Right now Buick revealed the 2024 Envista, a brand new nameplate designed to rethink what a premium car might be in a white house of the small SUV phase. The Envista presents the cargo house and utility of an SUV, packaged inside sporty and glossy proportions sometimes present in a sedan.

“Buick helped outline the small SUV phase in 2012, and we’ve continued to make our choices much more aggressive since. The all-new Envista goes to shake up that phase as soon as once more,” mentioned Duncan Aldred, world vice chairman, Buick-GMC. “When you think about all of the Envista has to supply, from its gorgeous design, customary know-how and premium affordability, it’s going to be onerous to discover a higher bundle in that space of the market.”

The Envista might be some of the inexpensive SUVs within the phase, but it should nonetheless come customary with high-quality supplies, design and applied sciences. Beginning at $23,495¹, it’s a premium crossover designed to draw migrating sedan homeowners, younger professionals and small households to the Buick portfolio.

The Envista will are available three distinct trims, every with their very own distinctive persona: Most well-liked, Sport Touring (ST) and Avenir. This providing expands the favored, luxurious Avenir sub-brand throughout Buick’s whole portfolio.

Sculptural magnificence and new design

The Envista would be the first car to totally incorporate Buick’s new, fashionable design language, which was first proven to the world on the Wildcat EV idea final 12 months. This consists of the brand new face of Buick, that includes a low-profile silhouette and ahead leaning nostril. The brand new Buick emblem is now proudly mounted on the physique, instantly above a glossy, intricate grille design. This design cue is taken from heritage automobiles of Buick’s previous.

The physique aspect of the car encompasses sculptural magnificence with highly effective fender types and a sculpted waistline that create the notion of fluid movement. Vibrant trim exactly included across the glass provides to the car’s expressiveness by catching and reflecting mild at totally different angles.

The headlamps and taillamps evolve Buick’s signature wing lighting with a thinner and extra crisp kind. LED checkmark lamps are mounted excessive on the fascia, whereas different practical lighting is decrease on the physique, making a refined, layered look.

“The Envista represents a pure expression of Buick design,” mentioned Sharon Gauci, govt director, World Buick-GMC Design. “This isn’t your common small SUV. With its distinctive proportions, fashionable stance and glossy kind, the Envista takes Buick’s sculptural magnificence to the subsequent degree.”

In line with its sporty nature, all-black 18-inch wheels are customary on the ST trim, with 19-inch wheels out there. Bespoke Pearl Nickel 19-inch wheels are customary on the Avenir, elevating its premium persona.

Elevated inside, immersive know-how

Contained in the Envista, prospects might be stunned by the spaciousness and sense of lightness that flows all through. Lengthy home windows flood the cabin with mild, as materials and know-how developments allowed designers to maximise inside cabin house. Enabled by the lengthy wheelbase and environment friendly structure, the Envista presents the spaciousness and legroom usually seen in a lot bigger automobiles. It presents extra legroom than any prior Buick small SUV.

The Envista’s Ultrawide Infotainment Show embody 19 diagonal inches of mixed LCD screens that work collectively in concord. This technique is designed to encourage driver confidence with easy accessibility to car controls at their fingertips. Just like the 2024 Encore GX, the Envista has an 11-inch-diagonal infotainment display screen — the biggest within the phase².

The newest Buick infotainment system has been optimized to offer an enhanced consumer interface design, voice recognition and multimedia functions, making driver interplay simpler and extra intuitive.

Consideration to element is discovered all through the inside, whether or not that be by way of crafted colourful stitching on the seats, or Avenir and ST logos embroidered on the pinnacle restraints of their respective trims. Even a flat-bottom steering wheel is customary throughout all trims, offering prospects with a sporty and premium possibility not seen on this phase. All components of the Envista’s inside design are fastidiously curated, right down to even the smallest of touchpoints.

The cabin expertise is enhanced with Buick’s signature QuietTuning system, which helps forestall undesirable street noise from coming into the cabin for a serene and extra relaxed driving expertise.

Inspiring confidence, delivering consolation

The 2024 Envista will come customary with the Buick Driver Confidence bundle³. This bundle consists of six energetic security and driver help applied sciences reminiscent of Computerized Emergency Braking, Lane Hold Help with Lane Departure Warning, IntelliBeam auto high-beams and extra. A high-definition Rear Imaginative and prescient Digicam can also be customary.

The Envista will even supply out there security³ and driver help applied sciences reminiscent of Lane Change Alert with Facet Blind Zone Alert, Adaptive Cruise Management and Rear Cross Site visitors Alert.

A 40/60-split folding second row permits for storage of things as much as 7.5 toes lengthy (diagonally). The Envista supplies 20.7 cubic toes of room behind the rear seat and 42 cubic toes⁴ with the rear seats folded down. An out there Energy Liftgate permits prospects to entry their cargo space with ease.

Spirited effectivity

The Envista will supply a sensible and environment friendly propulsion system that mixes a high-performance 1.2L Turbo engine with a six-speed automated transmission. That is anticipated to attain 136 horsepower with 162 lb-ft of torque.

The engine’s turbocharger permits it to achieve peak torque a lot sooner and preserve that for an extended RPM band, offering nice responsiveness and a enjoyable and fascinating driving expertise for patrons.

“In comparison with earlier generations of our 1.2L Turbo engine, this model is lighter and makes use of fewer elements, which reduces the general car weight, will increase effectivity and creates nimble experience and dealing with,” mentioned Scott McLane, lead improvement engineer, Buick Envista.

A Watts Hyperlink suspension system is customary on the Avenir trim and out there on ST, offering drivers with a degree of sure-footedness and a extra quiet and remoted experience expertise.

“An array of superior chassis and suspension applied sciences contributes to the nimble and exact dealing with of the mannequin,” mentioned McLane.

The Envista is predicted to supply a GM-estimated 30 mpg⁵ (mixed).

SOURCE: Buick