The all-new Buick Encore GX is a truly premium SUV. With the standard advanced technologies, a fresh take on Buick styling, and refinements only our brand can offer, this vehicle helps ensure you live your best life.
Encore GX Models
Encore GM Preferred
- StabiliTrak
- Intelligent Stop/Start with Disable Switch
- Electro-Hydraulic Boost Brake System
- Brake drying and cleaning
- Engine air filter monitoring
- Duralife brake rotors with brake lining wear indicator
- Trailering provision
- New horizontal grille, fog lights, 18-inch aluminum wheels
- Body-colour front and rear bumpers, door handles with chrome accents
- Power-adjustable, heated outside rearview mirrors
- LED daytime running lamps
- Cold Weather Comfort: Driver 8 Way Power Seat Adjuster, Remote Vehicle Starter, Heated driver and front passenger seats, SiriusXM Radio
- Leather-wrapped steering wheel
- Premium cloth and leatherette seating
- Flat-folding front passenger seats
- Extended range keyless entry with push button start
- Buick QuietTuning Technology
- Tire fill alert, capless fuel fill
- Front & rear window Express-Down
- Automatic on/off headlamps control
- Buick Driver Confidence: Automatic Emergency Braking, Front Pedestrian Braking, Forward Collision Alert, Following Distance Indicator, Lane Keep Assist with Lane Departure Warning, IntelliBeam Headlamps
- Rear Vision Camera
- Teen Driver Mode
- USB ports and USB connectivity ports for some devices
- 4.2-inch diagonal colour Driver Infotainment System, Includes multi-touch display
- Bluetooth connectivity and app integration
- Android Auto and Apple CarPlay capability for compatible phones.
- Built-in 4G LTE Wi-Fi Hotspot (data plan required)
- Buick Connected Access
Encore GX Select
encore gx select includes all encore gx preferred, with the addition or substitution of:
- 18-inch machined aluminum wheels with Dark Android High Glass painted pockets
- Roof rails
- Driver seat with 8-way power and 2-way power lumbar adjuster
- Second Row arm rest
- Automatic Dual-zone climate control
- Hands Free Power Liftgate
- Rear Cross Traffic Alert
- Lane Change Alert with Side Blind Zone Alert
Encore GX Essence
encore gx essence includes all Encore GX Select Preferred, with the addition or substitution of:
- Chrome insert front & rear bumpers
- Black Carbon Metallic bodyside mouldings
- LED headlamps and tail lamps
- Heated, leather-appointed steering wheel
- Leather-appointed seating
- Air Ionizer
- Driver-side presents for seat position, air conditioning and mirrors
- Front passenger seat with 6-way power and 2-way power lumbar adjuster
- Auto-dimming inside rearview mirror
- Universal home remote
- Hands Free Power Liftgate
- 120-volt outlet, rear of centre console
Explore Exterior
Premium Lighting: Stand out day or night with stylish headlight technology. When the sun is up the signature Daytime Running Lamps make your presence known and beginning at dusk the available LED headlamps illuminate the night with distinction.
Rear Design: The rear design of the Buick Encore GX brings its sleek and distinctive styling and poised, streamlined presence into sharp focus.
Available Hands-Free Power liftgate with LED Logo Projection: When your hands are full, let the available hands-free power liftgate with LED logo projection give you an assist. With the keyless entry fob in your pocket, simply kicking your foot under the logo projection provides access to the cargo area.
Explore Interior
Game-Changing Cargo Space: The first-ever Encore GX elevates weekend plans and celebrates your spontaneous impulses with its versatile cabin. GX has more than 50 cu. ft. of maximum cargo space, including an additional 69 mm (2.7 inches) of cargo height, when properly configured with the adjustable cargo area floor.
Panoramic Sunroof: Open and close the available panoramic sunroof with the touch of a button to expand your view and bring natural light into your cabin.
Spacious Centre Console: A large centre console provides generous storage for your snacks, sunglasses and other travel essentials. Plus, it serves as a full centre armrest that the driver and passenger can comfortably share.
Fits Your Life: Don’t go it alone. Hit the road with flexible seating for up to five and customization cargo options for the stuff you and the gang will need, to get the most out of where you’re going. No matter where you’re going or what you need, the versatility of the Encore GX makes it simple to customize your cargo space. The standard 40/60 split seats offer a diagonal cargo area for greater flexibility when paired with the front flat folding passenger seats.
