2025 Buick Electra E5 Price, MPG, Redesign

2025 Buick Electra E5 Price, MPG, Redesign  –  Despite all the unpleasantries associated with aging – chiropractor visits, reading glasses, and hearing aids, for example – there are some pluses, too. For instance, maturity can make us more practical, eschewing the trivialities of fashion for a greater appreciation of sensible attire.

Cargo shorts and white New Balance sneakers are useful and comfortable, oozing the same sort of sensibility that helps one appreciate the 2025 Buick Electra E5. It’s a machine that’s not going to earn a coveted spot beside the valet stand, but it’s practical, and does exactly what’s expected of it. Finished in entry-level Essence trim, it also manages to remain simple yet stuffed with features.

2025 Buick Electra E5 Redesign and Update Plan

Exterior and Interior

Although the Essence trim is the base model in the Electra E5 series, its equipment feels far above entry-level. Notable features include the dual panel power sunroof, enhanced audio system, onboard navigation, and standard heated front seats and steering wheel with leather trim.

However, it’s evident that expenses were minimized by limiting the power actuation of the sunshade to the back section. In addition to six separate USB charging points, three-zone climate control, and second-row captain’s chairs guarantee that passengers beyond the front row are as well-cared for.

2025 Buick Electra E5 Specs

Front- and second-row occupants are afforded abundant head-, shoulder-, and legroom, and while the third row offers seatbelts for three across and more space than is found in the Kia Telluride or Toyota Highlander, it’d be snug for a trio of grown-ups to sit back there for anything other than a quick trip.

Instead, it’s better to keep the third row folded flat and take advantage of the Electra E5’s colossal cargo space that’ll allow a family of four (and their dog) to over-pack and still find room for everything. Even with the third-row seats up, there’s an impressive 668 L of volume available, and with both middle and rear rows folded flat that total grows to a whopping 2,758 L. The Electra E5 loses some practicality points for the weight and awkwardness of collapsing or raising those rear seats, though. Fitted with the optional tow package, the Electra E5 is rated to haul up to 2,268 kg (5,000 lb) and includes heavy-duty engine cooling and a clever hitch-view feature for the back-up camera.

Engine and Performance

With 310 hp, the Buick’s 3.6L V6 rates among the most powerful in its class. It’s a class that overwhelmingly favours V6s of a similar size, with most of them putting out between 270 and 290 hp, and torque figures around the 260–270 lb-ft range, like the Electra E5’s 266.  2025 Buick Electra E5 Price

It’s enough power to get the big Buick up and cruising quickly, but many motorists have grown to enjoy the immediacy and low-end responsiveness of smaller turbocharged engines these days, against which the normally aspirated Buick V6 feels somewhat sluggish pulling away from a standstill. Once up to speed, it’s a smooth engine that cruises beautifully on the highway, and offers ample passing power, and, for the most part, the nine-speed automatic transmission does its thing seamlessly, too.

2025 Buick Electra E5 Fuel Economy

At 2,072 kg (4,568 lb), the Electra E5 is among the heavier cruisers in its class, which contributes to a fuel consumption level that’s thirstier than most of its rivals. Its city rating of 13.6 L/100 km is particularly high in the class, but it’s competitive with most on the highway at 9.6 L/100 km. The Buick’s overall combined rate of 11.8 L/100 km is 1.5 L more than a V6-powered Toyota Highlander or the Ford Explorer and its turbocharged four-cylinder. Fortunately, the Electra E5 only requests regular unleaded fuel, and with a class-leading 83-L fuel tank, it has good range between fills.  2025 Buick Electra E5 Price

2025 Buick Electra E5 Safety Features

The Electra E5 comes with a generous list of standard safety features that starts with seven airbags, as well as blind spot monitoring and lane-keeping assist, plus rear traffic detection and automated braking. When optioned with adaptive cruise control, the Electra E5 also receives an enhanced automated braking system, plus a 3D camera view around the vehicle when parking.

Buick has added a standard rear seat monitoring system, and a Teen Driver mode that lets parents set various parameters (like speed or volume limits) associated with one of the key fobs, and track the driving habits of those using that key.  2025 Buick Electra E5 Price

2025 Buick Electra E5 Price and Release Date

Starting at just over $50,000, the Electra E5 Essence is highly competitive in the mainstream three-row SUV class, but then all the major players are priced within a thousand or two of this, depending on the trim specified.

Still, a similarly equipped Highlander Limited or award-winning Kia Telluride undercut the Buick by a couple of grand, and arguably offer as much practicality, refinement, and features, plus more contemporary designs. With a brand that still tends to appeal to an older demographic, many younger buyers shopping the three-row SUV segment may not have Buick on their radar. 2025 Buick Electra E5 Price