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Here’s The New Deep Azure Metallic Color For The 2019 Buick Encore

The 2019 Buick Encore adds two new exterior colors – Deep Azure Metallic and Satin Steel Metallic. Today, we bring you a first look at the new Azure hue.

Availability

Assigned color code GUM and touch-up paint code WA-693D, Deep Azure Metallic replaces Coastal Blue Metallic on the 2019 Buick Encore.

The new color is a $395 option and is available in conjunction with all trim levels and interior color combinations.

2019 Buick Encore Trim Levels:

  • Encore base (1SV)
  • Preferred (1SB)
  • Sport Touring (1SH)
  • Essence (1SL)

2019 Buick Encore Interior Color Combinations:

  • Ebony
  • Shale seats with Ebony accents
  • Brandy seats with Ebony accents

2019 Buick Encore in Deep Azure Metallic 002

Launch Timeframe

As of this writing, dealers are well-stocked with the 2019 Buick Encore, since the GM Bupyeong plant has been assembling and shipping the 2019 model to dealers for the past several weeks. However, models coated in Blue Azure Metallic are either en route or are just now beginning to arrive at dealers. Availability varies by dealer, so check with yours for complete details.

More info on 2019 Buick Encore colors is available here (coming soon):

2019 Buick Encore in Deep Azure Metallic 003

About Buick Encore

The Buick Encore is a subcompact crossover that is Buick’s smallest crossover, slotting below the compact Buick Envision and full-size Buick Enclave.

2017 Buick Encore exterior - 2016 New York International Auto Show Live 002

The first-generation Encore was introduced for the 2013 model year and derived from the first-generation Opel Mokka. The Chevrolet Trax/Tracker is the third variant of the model, and went on sale after the Mokka and Encore. All three vehicles are based on the same variant of the GM Gamma platform known as Gamma Long or Gamma Large.

The 2019 model year Encore sees two new colors, the deletion of three existing colors, the addition of a new safety package, and the removal of Premium and Preferred II models.

The Buick Encore is built by GM Korea at the GM Bupyeong plant in South Korea.

2017 Buick Encore interior - 2016 New York International Auto Show Live 002

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  1. Hey, an actual COLOR! GM has so many earth tones and greys that this is a revelation. It’s similar to the Pacific Blue on several new Chevys and Atlantic on the new Cadillac XT4. Blue-greens have been missing from GM’s color palette forever, so it’s good to see it come back.

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