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I have grown to love Volvo's styling, partly because I'm one of the bland-liking guys... I like conservative styling. I think it's beautiful. I love the interior, particularly the wood.

Whoah... I knew it was going to hurt VW... but that's pretty hard.

I keep seeing a TON of the first generation LaCrosse in the 3/4 views.

I am not 100% sold on the exterior. The interior and features offered are beautiful. It'll sell well, I think. Not a fan of the steering wheel... think it looks cheap. I would have liked to have seen either a little more chrome or a little wood on it.

It's been flawless for the 2.5 years I've had the car, and then all of a sudden, one day, instant problems. All other voice commands work fine. I even tried treating it like a Windows product... I pulled over, shut all my windows, and shut off/restarted the car.

I have a 2013 Buick LaCrosse. I've used both iPhones and Android phones paired to my car, no problem. I always "voice dial" which ridiculously requires me to turn the radio on before it accepts commands, but in the past several months, I'd say 50+% of the time, I get the "Dialing failed" comment. Let me break it down. Previously what would happen: 1) Press voice command button and hear, "Please say your command." 2) I say, "Call Melinda on cell." 3) "Dialing".... and call goes through. Now, more than half the time: 1) Press voice command button and hear, "Please say your command." 2) I say, "Call Melinda on cell." 3) *long pause* 4) "Dialing failed." 5) I hit the button again and hear, "Please say your command." 6) "Call Melinda on cell." 7) "Dialing"... and call goes through. This seems to have started around the time my Galaxy S6 updated to Lollipop version 5.1.1. I can't understand why it fails the first time, but the same command will have success the second time. And it happens at random, and doesn't matter who I call. I googled the problem, but people didn't have the same problem I had. Any suggestions on how to rectify this? I know my phone will get an update to Android Marshmallow (6.0) in probably late December/early January, and I'm hoping this goes away.

Thanks. As much as I've hated the Sonata in the past, I almost want to like it now. I don't, but I want to.

Has anyone heard any other news regarding this? I almost half expected to see the refresh early, for the 2016 year, but since it's going to be 17-18, perhaps we'll see something soon for the 2017 MY.

Well, one thing I wish my V6 had was good power at a lower RPM... my peak horsepower is at 6800 rpms, and I just don't floor it often. El Kabong you have a point.. I am a cylinder snob... You can't make a 4-cylinder engine sound smooth in my opinion. It can be refined, for a four-cylinder engine... but not the same quality of a V6 or V8.

With the switch to much smaller turbocharged engines, how many here are displacement snobs? I admit, I am a bit of one. I rather drive a DI 3.6L V6 than a turbo 4, even if the 4 had slightly better fuel economy and equal power.

Does anyone experience deja vu when a new Prius is debuted? I feel like I keep saying, "I can't believe they actually made it uglier..."

Agree, GM needs to step up their game with a superior sound system across the board for all auto lines. I just don't understand how they can call their 7 speakers "premium" when they are outpowered by a set of 6 speakers in a 2006 Sonata...

One thing I'm concerned about: Unless I'm mistaken, the ONLY audio systems available have Buick's 7-speaker "premium" speakers. I have those. They're in my LaCrosse. They're definitely nothing to write home about. And that's with an extremely quiet car and the windows up. How are you going to pump the tunes with the top down? It'll sound like crap.

Thanks!

My friends have a 2011/2012 Acadia without a Nav screen (they have what I think is called the black tie radio or something like that). They want to unpair a cell phone because apparently they have filled up the number of phones you can have paired. Is there a command they can speak to do this or something they can access via the radio's menu? They lost the owner's manual and online I seem to only find the newer ones with intellilink.

I'm against Ford/Lincoln's new 80's retro video game chimes. They sound ridiculous. You get a car like a BMW, or even a Hyundai, and they have like orchestrated startups.

I'd love to be able to configure my chime alerts

I have a 2013 Buick LaCrosse and I've noticed that whenever the low fuel light comes on, the amount of chimes is random. I either get 2 rounds of 4 chimes, or one round of 5, 6, or 7. Is there any reason behind this that anyone knows of?

This is awesome! I now know I can work at Honda as a designer because it obviously takes no talent. Nice job taking the E-Class taillamps. It's a shame.. I thought the current generation was a slight step up over the last one in terms of design, and they just through that out the window.

I'll be blunt... the Regal, although a really nice car, doesn't do anything exceptional. It doesn't offer anything special. And if you're tall, like me, it's impossible to get in/out of.

Crappy quality and design knockoffs... oooh, lemme run to it.

MY 2016 or the actual year 2016?

Eh... not 100% sure about it. Need to see the interior. I assume this would come to the US relatively unchanged. Less horsepower, more torque... I wonder if it's lighter? A 7-speed dual clutch was a nice surprise. When is the US due to get a Verano replacement?

I've heard this song. God, even my CST (Content Specialty Test) in Italian when I was becoming a teacher had a question about why Alfa Romeo pulled out from coming to the US. And that was a decade ago.

Eh... I'm not a pickup guy, but I'm biased... I think truck, I think American.