2025 Buick Encore GX

Reviving a whiplash protection test with modified criteria and methods, the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety has rated 18 small SUVs.

The 2025 Buick Encore GX Avenir is unlikely to disappoint buyers, but it feels equally unlikely to delight them: It’s a competently executed vehicle with upscale looks, but it does little to stand out.

Wheel warming has gone mainstream, with the feature standard or optional not just on luxury vehicles, but on an increasing number of models with sticker prices of $40,000 or less.

An increasing number of vehicles with sticker prices of $40,000 or less, some much less, offer heated mirrors.

Aside from slightly different pricing, the 2025 Buick Encore GX is basically the same vehicle as the 2024 model.

Wheel warming has gone mainstream, with the feature standard or optional not just on luxury vehicles, but on an increasing number of models with sticker prices of $40,000 or less.