The cabin is where the lion’s share of attention has been placed on the 2024 Encore GX, with the dashboard receiving a complete redo. The benefit of such a tiny engine should be good fuel economy, and Buick estimates 30 mpg combined with FWD and 27 mpg combined with AWD. If these powertrain combinations sound familiar, it’s because they’re shared with two Chevrolet models: the carryover Trailblazer and the Trax. Front-drive models get a continuously variable automatic transmission, while AWD variants get a nine-speed automatic. Front-wheel drive is standard on the Encore GX, but unlike its Chevrolet-branded 2024 Trax cousin, it will also offer all-wheel drive as an option across all trims.

Standard is the 1.2-liter version making just 137 horsepower and 162 pounds-feet of torque the optional engine is a 1.3-liter making 155 hp and 174 pounds-feet of torque, which isn’t really much of a bump up. Carrying over unchanged from the 2023 model are a choice of two powertrains, both turbocharged inline three-cylinder engines. While the styling gets some minor updates, the running gear does not. The only other styling news is the first appearance of Buick’s new logo shield the tri-bar Buick logo has been modernized and loses its encircling ring it appears on both the nose and tail of the new Encore GX. The ST also gets high-gloss black bumpers front and rear and an optional Black Roof Package. The rest of its exterior carries over with only minor changes to wheel options (new 18- or 19-inch wheels are available) and LED taillights on the ST (for Sport Touring, now its own trim and not an add-on trim package) and Avenir trims. That begins and ends the major styling changes for the SUV, however. The Encore GX’s actual headlights are two small projector-style units flanking the grille, set low in the front plastic clip and looking more like foglights. The cat’s-eye daytime running lamps up top and the trapezoidal grille set low in the front fascia are both lifted from the gorgeous Buick Wildcat electric concept car unveiled in 2022 you can expect to see these design cues proliferate throughout the Buick lineup. Get used to that face, as you’re about to see it spread across the Buick lineup globally.

Related: 2023 Buick Encore GX Gains Exterior Color, Price Starts at $27,095 The New Look of Buick The new look also comes with a bit of a price drop, as well - something you don’t see much these days. But for the 2024 model year, the brand has freshened the Encore GX’s look, given it a new cabin, thrown in some new display technology, and added a range-topping Avenir trim like the rest of its all-crossover lineup. With the smaller Encore disappearing for the 2023 model year, the Encore GX has served as the starting point for people interested in getting into the Buick lineup, and its value proposition landed it on our list of the most affordable SUVs for 2023. Powertrains: 137-horsepower, turbocharged 1.2-liter or 155-hp, turbo 1.3-liter inline-three cylinder engine continuously variable or nine-speed automatic transmission front- or all-wheel driveįor 2024, Buick has unveiled an updated version of its entry-level SUV, the Encore GX.

Looks like: The new face of Buick, based on the Wildcat conceptĬompetes with: Honda HR-V, Kia Seltos, Mazda CX-30, Subaru Crosstrek

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