After three years on the market and quickly becoming the brand's best-selling model, Buick's bread-and-butter Encore showed off its mid-cycle refresh in an early reveal at the 2016 New York International Auto Show. The bread hasn't changed – there are no major changes to chassis, suspension or powertrains – but the butter is new. The 2017 model rec

That a small Buick would sell in North America seemed a doubtful prospect to some a few years ago but, in the midst of a product turnaround conceived to boost sales and attract younger buyers, Buick's small cars turned out to be its strongest assets in 2014. The Verano alone accounted for well over a third of the brand's sales last year, which is

Vehicle Type Compact Luxury Sedan Interestingly, many owners say they shopped the Verano as an alternative to the Chevrolet Cruze, or upgraded from one. History / Summary Designed to bring Buick’s knack for value and comfort to the compact luxury car scene, the Verano launched in 2011 as a 2012 model, and carries on in its initial gener

With the plethora of new sub-compact CUVs now on the market, the Buick Encore offers something most of the others don’t. And that would be a hushed cabin, silky ride and near-luxury appointments. Especially in this upper-trim FWD Premium model that carries a list of $33,175. For those looking to downsize from larger cushy CUVs, stepping into the En

The latest iteration of Buick’s sales-superstar crossover, the Enclave, has now hit the market. Here’s a luxury road-yacht whose recent to-do list included items like “get bigger”, “get sexier”, “be smarter”, and “look ritzy, but not ‘I pay for Starbucks with loose diamonds’ ritzy.” Here’s an American luxury crossover cabin where leather flows

Photos don’t really do the Buick Regal Turbo justice. It’s got really alluring lines that connect the whole car and make it seem really cute and playful. It might be the best executed sedan design in the entire GM lineup – and yes, I’m including the Cadillac range in that. So kudos to Buick for designing a properly attractive little sedan. In

In a bid to boost the appeal of its flagship sedan, Buick is giving its 2017 Buick LaCrosse flagship an update that includes a nine-speed transmission and an optional hybrid powertrain. The news comes from GM Authority, which got a peak at a LaCrosse 2018 order guide showing the deletion of the eight-speed in the current car with a nine-speed a

Buick's mid-size Regal Sportback moves into its second year on the market with a new flagship trim, becoming the brand's third Canadian model to adopt the upscale Avenir designation. The General Motors brand says the decision to extend its use of the Avenir trim to its least-expensive car model reflects its success in Buick's other model lines. T

Buick has just revealed a concept electric SUV that will debut at the Beijing auto show. And if this is a look at where Buick styling is headed, then we like that direction. The Enspire concept takes the styling of the Avenir and Avista concepts and turns it into a crossover. The vehicle manages to look sharp and curvy, depending on the angle. Th

Review by Jacob Black, photos courtesy of GM. The flagship Buick has a big upgrade for 2017. An all-new chassis and engine plus twin-clutch AWD system and eight-speed automatic are at the heart of the new LaCrosse. Buick told us they had four focus areas to improve: performance, ride and handling, quietness, and safety; though it was obvious tha

An all-new Opel Insignia station wagon looks to be on its way to North America as a variant of the next-generation Buick Regal dubbed TourX, which we expect will be marketed as a competitor for Audi's A4 Allroad and the forthcoming Mercedes-Benz E-Class All-Terrain and Volvo V90 XC . Recently revealed ahead of its official debut at next mont

Buick is replacing their aging but still popular full-size Enclave SUV . The all-new Enclave is the last stage of a lineup refresh that saw all of Buick's lineup replaced in the last two years. The brand is also using the new vehicle to launch their new Avenir top trim level. Think of it like Buick's version of GMC's Denali and you won't be fa

Update (April 5, 2017): GM has stated that the mention of the GS trim on the Buick website was an error. We've updated the article to reflect this information. WARREN, Michigan – Buick as a whole is a brand on the rise. Sure, a disproportionate amount of its 2016 global sales of 1.4 million units happened in China, but GM’s middle-child brand (no

My 89-year-old dad is not a car guy. Yet, within the first few metres of driving in the 2017 Buick Envision Preferred AWD , he pretty much wrote my review. “It’s very smooth and quiet, isn’t it?” The Envision waves the old Buick colours loud and proud. Comfort is in, canyon carving is out. This is the anti-Nürburgring-brouhaha crossover, and w

The secret to a truly social environment, Buick tells us, is silence. And so, in an effort to promote that social environment, Buick attacked its ground-up redesign of the 10-year-old Enclave with a team of sound engineers. "When you do things right, people won’t be sure you’ve done anything at all." Together, they triple-laminated the wind