Different Drives Both Satisfying // BMW and LeSabre Cut Own Paths

The 1996 BMW 328i and 1997 Buick LeSabre provide significantlydifferent driving experiences that should satisfy the dissimilarcrowds at which they are aimed.

Both look good because BMW and Buick stylists are adept atcreating sleek cars. But the Buick is big and soft and the BMW iscompact and tight.

Here are pros and cons of these cars, which I recently tested:Le-Sabre: The fact that Buick began selling its 1997 LeSabre in Januaryshows that the old Detroit practice of having auto dealers covershowroom windows each fall to hide new cars from public eyes until"official" introduction dates is long gone.The 1997 LeSabre is much the same as the 1996 model and is …