Buick Lucerne MPG

Its best-rated version reaches 21 MPG combined in 2009 and 2011, with its flex-fuel version. Its weakest year peaked at 19 MPG (2008).

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714.3 gal

a year at 15,000 miles for the best 2011 version. Put it next to its 2006 predecessor, at your own mileage.

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The Buick Lucerne has EPA ratings for six model years, 2006–2011, every one of them among large cars. Its best version ranked fifth (tied) of 35 large cars in 2009, behind the class leader, the Honda Accord.

The first flex-fuel version of the Lucerne arrived in 2009, when 10 of 179 cars offered one. Of the 991 car nameplates on this site, few have had a flex-fuel version (40 of them); this one has.

Among 29 large cars, 2011

The Lucerne placed eighth (tied). The class leader was the Hyundai Sonata at 27 MPG. The next higher rating, 22 MPG, is shared by two nameplates.

Where the engine list turned over

2009
New: 3.9-liter 6-cylinder flex-fuel, 3.9-liter 6-cylinder. Best rating 19 → 21 MPG.

Powertrains under the name

Gasoline
Rated in 2006–2011.
Flex-fuel
Rated in 2009–2011.

All 6 model years, best and lowest version

Model years	Best version	Combined	City / hwy	Lowest version	Versions
2011	Lucerne flex-fuel	21	17 / 26	18	2
2010	Lucerne	20	17 / 26	18	3
2009	Lucerne flex-fuel	21	17 / 26	18	3
2008	Lucerne	19	16 / 25	18	3
2006–2007	Lucerne	20	17 / 26	18	2

Same class, 2011

Hyundai Sonata27 MPG Audi A821 MPG Chrysler 30021 MPG Maybach 6212 MPG