![]() ![]() The 2024 Buick Envista goes on sale this summer. ST models cost $25,195 while top Avenir grades cost $29,695.Ĭompetitors range from the 2023 Mazda CX-30 to the 2023 Volvo XC40. Automatic emergency braking, active lane control, and automatic high beams also come standard. Sold in Preferred, Sport Touring(ST), and Avenir trims, every 2024 Buick Envista comes with an 11.0-inch touchscreen beside a digital instrument cluster under one piece of curved glass that measures 19.0 inches diagonal. It rides on front struts and a solid rear axle, except for the top Avenir trim and its rear Watts link setup. It employs a 136-hp 1.2-liter turbo-3 paired with a 6-speed automatic transmission in front-wheel drive only. Buick did not say if it would get an electric option, but the first year of Envista propulsion will be by an underwhelming powertrain. It's interesting that the Envista wears some of the aerodynamic design language of an electric vehicle concept. Buick has a tendency of designing jaw-dropping concepts with scant traces of their DNA in production models. ![]() Modeled after Buick's Wildcat EV concept unveiled last year, the Envista looks more modern even if it looks nothing like the EV concept. The advantage of the Envista in Buick's lineup then is its price and its style. Rear headroom in the Envista is 37.3 inches without the optional moonroof (worse with it), but rear legroom stretches out to 38.7 inches. The passenger area in the Envista is better for the long-legged, short-torsoed among us. The Envision is a couple cubic feet larger. That's way smaller than the boxier Encore GX at 23.5/50.2 cubic feet. The Envista has 20.7 cubic feet of cargo space behind the 60/40-split three seats in back, or 42.0 cubic feet when folded down. And the GX is available in a choice of trim levels. The downside to the design is less cargo space and rear headroom. The Encore is smaller and older than the GX, although the GX still comes in below the compact Buick Envision crossover. The design compromises the sporty look of a coupe with the taller ride height that has helped make crossovers so popular. The raked windshield then flows back over an arched roof that resolves at the available tailgate spoiler (ST models) of an even more raked rear windshield. In profile, it has a short dash-to-axle ratio, where the windshield or A-pillar ends near the front axle. We've seen this film before, just never on a small Buick. The 2024 Envista adopts a coupe-like profile popular with German crossover SUVs from BMW, Mercedes, and Audi, and now spreading to others, such as the Genesis GV80 Coupe concept shown off this month at the New York auto show. ![]()
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