The Encore GX has only been partially crash tested since it’s a new model. With our week in an all-wheel drive Essence which comes standard with the large 1.3L engine and 9-speed automatic, we averaged. With the slightly larger 1.3-liter engine, it’s pegged at 30/32/31 mpg with front-wheel drive, and 26/29/28 mpg with all-wheel drive. The EPA rates the Encore GX with the 1.2-liter turbo-3 at 28 mpg city, 31 highway, 29 combined.
In every version, the Buick Encore GX earns 30 mpg highway or more. In all, the Encore GX tames the road much better than the standard Encore. While engine noise is muted, the suspension thunks as the tires try to cope with potholes and steel patches. The GX’s light steering doesn’t deliver much feel, though the brake-pedal feedback is tuned well. It takes a more stable set as speeds rise on wide, long curves and outshines the old Encore, which carries into 2020 in a few low-priced trims. It’s absorbent enough on city roads, and mostly calm at highway speeds on decent roads. Ride quality trumps handling with the Encore GX. The Encore GX weighs from 3,025 to 3,273 pounds, and some models can tow up to 1,000 pounds. The automatic acts nearly invisibly, an exception among small cars and there’s even a button to change gears. Behind plenty of sound deadening, the engine sounds well-muted under hard acceleration.
We drove the 9-speed auto version, which makes the most of the low-rev torque peak and extracts a 0-60 mph time quoted by Buick at about eight seconds. A $395 option, it’s paired with a CVT as a front-driver, but gains a 9-speed automatic with all-wheel drive. That 1.3-liter turbo-3 develops 155 hp and 174 lb-ft of torque. We haven’t driven this version yet, but the differences should be minimal with the larger-displacement engine. Buick quotes it at 137 hp and 162 pound-feet of torque, and offers it only with front-wheel drive and a CVT. A 1.2-liter turbo-3 engine anchors the Encore GX lineup. With a pair of new turbo-3 engines, the Buick Encore GX goes down on cylinder count but up on driving pleasure. The Encore GX taps three cylinders for point-and-shoot performance. A Sport Touring package dresses it up with gloss wheels, body-colored fender arches, and a black mesh grille with red accents. The proportions aren’t much different from those of the older Encore, but a spline of chrome, a rib at the rear roof pillar, and the choice of a black-painted roof make better sense of the short dimensions of the GX. Three sculpted lines carve some visual weight out of its doors, and the beltline rises gradually to the rear end. It’s a more appealing shape, front to back, with a broad single-wing grille and slim LED headlights that frame its nose.
Buick’s older Encore seemed too tall and too stubby not so much longer or wider, the Encore GX has proportions and details that look way better. The Buick Encore GX fashions itself as an upscale hatchback.
BUICK ENCORE GX 2020 ANDROID
With standard touchscreen infotainment, power features, newly standard wireless Apple CarPlay and Android Auto, and options for Bose audio and a panoramic roof, we think the best Encore GX is the Select trim, with a sticker price near $27,000. The 2020 models range from about $26,000 to more than $34,000. Every Encore GX has automatic emergency braking, while blind-spot monitors and adaptive cruise control are available but limited crash test data exists. It rides well without handling like a much larger vehicle. Teamed with a continuously variable automatic transmission (CVT) in front-wheel-drive or a 9-speed automatic in all-wheel drive, the powertrain lays down eight-second 0-60 mph times, plenty for the Encore GX’s commuter-car mission. A lower-output 1.2-liter version comes standard, but a $395 upcharge brings the Encore GX a better-tuned 1.3-liter turbo-3 with 155 horsepower and ample low-end torque. A turbo-3 engine powers the Encore GX, and it’s more impressive than the 4-cylinder it replaces.
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