Buick presently sells 4 crossovers, the Encore, Encore GX, Envision, and Enclave. That quantity will quickly be whittled to 3, the Encore anticipated to finish manufacturing after this mannequin 12 months. If speculation provided by GM Authority is right, there might be modifications afoot in the course of the road in time for the 2024 mannequin 12 months. Buick has stated it’s going to keep 4 ICE-powered crossovers, so the model will want one thing to fill the approaching hole. GMA sources recommend the China-market Buick Envista might get the nod. Buick launched the coupe-esque mannequin throughout the Pacific in August, a relation to the Chevrolet Seeker that appeared on the Chinese market in April. The Envista debuted the model’s newest design language impressed by pure-electric ideas just like the Electra-X and WIldcat. Skinny, angled headlights body a large, low grille, main again to a roof that slopes right into a excessive again and double spoilers.
GM applied to trademark the Envista name within the U.S. in early 2019, then maintained it with extension requests till earlier this 12 months. Then, in September 2022, the automaker deserted the applying, which might bode in poor health for no matter probability there was, if any. One other snag might be that the Envista is 182.5 inches long, 71.5 inches broad, and 61.6 inches excessive on a 106.3-inch wheelbase. Numerous experiences have pitched the Envista to fill the (small) house between the Encore GX and the Envision; nevertheless, the Envista falls simply 0.10 in need of the Envision’s size, and it is three inches smaller in each different dimension. Then again, the Envista is 11.1 inches longer and 0.1 inch wider than the Encore GX, with a wheelbase 4.1 inches longer. That makes plenty of overlap within the dimensional Venn diagram. Have been the Envista to come back as-is, it would not a lot be a substitute for the Encore as be a distinct type of compact SUV from the Envision on a extra fashionable platform.
Additional hypothesis from “sources conversant in the matter” says a U.S.-market Envista might get the Avenir therapy. Avenir marks the final word in Buick luxurious, an appellation presently restricted to the Envision and Enclave. In accordance with a separate report, the Encore GX is also headed into the Avenir membership with the compact crossover will get refreshed for the 2024 mannequin 12 months. An Encore GX Avenir would undertake some exterior tweaks like 18-inch alloys, and switch a load of non-obligatory gear out there for the Encore GX Essence trim into commonplace gear.
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