![]() ![]() (Unfortunately, that two-tone treatment requires Buick’s $745 White Pearl Tricoat option.) Standard chrome door handles, silver roof rails and 18-inch alloy wheels add a premium touch, and Buick’s waterfall grille and blue-ringed light bezels evoke the larger Enclave. This time around, our test car’s two-tone paint masked a lot of the busy lower cladding. The 36.7-foot turning circle also makes it more like an SUV than a small car.Īs reported in our first drive of the Encore (read it here), its styling polarized onlookers. One editor found it a little too SUV-like, noting other cars sit more below you than around you. Unlike the Countryman, the Encore combines city-friendly length and width with an SUV-like driving position its overall height, in fact, is just 1.1 inches short of the Escape. The Encore bears no relation to the Chevrolet Equinox or GMC Terrain from its GM parent in fact, it’s closer to a Mini Countryman - which is about 7 inches shorter still - than either one. The X1 and Q3 are longer and wider heck, the Escape is nearly 10 inches longer. That’s more than a foot shorter than Buick’s compact Verano sedan. We drove an all-wheel-drive Encore Premium whose window sticker you can view here.Įven in its undersized field, the Encore is the runt of the litter, with an overall length less than 169 inches. Base, Convenience, Leather and Premium trim levels are available with front- or all-wheel drive compare them here. That brings us back to the Encore - a premium little trucklet with bona fide luxury options. The exact parameters for this class are blurry: Base prices and features overlap with everyman crossovers like the larger Ford Escape and Volkswagen Tiguan, while well-equipped models encroach on Audi Q5 and Acura RDX territory. The new segment includes the likes of a BMW X1 and the forthcoming Audi Q3 and Lincoln MKC. If the 2013 Buick Encore is a sign of more bite-sized premium crossovers to come, car shoppers have plenty to look forward to. To see what’s new for 2014, click here, or check out a side-by-side comparison of the two model years. Little of substance has changed with this year’s model. ![]() Editor’s note: This review was written in April 2013 about the 2013 Buick Encore. ![]()
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