DETROIT — Buick’s giant three-row crossover is getting a midcycle makeover that pushes it extra upscale.

The 2022 Enclave will characteristic a extra trendy design with exterior and inside modifications, most notably electrical push/pull buttons that substitute a traditional mechanical gearshift lever, giving the entrance cabin a cleaner look.

Buick final week offered a glimpse of the flagship crossover, with extra particulars to return nearer to launch later this 12 months. GM postponed the face-lift, initially set for the 2021 mannequin 12 months, due to the pandemic.

The updates to Buick’s largest crossover “actually positions this automobile, this model, the Avenir subbrand into … true premium territory,” mentioned Duncan Aldred, vp of world Buick and GMC. “I am delighted with this one.”

Exterior updates concentrate on the entrance and rear fascia to align styling with that of the Envision.

U.S. gross sales of the Enclave, Buick’s No. 3 vendor, fell 25 p.c to 38,480 final 12 months.

With the subcompact Encore GX that debuted final 12 months and a redesigned compact Envision arriving now at dealerships, Aldred mentioned Buick has the lineup it must migrate prospects by means of the model till they ultimately buy an Enclave.

Buick lowered the bottom worth of the Envision, in contrast with the 2020 mannequin, so “that stair step between an Encore and Encore GX into an Envision after which probably into an Enclave are very, very logical, fairly shut,” Aldred mentioned. “That is simply one of many explanation why we’re so optimistic about what we will do with Buick, with this four-SUV technique.”