A 205.6-mile trip, with 51 percent city-style driving, returned 22.97 mpg-a little more than 3 mpg short of what the ’14 Encore averaged in the same hands. Neither was it as economical for this tester. Meet the Consumer Guide Compact Crossover Best Buys Designers made room for Buick’s classic ventiports on Encore’s hood. This Encore was hardly the lively, quiet expressway performer that we praised a year ago. Acceleration was labored and somewhat loud in the 2015 model, and punching it at speed came with an inordinate wait for kickdown. I don’t know if it had to do with the presence of the AWD running gear (according to Buick’s 2014 figures, the all-wheel Encore weighed 119 pounds more than a front-driver), but performance felt completely different than in the 2014 Encore test. The 2014 Encore test was carried out in a front-wheel-drive example with the same 1.4-liter turbocharged 4-cylinder engine and 6-speed automatic transmission as in the ’15 model with all-wheel drive. All Encore models come standard with 18-inch aluminum wheels. More Encore price and availability informationĮarly in 2014, Consumer Guide ® sampled a Buick Encore compact-crossover SUV, so coming back to one a year later-especially for a vehicle not fundamentally changed-should have been déjà vu all over again. The good: Quiet cabin and upscale interior trim
The great: Quick handling and easy maneuverability Options on test car: Navigation system ($495), roof carrier mount ($240) Our test truck came to $31,110 including destination charge.ĮPA-estimated fuel economy: 23/30/26 (city, highway, combined)īase price: $29,450 (not including $925 destination charge) The auction will end in a little over four days.Consumer Guide’s test Buick Encore arrived in AWD Leather Group trim. The vehicle is currently sleeping in Lynnwood, Washington, and given the engine no longer starts, the buyer will have to take it home on a trailer. Most likely, more bidders will join in the fight in the coming days – this typically happens in the last hours of the auction, as potential buyers keep an eye on the fight and submit their bids at the very last minute. The top bid at the time of writing is a little over $2,000, with over 30 offers received since the listing went live. The seller decided to list the car on eBay without a reserve, so the top bidder would get it home when the auction ended. The convertible top didn't survive the test of time, so you'll have to get a new one – that's likely to be a challenge, given 1967 Electra projects aren't very common. A complete restoration is required, and the owner claims the frame continues to be in solid shape. The three decades in storage produced the typical rust damage, so I'd closely inspect the floors and the undersides. The vehicle's overall condition isn't the best, but this Electra isn't a wreck. eBay seller bayareabuyer2015 says it wouldn't take much to get it running, and chances are this is true – potential buyers should inspect the engine before committing to a purchase. The engine does start but turns over freely. Twenty-six years later, someone else discovered the vehicle and gave it a second chance. They still planned to fix the Electra and bring it back to the road, but after removing the radiator and attempting a fix, they ran into health problems and decided to leave the car in storage. The car spent nearly three decades in storage, as a previous owner parked it due to a water pump leak. The 1967 Electra you see in these photos rolled off the assembly lines with a 430, but today, you'll get a mix of good and bad news when taking a peek under the hood. Electra eventually waved goodbye to this new engine, as the 1970 model year replaced it with a new 455 (7.5-liter) V8 generating 370 horsepower. Two years later, the company dropped the two Nailhead engines (the 401/5.5-liter and the 425/7.0-liter) and introduced an all-new 430 (7.0-liter) unit rated at 360 horsepower. Starting this year, the parent company sold the Electra in two trim levels called base and Custom, while the engine lineup received new members, all sporting eight cylinders.
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