General Motors discontinued several of its passenger car models in recent years, including some nameplates that will be missed by some GM fans, such as the Chevrolet Impala. Not quite as many people were upset when GM announced the demise of the Buick LaCrosse, though – a rather forgettable full-size sedan that lasted just three-generations before being killed off in North America at the end of 2019.
The Buick LaCrosse is the kind of car you can find for $1,000 or so with relatively low miles at your local used car lot. It’s a rather expendable vehicle, then, so it’s safe to say we weren’t very surprised when we stumbled across a video of a YouTuber wrecking a perfectly good one.
In the video, which is embedded below, the YouTuber in question plants a piece of Styrofoam in between the front seat and the gas before starting the car. This sends it barreling toward a nearby dirt cliff before it drives off it and crashes to the ground below. Surprisingly, the Buick’s engine remains running, sending the vehicle driving toward a house before it crashes into a nearby a tree stump.
With the vehicle not sufficiently damaged (but also not able to drive under its own power) our friend loads the vehicle onto a CAT pallet fork loader and drops it from a rather considerable height right onto its roof. This destroys the car, safe to say, leaving the world with one less Buick LaCrosse. We’re sure no tears will be shed, but it’s kind of a shame, isn’t it?
If this sounds like your kind of viewing experience, check out the video below.
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What a waste…only in America…
I don’t think the last generation Buick LaCrosse, around 2017-2019, was “a rather forgettable full-size sedan.” The 2020 model, released only in China, was even better, especially in Avenir trim. It was a nice car, perhaps at the wrong time.
The very first Buick LaCrosse model, around 2005-2009, shown in the video, was the forgettable one, with a bland Ford Taurus-like design (and Bob Lutz at the time said he had even tweaked the styling as much as he could because GM’s original design would have been “an embarrassment”).
To my eyes, the real looker was the Buick Invicta concept shown in 2008 that was perfect as-is.
Do you realty want to encourage more moronic juvenile stunts like the one in this newsletter?
There are worst cars to do that why a nice lacross that is stupidness next time look for a chevy chevette or a ugly corolla those shity toyotas that silly americans buy so much lol
If an old Buick LaCrosse fell in the woods and only idiots were around would anyone care….?
No!
This was a first gen car that was not worth anything. It was not even worth much in parts as so few are around.
How about donating this car to a family that has no transportation, rather than needlessly destroying it?
Anyone with an average sense of moral sanity will be appalled by the destruction of a functioning car that would be a gift for millions of American people.
GM Authority please remove this video. Someone would have enjoyed that car. These morons should be ashamed of themselves.
Really???? What a bunch of morons! Please don’t encourage this stupidity. Too bad the idiots weren’t in the car when it was dropped off the fork lift. There are MANY people who could have benefited from this car to get to work.
What a bunch of morons attempting to get their 15 minutes of fame. Please don’t encourage it again.
So you must despise Hollywood then. How many cars are destroyed in your typical action flick?
ACZ you took the thoughts out of my head. These jack asses should be made to work at a shelter or even visit a poor neighborhood to see the condition of the cars in the neighborhood. They could have helped out a family in need of medical transportation.
Have you donated a car to anyone? No? Then get off your high horse and stop telling other people what to do with their money.
Actually, yes I have donated 2 cars to charity and bought one for another person that need a car to go back and forth to work in a nursing home makin minimum wage. I’m not rich by any means, but I know where my money is better served. One of the cars that I donated was a Buick LeSabre that I bought at an estate sale. I didn’t rob the people at the estate sale, either.
We all need to realize that there are people who are less fortunate than we are and help whenever, where ever and how ever we can. Politics aside, this is a great country and we need to help our own.
One of the dumbest things I’ve seen. Why it was on this site is beyond me. Destroying what appears to be a good car that someone who needs good transportation could use is fucking stupid.
What kind of mind would think something like this would be cool. Ok, so you got some money and some land and way, way too much time on your hands. The other comments from ACZ, MJ Girard, and John said it best, and I agree totally. I would not doubt it if they were huge supporters of the current administration that seems to encourage being a poor citizen and has brought out the worst of our society since 2016.
