Likes: Punchy optional turbo engine, optional all-wheel drive, compliant ride.ĭislikes: Slow standard engine, pronounced body lean in corners, lacks driving enjoyment.
2019 BUICK ENCORE SPORT TOURING ANDROID
No matter which Encore you choose, high-end options are included, such as an 8.0-inch touchscreen infotainment system with Apple CarPlay and Android Auto, a Wi-Fi hotspot, passive entry with push-button start, and active noise cancellation. It's our choice not only because it adds visual punch to the Encore's appearance by way of a rear spoiler, 18-inch gray-painted aluminum wheels, and fog lamps, but because it's the least expensive trim that can be had with the optional 153-hp turbocharged 1.4-liter four-cylinder. We'd spring for the mid-level front-wheel-drive Sport Touring model. The Safety Package II is offered only on the top-level Essence model and includes limited driver-assistance features, including rain-sensing windshield wipers, front and rear parking sensors, forward-collision warning, and lane-departure warning.
The 2019 Encore lineup has been simplified and pared down to just four distinct models: Base, Preferred, Sport Touring, and Essence. With the Encore, you pay more, but you get more. Instead, it makes a case for itself as an in-betweener by outluxing subcompact crossovers from mainstream makers Nissan, Honda, and Chevrolet. This baby Buick aims high but ultimately falls short of competing with luxury-branded crossovers with similarly diminutive footprints such as the BMW X1 and the Lexus NX-but then it's not nearly as expensive as those models, either. High-tech infotainment features abound, and the Encore has room for four adults, so long as each one packs lightly. Its interior is comfortable, well designed, and more premium than most of its rivals, but it never quite reaches full-luxury levels of comfort. Slotting into the Buick SUV lineup beneath the big-sib Enclave and the middle-child Envision, the Encore distills the almost-luxury ambience of its older brothers into a bite-sized niblet.
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