Buick Encore GX 2024

As the smallest model in Buick’s all-SUV lineup, the 2024 Encore GX carries a heavy weight on its compact shoulders. It’s tasked with luring younger buyers to the brand, but its premium-but-not-quite-luxury look and feel is a hard sell once it’s parked next to Audis, BMWs, and Volvos. While it’s cheaper than SUVs from those brands, its allure is also far lower. Those who take a chance on the Encore GX will find a similar level of equipment but also mainstream interior material quality and weak-performing, turbocharged three-cylinder powertrains—it’s really a more proper rival to entrants from Honda, Kia, and Toyota in that way. Handling is downright boring, but Buick’s brand ethos doesn’t include back-road thrills. Like other Buick SUVs, the Encore GX’s ride is comfortable, and its hushed cabin is well isolated from road noise—which we think is this SUV’s most luxurious feature.