What’s New for the Redesigned 2024 Buick Encore GX?
Buick is known for elevating your experience behind the wheel, but no vehicle has redefined the drive like the new Encore GX. This subcompact SUV, while small in stature, makes a big impact – one that’s sure to turn heads the moment you roll onto the scene.
Refreshed inside and out, the 2024 Buick Encore GX line-up is now more stylish than ever before. In addition to aesthetic improvements, each trim has been updated with a new infotainment system and all the latest technology.
Read on to learn more about the 2024 Buick Encore GX!
2024 Buick Encore GX Trim Levels and Key Features
With a roomy cabin designed to comfortably seat five, the 2024 Encore GX boasts a ride quality more luxurious than its price tag suggests. 60/40-split folding rear seats allow easy access to storage, maxing out at 50.2 cubic feet of cargo space.
In terms of trim level, the fan-favorite Preferred returns for 2024. The remaining trims have been renamed and remodeled, with last year’s Select now the Sport Touring and the top-tier Essence now the Avenir. Choose from the following:
Buick Encore GX Preferred
This budget-friendly base model features some exciting updates for 2024, including an 8-inch driver information display, 11-inch color infotainment touchscreen, wireless Apple CarPlay and Android Auto, Bluetooth audio streaming and SiriusXM 360L. In addition to all the top tech, this small SUV stands out with a sporty grille, sleek silhouette, and 18-inch bright silver alloy wheels.
Plus, it comes standard with the following safety and driver assistance features: automatic emergency braking with pedestrian detection, forward collision warning, lane-keeping assist with lane-departure alert, lane-change alert with a blind-spot monitor, rear cross-traffic alert, and more!
Buick Encore GX Sport Touring
This all-new trim has been boldly styled with black wheels, a gloss-black grille, and blacked-out accents that give it a chic yet sporty vibe. Built off the Preferred model, the Sport Touring trim also comes equipped with a roof rack, LED taillights, a flat-bottom steering wheel, and more! Additional packages are available, like the Experience Buick package that adds a power moonroof and larger, 19-inch gloss black wheels.
Buick Encore GX Avenir
The Avenir trim takes luxury to the next level, offering a refined driving experience like never before. Drivers will enjoy upscale leather upholstery in Ebony and Whisper Beige, memory driver’s seat, heated front seats, a heated steering wheel, an auto-dimming rearview mirror, and a convenient remote start. Adaptive cruise control is available as well, joining the comprehensive suite of driver assistance features outlined in the trims above.
2024 Buick Encore GX Performance
Two engine options are available, both ensuring the Encore GX is fun to drive yet fuel efficient.
- Standard ECOTEC 1.2L Turbo
- 137 horsepower
- 162 lb-ft of torque
- CVT automatic transmission and front-wheel drive standard
- 29/31 mpg city/highway
- Available ECOTEC 1.3L Turbo
- 155 horsepower
- 174 lb-ft of torque
- CVT automatic transmission and front-wheel drive standard
- 9-speed automatic transmission and all-wheel drive available
- 29/32 mpg city/highway with FWD
2024 Buick Encore GX Infotainment
2024 models now feature a 19-inch digital dashboard with an 11-inch infotainment touchscreen and an 8.0-inch gauge display. These more expansive screens display the latest in connectivity, including wireless Apple CarPlay and Android Auto, with a wireless smartphone charging pad available for drivers’ convenience.
A Subcompact SUV with Sophisticated Style
Note the following eye-catching updates to the Encore GX’s exterior design:
- Sleeker exterior lighting
- Revamped front and rear bumpers
- Sportier grille
- Signature check mark-shaped daytime running lamps
- New wheel designs
- 18-inch Bright Silver alloy standard for Preferred
- 18-inch Gloss Black aluminum standard for Sport Touring
- 19-inch Premium Pearl Nickel aluminum standard on Avenir
- Buick’s updated Tri-Shield logo on the hood and rear
2024 Buick Encore GX Safety Features
Buick Driver Confidence, a suite of six safety and driver-assistance technologies, also comes standard, including the following:
- Forward Collision Alert
- Lane departure warning
- Automatic emergency braking
- Following distance indicator
- Front pedestrian braking
- Intellibeam Auto high beams
Buick’s available Teen Driver technology is a major asset for parents, allowing them to monitor new drivers from beyond the passenger seat. Parents can set limits or alerts on features like radio volume and top speed, while Buckle to Drive keeps teens from shifting out of park until they’ve fastened their seat belt.