Price?

It sounds good to me until he starts revving it like a K swap. K swap is the old bap bap bap off the rev limiter this is more like it ate like 10 bean burritos for lunch and is letting the cheeks just flap. 

 People do LS swaps because they are inexpensive, reliable and fairly inexpensive. I'm sure the Chinese VW motor will be just as reliable.....LOLOLOL

Are they coming out with an easy to adapt rwd transmission?

The benefit of an LS crate motor is that it comes with all of the electronics you need to throw it into anything and have it run. If it’s a new car, you just need a few adapters to get the speedo, tach, gas & temp gauges working.

the people who shit on LS swaps are the most insufferable of automotive enthusiasts.

“This 550-horsepower VR6 is yet another reason not to put an LS under your hood.”

My primary rationale for an engine swap isn’t to put something unlikely under the hood. My list is HP, easy fitment, a big aftermarket and bullet proof reliability all of which are embodied in the LS.

Although I completely agree with this as way more interesting than an LS... I can’t fault the people that still want the LS swap. I would imagine the cost alone is going to be the biggest factor, but also support and help to swap in an LS in nearly any car already exists. Again, I completely agree this would be more…

Am I the only one who thinks it doesn’t sound very good for a VR? A stock R32 sounds better, let alone one that’s been warmed over.

I’m surprised they are using such a small VR6. I would have expected the 3.2 or 3.6 to be the base block

Man... I was a teenager cleaning the Buick dealer when this came out. I actually sat in one and yes, I did think the seat was incredibly cool. It was in fact really comfortable. Now it's a throwback and I feel even older than I did before. 

I find that whole mid-80s to the early 90s at GM interesting. They made a legit effort to remake the traditional American sedan with transverse FWD. This Park Avenue might look ridiculous by current standards now but compared to its RWD predecessor this was amazingly trim and clean. And provided comparable performance…

I found eBay listings for late W116 switch but they could be wrong. This just means,the W126 gets credit for the definitive power seat switch 

Haha. Makes total sense now, 5 fingers, 5 buttons.

I think these power seats were used across all the nearly-identical C & H-body cars (Lesabre/Park Avenue, Delta 88/98, Pontiac Bonneville). The Pontiac didn’t get the crazy control panel from the Buick, though. It got a bunch of rocker buttons:

I miss comfortable cars that weren’t pretending to be race cars.

You’re thinking of the W126, the successor to the W116. 116s did not have power seats (imagine that!).

“20 way adustable” and still no way to raise/lower the “rear” of the lower seat cushion?

I’m shocked to hear the car weighed 3400 pounds. Are there even any sports cars that weigh that little these days??