2025 Buick Encore GX Sport Touring Dimensions, MSRP, Pictures
2025 Buick Encore GX Sport Touring Dimensions, MSRP, Pictures – In a very odd marketing decision, the 2025 Buick Encore GX isn’t just another trim level on its popular subcompact sport-ute. Instead, it’s an all-new model, slotting in between the smaller Encore and the larger Envision, with the “GX” standing for Grand Crossover. Built in Korea, the Encore GX comes in three trim levels, starting with the Preferred that’s $26,098 for a front-wheel-drive model, and $28,098 for all-wheel drive (AWD). The other two are AWD-only: Select at $30,098, and my Essence tester at $32,598. The one I tested had three option packs, bringing it to $37,183 before freight and taxes.
2025 Buick Encore GX Sport Touring Redesign and Update Plan
Exterior and Interior
Despite its relatively small size, the Encore GX has some tricks up its sleeve for handling whatever you need to carry. The cargo floor can be removed and slid into one of two height positions – although there’s a spare tire under it, rather than a bunch of storage cubbies. The second-row seats are easy to fold, and they go down flat. That lets you carry long loads almost the length of the cabin, and without damage that you might get on a cloth-backed chair. There’s also a fair amount of cubby space for small items as well. 2025 Buick Encore GX Sport Touring Dimensions
2025 Buick Encore GX Sport Touring Specs
All trim levels include heated front seats, an eight-way power driver’s seat, and a remote starter, and while the base Preferred has “semi-automatic” climate control, the Select and Essence have a dual-zone automatic system. All trims also include Apple CarPlay, Android Auto, OnStar, and “Teen Driver,” which restricts speed, stereo volume, and seatbelt use, and gives a “report card” of what a young driver did while using the vehicle.
I’d have given the Encore GX a higher score for its features list, but its options are scattered across pricey packages. If you want a panoramic sunroof, you need the $2,295 Experience Buick Package; it’s not a standalone option or part of any other bundles. For adaptive cruise control, rear park assist, and head-up display, you need the $2,195 Advanced Technology Package, but if you’d like the rear camera mirror along with those other driver assist items, now you need the $895 Convenience Package, too. Or if you want navigation and wireless charging, that’s two option bundles. (The Experience and Advanced both include navigation, so you get a discount when ordering both, as on my tester.) 2025 Buick Encore GX Sport Touring Dimensions
Engine and Performance
That’s decent power for a sport-ute this size, and when driven moderately – say, a daily commute – the Encore GX is peppy. It’s less satisfying for passing power, however. Put your foot down hard, and there’s an annoying dead spot as engine and transmission sort out how to react before they deliver a noisy spurt of acceleration. There’s a lot of sound deadening in the engine compartment, but that three-banger’s rough idle is evident as a low vibration through the steering wheel. 
2025 Buick Encore GX Sport Touring Fuel Economy
Removing a cylinder doesn’t make a huge difference, since the Encore GX’s fuel figures are close to or marginally better than most four-cylinder competitors. But I still found it sipped enough fuel to give it a good score. 2025 Buick Encore GX Sport Touring Dimensions
2025 Buick Encore GX Sport Touring Safety Features
All versions have emergency front braking with pedestrian recognition, lane-keeping assist, and automatic high-beam headlamps, with blind-spot monitoring available on the basic Preferred and standard on the Select and Essence. My car also has advanced safety technologies such as adaptive cruise control, rear park assist, a surround-view camera, a head-up display, and a rear camera mirror, which broadcasts a video of what’s behind you without the interference of window pillars or back-seat occupants. 2025 Buick Encore GX Sport Touring Dimensions
2025 Buick Encore GX Sport Touring Price and Release Date
Buick can be a bit tough to cross-shop, because it’s one of the few midrange entries where most multi-brand automakers have just mainstream and premium. Its AWD starting price of $28,098 is more than something like the Mazda CX-30, but much less than you’d pay for, say, a Volvo XC40 or Lexus UX. But that midrange classification also means that some premium features aren’t standard equipment, and they can be pricey to add in. My tester was nicely equipped, but felt a bit too expensive at $37,183. You’ll have to watch how you check the option boxes. 2025 Buick Encore GX Sport Touring Dimensions
