Dude GM is lazy and you know it. How do you feel about the Regal in GS trim? Now ask yourself why GM hasn't placed some of the engines from the ATS/CTS in the GS and REALLY make it a special model. I can't believe somebody said they would like a compact "luxury" suv crossover WITH a diesel, and some GM executive…

Why is it a Buick tho dude? Think about it. Lets say the small Diesel is great and has decent power and MPGs. Thats nice but why put it into this? The mindset of the Buick buyer isn't switching to diesel. I'm just saying that if GM wants to build a micro suv fine, and if they want to build a small diesel then…

There is NOTHING "first in its niche" about a compact suv crossover. What you meant to say was first in its niche FOR GM. EVERYBODY KNOWS GM does large SUVs well. When I think of small crossover suv I don't automatically think Buick, and the Encore isn't going to change that thinking. What age group/type of buyer…

How is this not badge engineering by Buick when the Encore is based on a Sonic, and the Enclave is based off a Traverse? Maybe YOU should look up the definition. The life cycle of the Encore is REALLY this: Aveo-Aveo2-Sonic-Encore. Any time a Korean car is imported and re-badged its not good. Also as for your…

Ok, listen, the Encore is the Sonic, just as the Enclave is the Traverse. I get them confused sometimes (traverse/equinox). Of course I know Buick's lineup, I have a grandma and she drives a brand new LaCrosse…..

EXACTLY!!! "They aren't really drivers cars". Then what the hell is this cars purpose then?

OK, in the article its stated this is based on the Sonic, I never said the sonic was an SUV. I drive one btw…. Everyone knows the Encore could be taken seriously if it was a Saturn, but its not. Something specific? Poor performance AND small interior space. Is this really what you expect from GMs "upscale" brand?…

The Sonic platform is KOREAN, and its driving dynamics feel like it. "Good enough" should not be in GMs vocabulary anymore. That thinking is what cause people who are under 40 to HATE Buick.

Just because people buy something doesn't mean its good. Thats the kind of thinking that tanked GM in the first place. The cars that people were buying in the 80s and 90s from GM were crap but they were still selling. Would it KILL Buick to be original and come out with a Buick-only compact suv? Instead they…

No, the Lexus ES is based on the Camry (not an economy car), tho I think that might have changed recently. Have you ever driven a Sonic OR Encore? My point is Badge engineering was bad for GM mid 2000s and its bad for them now.

I agree they have nicer interiors, but the way they drive is going to be the same.

It sells because it is a cheap economy car underneath. The does not bode well for GM in the long run, as they are trying to shed that image correct?

A diesel nobody wants in a crossover nobody wants. Typical GM.

THey should have given it sliding doors and called it the Quest lol.

Oh yea the graffiti made her grasp the pole for dear life lol

Camry?!?!

Its completely racist. The old woman is practically cowering from the black men. Its not the graffiti thats bothering her….

What keeps people from getting the parts off those cars engines and putting them on their own cars?

No you aren't. The front of the CLA looks like its too big. Maybe its the wheels? Maybe the headlights are too big or something. The proportions are off.

Not the white one!!!!!!