And, these people can vote!
And guess who they will vote for?
Too bad these morons didn’t stay in the car.
I bet they supported the cash for clunkers administration from 2009 that destroyed thousands of viable cars using $3 Billion dollars of our tax money. I think one from that administration is running for President now.
Or the state of a California that continues the program today.
I Remember to finish the cars they would pour additives into good engines to destroy them. Recycling was not even an option.
Imagine what the $3 Billion could have done.
Yes these cats here are idiots but at least the money is coming out of their pockets not mine our yours.
in 2009, the economy was on its ass. so it is understandable the government was trying to encourage spending.
$3billion is peanuts compared to the $1 trillion tax cut enacted by the current administration.
So it is better to trash a bunch of cars vs. putting money back in the hands of business owners and consumers that would create long term jobs vs non existent or limited shovel ready jobs.
Then these cars would have proven useful to people actually making money and have enough to even pay for their own auto insurance.
So you really think Washington can so better with my money than my company owner who is having a hard time finding workers now as spending by customers are really up?
Funny higher taxes and more social programs class was never part of my business degree.
obviously these tax cuts aren’t paying for themselves. the national debt is growing by leaps and bounds despite the good economy. use your business degree to explain that.
The debt surged by 41% in Obama’s first 1,012 days in office, ultimately ballooning by about 84% as fiscal 2016 drew to a close.
Under Trump, the debt has grown by roughly 15% in three years so far, and the Congressional Budget Office projected that it could swell by 43% more by the end of fiscal 2024 at current spending levels.
Much lower spending levels all the while putting money back into the military that was cut to the point we had planes that could not fly or ammunition that was in secure supply.
The jobs being created are long term jobs not temp road projects. These are revenue jobs that create income and with more income you create more taxes in the long run that can go to non revenue projects like road and bring replacement.
Giving out cell phones and adding social programs add nothing to the tax base.
Promote a buisness environment for growth in the private sector creates jobs and taxes. You over tax it or over regulate it people send their money elsewhere.
Much of the spending now was due to one of the most stagnant economies that we have seen. To be honest getting the economy to recover has really been amazing for what they have spent vs what was wasted the previous 8 years.
so why are debts swelling in a booming economy?
you are naive if you think a lot of these jobs are long term. the next recession will prove that.
They are long term till someone comes in and raised taxes, interest and regulations.
The debts are up repairing the damage from the last admins cuts and repair to the military and programs they started that could not be stopped. Investment in things like the space programs that drive new technology that will lead up into the future.
Just as Apollo did to drive our tech revolution the new program seeds new energy and technology programs. Even a China gigured that one out.
C8R,
Trump spends more than that on transportation and security to go out and play golf every week. And he charges double the rates at his own properties for the security team which protects him.
Trump also spent over 100 Billion$ to fight a trade war with China which amounted to absolutely nothing. You need to educate yourself pal. Don’t let your biases blind you to reality.
What nonsense!
Where did you become such an expert?
“china trade amounted to nothing”?? I would
suggest you come out of your cave once in
a while and have a look around.
You need to come out of your trailer park and inform yourself.
More lies.
https://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2020/03/08/trump-coronavirus-claims-tapper-sotu-vpx.cnn
CNN!!!!
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G8Burnout
Financial collapse and you on your ass with no job.
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Don’t worry mi compadre, your fear-mongering is as worthless as the network you cite. I’m doing quite well for myself, though I’m glad you care so much. Tell Fredo Cuomo I said hey!
When it comes to fear mongering, lies and BS, nothing compares to the Rusky distribution network: Fox, Breitbart, Zero Edge, Info Wars and RT. I bet you have a poster of Alex Jones in your bedroom. 🤣
Where’s the orange carrot this morning? He’s MIA.
Stay scared my friend and go buy more guns. 😂
You couldn’t have been less accurate in that comment if your life depended on it.
I don’t trust ANY mainstream media news sources, CNN, MSNBC, FOX, NBC, ABC, CBS, WaPo, NYT, none of it. And especially not fringe websites like Zero Hedge, Breitbart, Mother Jones or Slate. Strike one.
