2025 Buick Envision Interior, Redesign, MPG
2025 Buick Envision Interior, Redesign, MPG – The Envision has been a steady seller for Buick since it launched in Canada in 2016, but it’s already been completely eclipsed by the Encore GX that offers a more interesting shape and lower price without sacrificing much size. On the receiving end of a complete rethink, the 2025 Buick Envision enters its second generation with a new style and a chance to separate itself from its slightly smaller sibling.
2025 Buick Envision Redesign and Update Plan
Exterior and Interior
The climate control system’s piano-key-style buttons are easy to see and use in all lighting conditions, and it (along with the heated steering wheel) did a great job of keeping the cabin cozy. While not exactly weak, the heated seats weren’t especially hot and needed to be left on for extended periods during testing. Given temperatures were hovering around freezing instead of far below it, they don’t bode well for proper January freezes. The driver’s seat itself does offer plenty of cushioning and a bottom bolster that’s well suited for folks of all shapes and sizes.
Despite Buick’s active noise cancellation and acoustic isolation, both wind and road noise were in abundance during testing. Equipped with all-season tires on a surprisingly warm spring day, road noise remained high at highway speeds. In the smaller GX, with its far more raucous three-cylinder, the function does an excellent job of taming noises.
Ride quality is slightly stiff, though it still offers good compliance and the overall ride is greatly improved over the model it replaces. The floatiness over bumps and dips so common in crossovers this size is minimised here, and while harsh impacts don’t disappear completely they are transmitted mostly through sound rather than feel. Adaptive dampers are available, but only as an option on the top-of-the-line Avenir trim.
2025 Buick Envision Specs
The suite of standard active safety features is a big plus at the entry point for the Envision’s pricing, as are the standard heated wheel and heated front seats. Remote start, dual-zone climate control, and a foot-activated tailgate help give Buick a high score in this category, as does the ability to add the panoramic roof to all trims. What’s holding it back, again, is limiting active cruise to a package on the top trim. It’s a popular feature that is included at a much lower point on most competitors.
Engine and Performance
A new 2.0L turbocharged four-cylinder engine delivers 228 hp and 258 lb-ft of torque from an ultra-low 1,500 rpm, combining with a nine-speed automatic transmission to give the Envision loads of shove when it’s needed. It’s a quiet engine that doesn’t mind spinning to higher revs, staying refined as the output increases. While there is a sport mode that changes the shift points, even in its default setting the nine-speed does an excellent job of downshifting at no more than a brush of the accelerator and holding gears when it thinks some enthusiastic driving is in the offing.
It means excellent throttle response and minimal turbo lag, with a pleasant surge of torque if you use the manual paddles to keep the Envision in a higher gear. In normal driving, though, the transmission’s preference to keep the engine spinning around 3,000 rpm for long periods felt odd for what is aimed at being a quiet, refined ride, and likely leads to increased fuel use and cabin noise.
2025 Buick Envision Fuel Economy
With the ability to lock the Envision in front-wheel drive to reduce consumption, fuel economy gets a boost from not having to spin all of the extra driveline parts all of the time. It’s officially rated to return 10.5 L/100 km in the city and 8.2 on the highway, with my own 400 km of mixed highway and backroads driving delivering an indicated 8.0 L/00 km. 2025 Buick Envision Interior
2025 Buick Envision Safety Features
Buick includes a host of driver assistance features like automatic emergency braking, front pedestrian detection as well as automatic high-beams, and rear parking sensors. Still, limiting availability of adaptive cruise control is a tough pill to swallow. Surround-view cameras are optional on the Essence and Avenir, while a digital rear-view rear mirror is available in the Avenir. Of course, a government-mandated back-up camera is standard. 2025 Buick Envision Interior
2025 Buick Envision Price and Release Date
The 2025 Buick Envision has a great visual presence and offers a cabin that’s wonderfully isolated from road feel – even if it isn’t from road and wind noise – while offering better-than-average performance, snappy shifting, and impressive fuel economy. However, its small-ish cabin and limited technology outside the top trim puts the model in a strange place, with the Encore GX sitting beside it at the Buick store that’s quieter, has a smaller footprint, and uses less fuel, all for less money.
Against other crossovers with a similar footprint and focus, like Mazda’s CX-5, the Envision offers a more relaxed experience with excellent usability from behind the wheel. If you’re looking for a small crossover that falls between more mainstream models and the likes of Lexus and Acura, with a price tag closer to the mainstream but more premium styling and interior amenities, the 2025 Envision has strong appeal. 2025 Buick Envision Interior
The Envision starts at a little less than $36,000 before freight and taxes for a front-drive Preferred model ($38,098 for AWD), which does make it a bargain against the similarly powerful CX-5. But features like adaptive cruise control are only offered in the top Avenir trim and still require a pricey options package, putting it well over the CX-5 Signature and its more premium cabin materials. This Essence trim, in black with the Sport Touring package and panoramic sunroof, wears a sticker of $42,983 before the $1,900 destination charge and tax.
