In the Essence, power seats with leather upholstery have good travel to accommodate small and tall drivers. We haven’t driven a base model, which has manually adjusted front seats. It’s bigger than the Encore Buick still sells, by a couple of inches in length. The Encore GX has a wheelbase of 102.2 inches and sits 171.4 inches long it’s about the size of an old Honda Element. We give the Encore GX credit for its ample cargo space, but deduct that point for seats with narrow cushions, for a 5 here. Where the Encore GX could be improved is in suspension noise it thunks over bumps while its tires cope with steel patches and potholes in the road. It even grips in corners with good steering precision, outshining the older Encore, though the steering itself doesn’t relay much information about the road surface. The Encore GX absorbs the gaps in city streets well, and settles into a mostly calm lope on interstates. The Encore GX can tow up to 1,000 lb, and weighs from 3,025 to 3,273 lb.īuick rightly puts its weight down in favor of ride quality. The engine’s muted by plenty of sound deadening, and the CVT even allows the driver to flick through imaginary gears (since CVTs use pulleys and belts, they don’t have actual gears). We like it with the CVT, where it makes excellent use of its low-end torque for a 0-60 mph time of about eight seconds. With 155 hp and 174 lb-ft of torque, it’s teamed with a CVT in front-wheel-drive versions when it’s fitted with all-wheel drive, it gets a 9-speed automatic. Buick sells a base version with a 137-hp 1.2-liter turbo-3, but Select and Essence trims can come with a 1.3-liter turbo-3. It can be fitted with all-wheel drive otherwise, the Encore GX is front-wheel drive. With its turbo-3 engine, the Encore GX has amiably quick acceleration and responsive steering. (Which is still on sale, right over there, keep your voice down.) An 8.0-inch touchscreen lays back too far to be easily read, and the Encore GX has some hard plastic trim on its dash and doors, but in all it’s more deserving of the premium label than the car it superseded. It’s trimmed in basic versions with basic plastic and cloth, but more expensive models get metallic-look trim and dash panels with brown or black cloth or synthetic leather. The wing-like grille echoes in the Encore GX dash. It’s not strikingly different in concept from the older Encore, but it’s entirely more successful, especially in the way Buick doles out splines of metallic trim and blacks out the roof on some editions to make a leaner, more handsome shape. They lead into body sides with a trio of deeply sculpted lines that shear some visual weight from the car, and tease its body upward to the rear end. The appealing shape starts with slim LED headlights that frame a broad wing-like grille. It’s stylish enough to gain a point for its exterior, for a 6 here. The Encore GX has an appealing shape, with the curves to correct the impression that it’s all about utility. Is the Buick Encore GX a good-looking car? The top-end Essence rises to more than $37,000 that’s too much. How much does the 2022 Buick Encore GX cost?īase prices start at $27,340 for the Select trim, which gets 18-inch wheels, a power driver seat, blind-spot monitors, and an 8.0-inch touchscreen with wireless Apple CarPlay and Android Auto. It can stop short of an accident, too, thanks to standard automatic emergency braking-but if the worst should happen, the NHTSA says its crash protection earns five stars. It’s good for more than 50 cubic feet of cargo with just two people on board, and can tote eight-foot-long objects (a ladder, a garden trellis, flat-pack bookcases) with a folded-down front passenger seat. Rated a five-seater, we’d peg the Encore GX at four adults and their stuff. You won’t be going off-road very far in it, but the Encore GX handles rocky and dusty city streets well, and can handle a curve or two to boot. Select all-wheel drive and traction improves, while a 9-speed automatic takes over shifting duties. Pick it with front-wheel drive and a CVT, and the Encore GX scoots through traffic with the right mix of energy and refinement. It’s attractive on the inside, too, with a wing-like dash and upholstered dash trim that surround an 8.0-inch touchscreen.īuick fits the Encore GX with a 155-hp, 1.3-liter turbo-3. Otherwise, the Encore GX still sits at the nexus between small crossover-SUV and hatchback, wearing a handsome body styled with better proportions and more slimming body trim than its outdated namesake. Sold in Preferred, Select, and Essence editions, the 2022 Encore GX scores a TCC Rating of 6.2 out of 10.
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