You will not find anyone on the face of the planet who dislikes Alex Jones more than me. And its not even close. Strike two.
And finally, I don’t own a firearm, but I can see why so many do, just looking at the events of the past week or two, and who’s currently running to take back the highest office in the land. And btw, I don’t belong to either political party. Strike three, sit your ass down, fool.
But by all means, build your entire worldview off of totally baseless assumptions, and swallow whatever the corporate media or your preferred political party forcefeeds you. Keep up the good work, mi compadre! Groupthink forever!
If you are going to get political and want to be taken seriously you had better be honest and cut the BS.
While the China deal is not perfect it was better than anything either side offered for a long time.
In the past both parties were signing away everything to China with little in return.
The big one was no one was willing to stop the stealing of intellectual properties.
Can we leave politics out of this???.
Plus one!
I currently own a 2005 Pontiac Bonneville GXP with the Northstar V8…love this car! After Pontiac axed the Bonneville, Buick for the 2008-09 model years came out with the 5.3 V8 in their high-end model the Lacrosse Super. Good looking and with 300HP at your fingertips, this is the one I would want. These Buicks, even with either the 3.6 or 3.8 V6’s were quite good cars..this is a sad ending for a car that could’ve been saved.
what can you say there are way too many STUPIT people walking this earth like the strange ones on the left . somebody who needed good transportation for a cheap price just lost that opportunity
It strikes me as a sad event when a car of value is intentionally destroyed when we so many people driving old cars of lesser comfort, value, and utility because of affordability. Not one of Americas best qualities in this example
And a word of support for the maligned LaCrosse.
I agree it was no fashion plate of appearance. Typical vanilla sedan.
But, I once rented one for a 1000 mile trip and found it
to be a great driving, luxurious and good performing automobile.
I’ve always been surprised that it didn’t do better in the market.
you can thank consumer reports aka consumer distorts for killing the USA brand vehicles, they had only venom for GM, I noticed those young guys had a japanese subaru in the video, little did they realize the Buick would outlasr 2 subaru’s, the bulletproof 3800 V-6 named 1 of the best engines, if not the very best production engine ever made
White trash dumb ass country garbage.
50 years ago they were doing the same thing to black people.
They should all be sterilized.
Ah, the old sterilization zinger. You know you’ve really got nothing when you need to resort to garbage like that. Grow up, Robert.
Yes, everyone knows that driving a car off a ridge is the moral equivalent of lynching a black person. Is this what passes as critical thinking among the left?
Very neanderthal behavior. Too bad those brainiacs didn’t stay in the car for the ride.
I’m going to keep an eye out for that 2008 model! My 2002 lesabre is getting a little rusty!
Rednecks. I certainly can’t condone violence nor anyone getting hurt, but these redneck hillbilly’s need to make something more of their lives. There’s a small part of me wishes the guy doing this and putting the car in gear would have gotten caught and dragged a few hundred feet. Not hurt bad, but bruised and battered some. And I totally agree with many of the comments above: That car would have made a perfectly reliable transportation for someone less fortunate.
What gets me is that there were houses below and how irresponsible it was to do this. What if just by chance it got down to them? Immature! Why did you think this was worth showing?
It’s sad ! I thought I finally found a site where I could get away from the anger and bitteral about politicas. I guess I was wrong all I wanted was to see GM innovation and good articles about ownership and maintenance of current GM Vehicles. There are hundreds of other places for people to vent their anger at one-another, to bad it got here.
What is worse are those like Robert that inject race into the politics.
Where the hell did these loonies come from trying to make this site of car enthusiasts
into a group of wierdo lefties spewing political claptrap.
Let’s keep politics out of this site and talk about classic cars.
And CTS-V’s, can’t go wrong talking about those!
No limit to what fools will do.
Try your Subaru next, it’ll probably perform equally well, or don’t.
Why don’t the idiots find a Cammy or an Accrap to smash, could be the last American car in the US and they’ll blow it up, just like the Wall St. Aholes.
doubtful subaru is in any way the equal to a Buick
Stupidity at it’s best!! Should’ve run the Subaru off the cliff.