Small and Mighty: The Engaging, Efficient, and Luxe Buick Envista 

Compact, luxurious, engaging, and innovative are only a few ways to describe every Buick Envista for sale on our lot. Buick has a rich history of shaping the American automotive landscape by making luxury affordable and accessible to more drivers. The Envista is a modern testament to that approach, debuting in 2024 as Buick’s compact crossover.

What makes the Envista such an outstanding option? How does Buick make luxury affordable in the compact crossover? As your Buick destination, we’re here with those answers and much more as we showcase the small but mighty and undeniably sophisticated Envista.

Classification: Dimensions and Capacities

The Envista takes its place among the smallest in Buick’s SUV-based lineup. The compact crossover serves as the gateway, with the lineup progressing from the subcompact Encore GX to the Envista, then the compact Envision and midsize three-row Enclave. How does this positioning as a compact translate to your experience behind the wheel?

The Envista’s small footprint is advantageous, especially with its sportier aesthetic reflected in its engaging driving demeanor and agility. Buick capitalizes on the SUV’s responsiveness with its powertrain, but the automaker’s keen attention to detail throughout the cabin truly sets the Envista apart. It might be compact by industry standards, but the cabin is surprisingly spacious, especially compared to the slightly smaller Encore GX.

The 2024 Envista sits on a 106.3-inch wheelbase and measures 182.6 inches long, 71.5 inches wide, and 61.3 inches tall. Comparatively, the Encore GX has a shorter 102-inch wheelbase that yields a shorter length of 171.16 inches. The Encore GX is slightly taller at 64.12 inches, with a comparable width of 71.39 inches. So, how does this translate to the interior capacities? The Envista prioritizes passenger comfort.

The Envista’s cabin is spacious and accommodating, boasting a total passenger volume of 97.2 cu.ft. With seating for five, the Envista offers 39.4 inches of headroom and 41.9 inches of legroom in the front row. Passengers in the second row have ample room, with 37.3 inches of head space and 38.7 inches of room to stretch their legs. Alternatively, the Encore GX is slightly more cramped; the available legroom in the front row is 40.9 inches, with legroom even more cramped in the second row at 36.01 inches.

Beyond its spacious two-row layout, the Envista can also easily carry various cargo. With the second-row upright, you have 20.7 cu.ft. for groceries and smaller items. For additional room, the 40/60-split-folding second row is incredibly versatile; it offers 42 cu.ft. of space and up to 7.5 feet of diagonal room for larger and longer items like luggage, backpacks, golf clubs, sporting equipment, and other gear.

Performance: Power and Efficiency

Compact SUVs are often criticized for their sub-par handling and responsiveness, but the Envista is the exception. Buick capitalizes on the Envista’s smaller footprint by pairing it with a potent engine that makes it engaging and fun to drive without compromising its efficiency. The combination is excellent and gives drivers the best of both worlds.

Whether you find a 2024 or 2025 Envista, this compact SUV is powered by a 1.2L turbocharged inline-three engine with variable valve timing. The engine produces 137 hp and 162 lb-ft of torque, with the smooth-shifting six-speed automatic transmission balancing this output with efficiency. The combination yields an EPA-estimated fuel economy of 28 MPG in the city and 32 MPG on the highway.

Distinct Styling: Value-Oriented Trims

Can luxury be affordable in an SUV? Buick proves it is possible with the Envista’s budget-friendly starting price of $22,900 in 2025. This affordable price tag puts you in the driver’s seat of the Envista Preferred, the base of three trims with distinct styling and a long list of value-oriented features.

The Preferred is legions beyond what you expect from a base trim and rolls off Buick’s factory floor with LED headlamps, a combination of cloth and leatherette seating, and 17-inch silver-painted aluminum wheels. Its flat-bottom steering wheel gives the SUV its sporty aesthetic, with Buick framing the cockpit with an 8-inch Driver Information Center and an 11-inch ultrawide infotainment system. Behind the scenes, driver assistance tools in the Buick Driver Confidence suite heighten your situational awareness, while others—like Rear Park Assist—make parking the Envista straightforward and hassle-free.

Climbing the lineup, the Envista family includes the more athletic Sport Touring and the luxurious Avenir. The Sport Touring exudes athleticism with its 18-inch high-gloss black-painted aluminum wheels and matching gloss-black elements that stretch from the mirror caps and lower fascias to the appliques. Alternatively, the top-tier Avenir exchanges the blacked-out elements for body-color fascias and adds an exclusive Black Ice chrome Avenir grille and 19-inch aluminum wheels finished in Pearl Nickel.

Luxury: Interior Design Elements

Buick makes luxury prominent across the Envista’s trim lineup. Each trim showcases Buick’s keen attention to detail and dedication to using premium materials that create a haven of comfort and opulence for drivers. For example, the Preferred is the Envista’s base trim, but its interior is far beyond expectations. Buick outfits the Preferred with plush seating trimmed in premium cloth and leatherette upholstery. The Preferred also gets the same expansive digital displays—the 8-inch Driver Information Center and 11-inch ultrawide infotainment screen.

As you progress to the Sport Touring and Avenir, the Envista’s luxury extends throughout the cabin. The Sport Touring boasts exclusive ST elements, like embroidered front head restraints. It also adds heated front seats, a moonroof, and a heated steering wheel. The top-tier Avenir builds on these elements, adding Avenir-embroidered details and leather-appointed, heated, and powered front seats with lumbar support.

Technology: Connectivity and Driver Assistance

The Envista strikes the perfect balance of being luxurious and innovative. While its cabin is upscale and fitted with premium materials, Buick ensures you have everything you need to stay connected, informed, and aware in the driver’s seat. These technologies work both actively and passively, stretching from the digital displays to the safety and driver assistance features that are part of the Buick Driver Confidence suite.

Connectivity features are plentiful in the Envista, starting with the 11-inch ultrawide infotainment display. The display offers seamless connectivity via a built-in WiFi hotspot and smartphone integration via Apple CarPlay and Android Auto. The screen complements the Envista’s 8-inch Driver Information Display, which offers vital performance insights like mileage, fuel economy, navigational cues, and driver assistance alerts.

Those alerts stem from the standard Buick Driver Confidence suite, which equips the Envista with Automatic Emergency Braking, Front Pedestrian Braking, Forward Collision Alert, a Following Distance Indicator, Lane Keep Assist with Lane Departure Warning, and IntelliBeam high beams. Top-tier trims like the Avenir build on these features by adding Rear Cross Traffic Alert, Lane Change Alert with Side Blind Zone Alert, Rainsense front wipers, and Adaptive Cruise Control.

Putting It All Together

The Envista proudly takes its place as a compact SUV in the Buick lineup, but you shouldn’t discount its size for lack of appeal or luxury. Instead, the Envista showcases Buick’s ongoing success in blending opulence with practicality, efficiency, and performance. The Envista offers drivers Buick’s best, from its three-trim lineup to its engaging engine, upscale cabin, and tech-savvy features that guarantee every experience behind the wheel is memorable, rewarding, and worthy of the Buick name.

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