Explore Safety
Buick Driver Confidence: Whether you’re navigating city traffic or backing our of a parking spot, these standard, integrated active safety technologies monitor your surrounding and can even alert you to potential hazards.
Rear Vision Camera: When in Reverse, the standard Rear Vision Camera, or available HD Rear Vision Camera, provides a display of the scene directly behind the vehicles to help you park and avoid objects when in Reverse at low speeds.
Forward Collision Alert and Automatic Emergency Braking: Forward Collision Alert can alert you when a front-end collision is detected to be imminent with a vehicle ahead of you. Automatic Emergency Braking can help reduce the collision’s severity or avoid the collision by automatically applying hard emergency braking if you have not already, or by enhancing driver hard braking.
Lane Keep Assist with Lane Departure Warning: This technology can help you avoid crashes due to unintentionally drifting out of your lane by providing gentle steering-wheel turns when the system detects out of your lane with no turn signal or steering activity. It can also provides Lane Departure Warning alerts when a lane maker is crossed.
Following Distance Indicators: This feature can provide you with the following gap time (or headway) to a moving vehicle you are detected to be following to help you know if you are following much too closely.
New IntelliBeam Headlamps: To enhance night time visibility, IntelliBeam automatically turns on the headlamps’ high beams when sensors detect appropriate ambient light conditions and then turns the high beams off as conditions change, such as when another vehicle is approaching.
Front Pedestrian Braking: Front Pedestrian Braking can alert you when a collision is detected to be imminent with a pedestrian directly ahead, at speeds below 80 kph. It can also help reduce the collision’s severity or avoid the collision by automatically applying hard emergency braking if you have not already, or by enhancing driver hard braking. Performance is limited at night.
Explore Technology
Available Wireless Smartphone Charging: Available on select models (only available on Essence trim level) wireless charging helps your smartphone powered and your cabin clutter-free. Simply place your compatible device on the pad in the open storage bin and let it recharge.
Available Head-Up Display: With the touch of a button the available Head-Up Display (HUD) makes sure you have clear view of key information. Simply look ahead at the end of the road, and see the information displayed conveniently in your field of vision.
Rear Camera Mirror: Rear Camera Mirror allows you to use either a traditional inside mirror or rear-view camera mirror display that provides a wide, less obstructed field of view to check for traffic. Available zoom and vertical tilt adjustment add even more ways to see what’s around you.
Built-in 4G LTE Wi-Fi Hotspot (Data Plan Required): Stay connected with available built-in 4G LTE Wi-Fi Hotspot (data plan required). The connection can support up to seven devices so the whole gang can stream, surf and post to their heart’s content when you’re on the go.
Apple CarPlay and Android Auto Compatibility: Enjoy easy access to your iPhone’s music and maps, make phone calls, send hand free messages and more – all through your vehicle’s touch-screen or with your voice through Siri. Connect your compatible Android smartphone to make calls, access your favourite apps, send hands free messages and listen to music through the touch-screen or with hands-free, voice-activated technology.
Powertrains
Standard Turbo Engine with Stop/Start:
- Right-sized and balanced to provide good low-end torque as well as high engine performance
- Only available on Preferred FWD Trim
FWD:
- 137 HP (102 kW) @ 5,000 RPM
- 167 lb.-ft. or torque (220 Nm) @ 2,500 RPM
- Continuously Variable Transmission (CVT)
Premium Turbo Engine with Stop/Start:
- Optimized with efficiency-enhancing technologies for responsive performance
- Standard engine on Preferred AWD, Select and Essence trims
AWD:
- 155 HP (115 kW) @ 5,600 RPM
- 174 lb.-ft. or torque (236 Nm) @1,500 RPM
- Equipped with 9-speed automatic transmission
Encore GX Sport Touring
Let your true colours fly with the available Sport Touring package, designed to put a sporty spin on the first-ever Encore GX. Striking design cues such as high-gloss black grille with red accents, body-colour front and rear bumpers and body-colour lower cladding reveal your body sense of style.
Hit The Trails, Waves or Snow
The Sport Touring package’s standard integrated roof rails make it easy to take your gear where you need it most.
Exclusive Black Roof
The available Sport Touring package arrives with an unmistakably distinctive look thanks to its available black panel roof. From the top of the windshield to the rear liftgate hinge, the Sport Touring sporty blackout look ups the stakes on its bold design.
Streamlined Profile
Crisp body lines, artfully sculpted to provide aerodynamic performance create a dramatic light-catching effect that conveys a sense of motion.
