Video: 2008 Buick Enclave
By Cars.com Editors
May 13, 2009
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Cars.com's Joe Wiesenfelder walks you through the interior features of the 2008 Buick Enclave.
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Hi, I'm Joe Wiesenfelder from cars.com. I'm going to show you some features on the 2008 Buick Enclave. This is the third of three models from GM. They are seven or eight seat crossover vehicles.
They've done a good job of distinguishing one from another, which has not been easy with truck based SUV's. Now with this car based design, it's a lot easier to make extensive changes from here forward. We do like that the steering wheel tilts and telescopes. If two drivers in the family from of different sizes are sharing, this helps properly distance from the airbag and get comfortable and all of that. As you might've guessed, it's features, mainly standard features, that distinguish this model from the Outlook and the Acadia most. Included standard features in this one, that the others don't have are leather and wood steering wheel, audio controls on the steering wheel. There's dual zone, climate control, instead of single, again, as a standard feature. The rear view mirror is auto-dimming. Whereas that would be an option in the other models. It's standard here. This is one, of a few models you can get that has heated seats, where you can heat the back rest only, instead of the cushion and the backrest. Now, in terms of the center storage console, the arm rest itself, adjusts forward and backward. This one could come a little bit further forward for shorter drivers. Mainly it seems to be designed this way to open up and allow you to access these storage bins right here, which are only a couple inches deep. They're not that useful. When it raises you again, get very little storage. The interior quality is quite good. The Buick is definitely the best of the bunch. Aside from having higher quality materials. Just about everywhere you touch, you're going to find a relatively comfortable surface. There's some fake aluminum trim. Also pretty nice looking, even though it's not the real thing. The moonroof has a kind of a translucent screen here. It doesn't totally block the sunlight. It also doesn't do much to the block sound. And also the lash here is kind of cheap. It's just a matter of pushing this up and trying to unlatch it. These standard offering in the Enclave is two bucket seats for a total of seven for the vehicle. You can also get the bench seat as an option in the Enclave, the buckets adjust forward and back. I have the front seat in the farthest back position that it goes to, to show you what the leg room is. With me all the way back, I have some clearance, which is good, some foot room. Unfortunately, the seats a little bit low relative to the floor, which results in raised knees. You can also tilt the back rest using the strap here. It's better than having a handle up here, which some SUV's give you. The second row folds two ways. First, there's folding flat, the way you would expect in any SUV and then by using the top lever, the seat, not only slides forward, the bottom cushion swings up, gives you more room to get to the third row. In terms of headroom, the third row seat is actually pretty good. I've got a few inches to spare. The leg room isn't great. With the second row seat all the way back, I probably couldn't make this work. But fortunately the second row does slide forward. And if I begged the person in the second row to give me some, I can get a little bit more leg room back here, too. <v Announcer>For additional information on this car or any other go to cars.com and our blog Kicking Tires.
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