker, though: The LaCrosse, ranging in price from the mid- to high-20s, is as crisp and refined as many of its more renowned competitors. It could even be exciting if Buick would learn to unfasten its suspenders.
One of the first surprises: the sound of silence. The LaCrosse shuts out road noise the way a submarine shuts out water. You can barely hear the baseline V-6 engine, even though it packs a snappy 200-horsepower kick.
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