MOTORCITY 2025 BUICK ENCLAVE GETS NEW LOOK, ADDED TECH
The 2025 Buick Enclave will offer a new look, improved fuel economy and features including handsfree highway driving and a 30-inch display when sales begin late this summer. Buick said the threerow h family SUV will be longer, taller, wider and have more interior space but declined to provide dimensions for those measures. The 2025 Enclave will go on sale in late summer. It competes with SUVs like the Honda Pilot, Hyundai Palisade, Kia Telluride, Toyota Grand Highlander, VW Atlas.
2025 Buick Enclave trim levels
Preferred h
ST or Sport Touring h
Avenir h
So long V6, hello, Super Cruise
The Enclave will drop its 3.6L V6 engine for a 2.5L turbocharged four-cylinder that produces more power and uses less fuel.
The new engine produces 328 horsepower and 326 pound-feet of torque. It’s mated to an eight-speed automatic transmission. Front- and all-wheel drive will be available.
Fuel economy figures and prices should be announced soon.
The 2025 Enclave also gets automatic parking and Super Cruise, GM’s hands-free driving highway driving system for approaching 750,000 miles of road in the U.S. and Canada. Super Cruise can now change lanes automatically to pass slower vehicles.
Safety and driver assist features
Adaptive cruise control h
Super Cruise hands-free driving h
Blind spot alert and assist h
Traffic sign recognition h
Lane keeping alert and assist h
New design, interactive lights
Every exterior panel but the doors is new, along with new front and rear lights. The 2025 Enclave’s grille and front styling borrow from the brand’s Wildcat concept vehicle, which also influenced styling of the hit Envista small SUV.
The Avenir’s LED lights have walk-up animation when the key fob approaches.
The tailgate also senses the fob, opening and closing automatically.
Cameras provide seven or nine views, including 360-degree and one for trailering.
All Enclaves can tow 1,500 pounds. An option package increases that to 5,000.
2025 Buick Enclave key features
Active noise cancellation h
Adaptive shock absorbers h
Up to 22-inch wheels h
Surround view cameras with up to nine h views
Wireless charging h
Wireless Apple CarPlay and Android h
Auto
Up to 5,000-pound towing capacity h
20- or 22-inch wheels h
Power folding second and third row h seats
Bose standard,
‘floating’ center console
The 30-inch glass panel that contains the instrument cluster and touch screen is curved toward the driver for visibility and access.
Moving the shifter to the steering column opened up more space in the center console for storage, cupholders, wireless charging and a power and volume dial for audio. Wireless Apple CarPlay and Android Auto are standard.
The Preferred and ST models come with a 12-speaker Bose audio system. The Avenir gets 16 speakers. Top of the line Avenirs now account for 27% of Enclave sales.
The center console between the front seats is not attached to the dashboard for what Buick calls a “floating” effect.
Connected navigation and more
The SUV also has Google’s connected assistant for navigation, apps and more. Spoken commands to the Google assistant can also control climate settings, though there are also physical switches for temperature, fan and other functions. There’s also a physical volume dial for the standard Bose audio systems, and audio controls on the steering wheel
Other noteworthy interior features include a flat-bottomed steering wheel and customizable ambient lighting.
The Enclave seats seven or eight passengers.
GM builds the Enclave alongside the Chevrolet Traverse and GMC Acadia in Lansing, Michigan.
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