What sort of automobile is the 2022 Buick Encore GX? What does it examine to?

The Encore GX five-seat crossover blends hatchback utility, crossover-SUV traction, and a layer of premium trim that’s greater than a skinny veneer. It’s greater and higher than the Encore nonetheless bought in Buick showrooms, however belief us: The GX is the Encore you need to sit by way of. Rivals embody the Audi Q3, Volvo XC40, and the Lexus UX.

Is the 2022 Buick Encore GX a superb automobile?

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Bought in Most well-liked, Choose, and Essence editions, the 2022 Encore GX scores a TCC Ranking of 6.0 out of 10. (Read more about how we rate cars.)

What’s new for the 2022 Buick Encore GX?

Just a few paint colours. In any other case, the Encore GX nonetheless sits on the nexus between small crossover-SUV and hatchback, carrying a good-looking physique styled with higher proportions and extra slimming physique trim than its outdated namesake. It’s enticing on the within, too, with a wing-like sprint and upholstered sprint trim that encompass an 8.0-inch touchscreen.

Buick matches a 1.2-liter turbo-3 to the bottom Encore GX, however for just a few hundred {dollars} extra it installs a barely extra highly effective 155-hp, 1.3-liter turbo-3. Choose it with front-wheel drive and a CVT, and the Encore GX scoots by way of site visitors with the right combination of power and refinement. Choose all-wheel drive and traction improves, whereas a 9-speed automated takes over shifting duties. You gained’t be going off-road very far in it, however the Encore GX handles rocky and dusty metropolis streets effectively, and may deal with a curve or two besides. 

Rated a five-seater, we’d peg the Encore GX at 4 adults and their stuff. It’s good for greater than 50 cubic toes of cargo with simply two individuals on board, and may tote eight-foot-long objects (a ladder, a backyard trellis, flat-pack bookcases) with a folded-down entrance passenger seat. It may well cease wanting an accident, too, thanks to plain automated emergency braking—but when the worst ought to occur, the NHTSA says its crash safety earns 5 stars. 

How a lot does the 2022 Buick Encore GX value?

Pricing for 2022 isn’t out but, nevertheless it gained’t veer removed from final 12 months’s base of about $26,000. Spend a little bit extra on the turbo-3 engine and the Choose trim and also you’ll get 18-inch wheels, an influence driver seat, blind-spot screens, and an 8.0-inch touchscreen with wi-fi Apple CarPlay and Android Auto. The highest-end Essence rises to greater than $37,000; that’s an excessive amount of.

The place is the 2022 Buick Encore GX made?

In South Korea.