2025 Buick Electra Specs, Engine, Redesign

2025 Buick Electra Specs, Engine, 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. 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 Redesign and Update Plan

Exterior and Interior

The Essence trim is the entry point to the Electra lineup, but it feels far from entry-level in its equipment offerings. Standard heated front seats and steering wheel and leather trim throughout are nice touches, and there’s also onboard navigation, an upgraded audio system, and a dual panel power sunroof, though costs were clearly cut by making only the back portion’s sunshade power actuated. Second-row captain’s chairs, plus three-zone climate control and six different USB charge ports, ensure passengers beyond the front row are well-treated, too.

2025 Buick Electra Specs

The XT6 Sport is the top trim available but it still requires add-on packages to get standout features like a heated steering wheel, rear-view mirror camera, automatic parking assistant, head-up display, surround-view recording (kind of like a dashcam), surround-view parking cameras, and more.

It would have been nice to see more of these features as standard in the top trim. Wireless Apple CarPlay and Android Auto are included, and Super Cruise, the brand’s hands-free highway driving assistance system, is also available as an add-on. It’s basically an advanced autonomous cruise control system that uses sensors and GPS data to keep a safe distance between you and the cars around you, as well as follow any bends in the road.

Super Cruise works exactly as it should, allowing people to drive without hands on the steering wheel or any driver input on certain highways, with sensors tracking a driver’s face to ensure they’re still paying attention. I wish it felt a bit more natural and left more space for large semi-trucks in the next lane when safe instead of focusing solely on staying centred in the lines. Not surprisingly, the system will force a driver to take control if there’s construction or any abnormalities that it doesn’t recognize. 2025 Buick Electra Specs

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’s 266.

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 Fuel Economy

At 2,072 kg (4,568 lb), the Electra 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 only requests regular unleaded fuel, and with a class-leading 83-L fuel tank, it has good range between fills. 2025 Buick Electra Specs

2025 Buick Electra Safety Features

The Electra 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 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 Specs

2025 Buick Electra Price and Release Date

Starting at just over $50,000, the Electra 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. The 2022 Electra Essence offers solid value and decent usability, making it at least worthy of a look. And for buyers simply wanting an SUV with classic styling and controls that don’t require a computer engineering degree, Buick’s Electra may just be the top choice.  2025 Buick Electra Specs