2024 Buick Encore GX Review: Not Quite a Wildcat, But Definitely Sharper Than Before

•    Auto123 reviews the 2024 Buick Encore GX.

Buick’s second-smallest SUV (counting the brand-new Envista sub-compact model) has been caught up in the wave of renewal washing over the Buick lineup in the past year, so it’s a refreshed edition now offering buyers a choice in the thinly sliced premium-but-not-quite-luxury segment.

A recent visit to Buick’s design centre in Michigan hammered the point home in no uncertain terms: for the hallowed American brand, design is at the centre of its identity.

At the same time, Buick has had a challenging time actually selling its vehicles in recent years, outside of China that is, so a full design overhaul of its lineup was clearly in order. Among the first to benefit was the Encore GX, the slightly bigger brother to the Encore small SUV, since eliminated and replaced by the all-new Envista.

2024 Buick Encore GX - What’s new?

Obviously, the design is pretty much all new on the revitalized Encore GX, which also now gets its very own Avenir range-topping trim, meant to approach true luxury-car status. 

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