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• Buick LaCrosse Hybrid debuts in China

  Filed under: Hybrids/Alternative , Sedans/Saloons , China , Green , Buick , GM Shanghai GM today introduced the first mainstream hybrid in China's upper-medium vehicle segment: the Buick LaCrosse Eco-Hybrid. The car is part of Shanghai GM's push to earn truly worthy green credentials -- the kind that surpass Chinese requirements and meet European standards. The LaCrosse is the first car to get the two-mode hybrid system for the Chinese market. With it the, the new car gets 28 mpg as opposed to the non-hybrid's 24. From next year until 2012, GM will offer 11 more increasingly fuel-efficient engines, including the E-Flex drive and the Fuel Cell E-Flex. For this year, Chinese customers will get new powerplants in the form of the 1.2-liter S-TEC, an HFV6 3.6-liter dual mode DI V6, and a mystery two-mode hybrid that will better its gas-powered cousin by 50-percent in fuel economy with no drop in performance. The LaCrosse Eco-Hybrid is the first hybrid in Buick's lineup, and will... Posted Jan 22 2008, 08:58 AM by Autoblog Filed under: Green, GM, Buick, Sedans/Saloons, China, Hybrids/Alternative, hybrids, LacrossHybrid, shanghai gm, ShanghaiGm, lacross hybrid, BuickLacrosseEcoHybrid, buick lacrosse eco hybrid