The 2019 Buick Envision brings an updated design and several other small changes throughout. One of the changes to the exterior design is a reworked rear valance and exhaust tip design across all models and trim levels.
Before we delve into the changes, we should note that the 2019 Buick Envision offers two gasoline engines, and the exhaust treatment at the rear of the crossover varies by engine.
Buick Envision With 2.5L I4 Engine
The naturally-aspirated 2.5L I-4 LCV engine serves as the base engine on the 2019 Buick Envision. Models with this engine now have a “hidden” single-outlet stainless steel exhaust, as designers have turned down the tips and tucked them under the vehicle. The change translates to no visible exhaust outlets at the rear of the 2019 model. By comparison, the 2018 Envision with the 2.5L engine featured a single exhaust.
In addition, the 2019 Envision adds a new metal-look lower valance, which replaces the black lower fascia treatment on prior models.
Buick Envision With 2.0L Turbo I4 Engine
The up-level Buick Envision engine is the 2.0L I-4 turbocharged LTG. Models with this motor are differentiated by a dual exhaust treatment.
For the 2019 Buick Envision 2.0T, the rear end gains a new set of squared-off tips to replace the round tips from the 2017 and 2018 model-year vehicles. The Premium-trimmed Envision also gains a metal-look lower valance to replace the black part from years past.
The Specs
The 2019 Buick Envision is offered with two engines: the base powerplant is the naturally aspirated 2.5-liter inline-four cylinder (RPO code LCV) making 197 horsepower and 192 pound-feet of torque. It’s mated to a six-speed automatic transmission. That engine is standard on the base, Preferred and Essence models.
The up-level engine is the turbocharged 2.0-liter inline-four cylinder (RPO code LTG) mated to GM’s 9-speed automatic transmission with standard all-wheel-drive. The powertrain combo is rated at 252 horsepower and 295 pound-feet of torque. The engine is standard on the two range-topping trims – the Premium 1 and Premium 2 models.
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The Buick Envision is a compact crossover that slots above the subcompact Buick Encore and below the full-size Buick Enclave. The current, first-generation Envision was introduced for the 2016 model year. The vehicle is based on a variant of the GM D2 platform shared with the second-generation GMC Terrain, Chevrolet Cruze, and Chevrolet Volt. The Envision launched with a relatively steep starting price of $42,995 in 2016, since it was available only in the two highest trim levels and with the most potent turbo 2.0L LTG engine. The 2017 model introduced several lower-end trim levels, enabling the starting price to drop to $34,990. The 2018 model goes unchanged from the 2017 model. The 2019 Envision received a midcycle refresh that includes a significant amount of changes, including new headlights and front grille, the new GM 9-speed automatic transmission on Premium models, new exterior colors and interior color combinations, reconfiguring the exhaust pipe on non-Premium models to be turned under the vehicle, new taillights, new wheel choices, the replacement of Ice Blue ambient lighting with White, and the addition of three new technologies -  an ionizing air cleaner, Tire Fill Alert, and wireless cell phone charging. There's also the removal of the Buick script from the rear of the vehicle. The 2020 Envision will receive two new exterior colors, at the expense of two existing ones. The Buick Envision is built exclusively at the GM Dong Yue factory operated by GM China and SAIC for global markets About Buick Envision
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I’m sure this is yet another cost cutting thing on lower end models as it makes them look cheaper. It’s one thing that I do not like on my 2017 Impala LT as it cheapens the look of the bumper and rear end.
The crappy Made in China Buick Envision still won’t sell. It has been a sales failure in the U.S. for a reason. Leave it for China.
I know GM wonders why kids today aren’t passionate about cars anymore. In the late fifties, an 8-year-old kid could tell the difference between a ’54, ’55, ’56, ’57, ’58, and a ’59 Chevy. Now we have to study the tailpipes to determine the build date.
The day I turned 15, I made my mother get me to the DMV at 7:30 AM cause they opened at 8. I was 4th in line. Because I’d started driving when I was 11 or 12, I drove home from the DMV with my new learners permit.
I have 4 grandkids, ages 13 to 15. On weekends, I take them empty business parking lots and I have to almost make practice driving… my daughters have told them, “If you’re smart, you’ll humor your Grandfather.”
GM, you need to look into building buses and trains!
With all due respect Mark, I remember those days as well. I couldn’t wait for the next year to arrive because the next year’s model would be completely different. For better or for worse.
These days, it’s not feasible or profitable to completely change body styles every year. To me, this all seems backwards. With shorter attention spans and the mindset of having the “latest” anything, it would seem the quicker the change the better? That’s why I like programs like “Book”by Cadillac. Not the same as rapid-yearly body style changes, but at least you can change into the different vehicle offerings.
Also, I don’t think GM wonders or cares about kids being passionate about cars. They only care about the “here and now” and how much they can pad their pockets by barely keeping up with the competition with mostly mediocre products. I know they keep talking about the electric, and autonomous mobile-appliance future. But, they are late to that game, unless they are being extremely secretive about the promised abundance of those refrigerators on wheels.
Thankfully, there is still hope for some with the Corvette, Camaro, and Cadillac’s V-series line. As long as you can afford them!
You laugh at me because I am different. I laugh at you because you are all the same.
Thank you GM for the Corvette/Camaro/Cadillac. Everything else looks the same and has the worst electronic controls ever – have to take my Equinox to dealer to reset most controls. And, it changes at will (not mine) – dealer says – oh that is just as it is.
If this thing was gold plated I would not consider it. I do not buy vehicles made in China or Mexico- especially from a company that is laying off in the US.