The all-new 2021 Buick Envision compact crossover is just about to launch in the U.S., but the vehicle has been on sale in China for roughly half a year. In China, the new Envision is offered in five trim levels called, in ascending order of price, Elite, Deluxe, Luxury and Limited S Sport Edition, and Avenir. These names seem reasonable enough, but they are all preceded by the rather curious 652T badge.
What exactly 652T means is not clear, and GM China has not responded requests for more information. However, we’re going to step out on a limb here and say that it’s highly likely that the “652” is an arbitrary number in reference to what’s under the hood.
Like in North America, the Chinese-market 2021 Buick Envision is powered by the turbocharged 2.0L I4 LSY gasoline engine rated at 237 horsepower and 258 pound-feet of torque. Meanwhile, the “T” in “652T” likely denotes turbo-charging.
It’s worth noting that that LSY engine was not used in the first-generation Envision, which is no longer on sale in the Americas but is still on sale in China. To differentiate between the two models, the older model is known simply as Buick Envision, while the all-new one is labeled Envision S.
The first-gen Envision is offered with two turbocharged gasoline engines, the 1.5L I4 LFV SIDI Ecotec unit rated at 166 horsepower and 184 pound-feet of torque, and the 2.0L I4 LTG SIDI Ecotec producing 256 horsepower and 295 pound-feet. Curiously, Chinese versions of this Envision with the 1.5L engine are badged 532T, while those with the 2.0L motor are badged 28T.
Though this does not explain what the 652T figure refers to, as the figure does not appear anywhere in the specification of the LSY engine, it does make us feel we’re in the right area. It’s also worth noting that the 652T nomenclature is not a reference to the vehicle’s torque output, which is currently used by Cadillac.
The 2021 Buick Envision is based on GM’s E2 platform, also used by the 2016 and newer Chevrolet Malibu and its various derivatives from former GM brands Holden (Commodore), Opel and Vauxhall (Insignia). The vehicle is produced by GM China (SAIC) at the Jinqiao plant in Shanghai, and was launched in the Chinese market in July of this year.
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the 652 refers to the number of american jobs lost because this is made in china. hahaha!!!
obviously it is the torque in fortune cookie-meters
We in the United States were much better off making the bulk of what we consumed right here. The wealth generated by building and selling things to each other was spread around, albeit grudgingly, among more participants; that is to say, those with a stake in a favorable outcome.
Then all those people who voted for Biden don’t agree. The only thing that keeps the us on the map is that we produce our own energy . Regardless of your opinion in the global warning argument , moving to fake green energy will bankrupt the economy and shed millions of American jobs . We will be importing raw materials and tech from abroad . Turns out green energy requires lots of strip mining of materials
Trashing our energy independence has already begun with Biden’s exec order to shutdown the construction of the oil gas pipeline not to mention the loss of all the great paying jobs.
I believe it’s the number of nine year old’s it takes to keep the factory floor clean at SAIC.
Well guess what that’s a good looking Buick beautiful and you know what, that’s a Buick better than a Cadillac any day
Easy. It is the horsepower in Newtons times the torque in foot-pounds and divide by 365.
Keep GMs China items in China. Greed has no bounds.
cars made in China are for the Chinese market, and cars made in North America is for the NA market. It would be very expensive to make and assemble a car in China then ship it to North America. You do realize all the Japanese cars and European cars in North America are built in the North America right??? Some parts are shipped over, but the cars are made where you live.
Chevy guy,
I don’t know what your smoking but you need a reality check.
Seriously man, any American, go visit China. The Chinese people love Americans.
You are wrong.
Transport is not the only cost of producing anything and quite often transport cost is the smaller part.
Why do you think, the USA has sea ports, if everthing is exclusively produced on your doorsteps?
We are no longer in stone ages, not even in medieval times befor the Europeans found that continent which their god didn’t know of?
So, when a car sells a million in China, but only 50’000 in North America, it does not make sense to set up an assembly line in NA.
Thousands of European cars, VW, BMW, Mercedes, Jaguar, Porsche, Bently, Rolls Royce, etc etc are shipped over the Atlantic and sold in the US.
OTOH, the factories of BMW in North Carolina and Mercedes in Alabama produce mainly for export, in fact they are the No. 1 and No. 2 of car exporters in the USA. For many years, the BMW X3 was exclusively produced in the USA, until BMW started to produce it also in their South African factory.
I invite you to come and join us in reality!
But those imported cars you speak of are mainly exotic sports cars that are made in small batches. The majority of regular cars are made in your own country. Honda’s, Toyota’s, BMWs,etc, are all made in North America when you buy one in NA.
Oh man, your relationship to facts is obviously very hostile. And OTOH, you take your imagination for reality.
For BMW, who operate a factory in USA and one in Mexico, check out their world wide plant network and find out what is produced in USA, and what is imported.
The Spartanburg, South Carolina plant produces all the and only the X models: X3, X4, X5, X6 and X7, all others, the 7 series, 5, series etc, are imported from other plants.
Check out the en.Wikipedia article on ” BMW in the United States” and BMW’s own web www dot bmwgroup-werke dot com/en.html and check out the pages on the Spartanburg plant.
Mercedes does unfortunately not provide such a plant by plant information.
On WV Group, check out the en.wikipedia article “Volkswagen Group of America”. According to this, VW operates only one plant in USA, in Chattanooga, Tennessee, where it produces only the US version of the Passat and the Atlas (US only model) all other products of the VW Group, including all Audi models, are imported.
VW also has a plant in Pueblo, Mexico, and recently a second one in ilao, Guanajuato, which produces engines for the plants in North America.
$179B in imported autos to the United States in 2019. The information is online. Thank you for setting the record straight.
China China China 🇨🇳 that’s all GM cares about. Well thank them for COVID while your at it. Disgraceful
That’s enough Fox News for today Bob.
Come on people you can’t see this. Unless you are out Canadian friends from the frigid north you know I’m right heck GM China is all they talk about
GM is way to loyal to China. Its just that people are oddly obsessed with China which I get a little bit because of concentration camps, trade wars, and shady things happening but it’s over obsessive at this point. However, it’s not okay to blame China entirely for Covid. We should’ve had the boarders shut as soon as there were outbreaks in China and we definitely could’ve had a better response and our leaders should’ve acted like this was real instead of shunning the idea of COVID and from the start not taking responsibility.
It seems to me like North Americans have a problem with China, but China loves North America. In WW2 when Japan killed 40 million, USA stopped Japan, and the Chinese have always admired the USA. People in China like American cars and American culture.
We have a lot of propaganda towards other country’s (unfortunately) and our leaders don’t fully understand but say crazy things anyways (ex: false info, excessive lying, racist references such as “Kung Flu”).
China is the largest automobile market of this world. 27 million per year, 1.5 times of North America.
China has 4 times the population of the USA.
Buick is GM’s Acura. It’s sad to see they no longer compete in the sedan segment. The new TLX is a good value. For the record, I currently own a Buick Verano and had 08 civic and accord before. The Buick is better in handling and creature comfort (quiet cabin). The Hondas were not more reliable by any means.
I thought you said yu had ideas as to what it meant!
My family would seriously buy 2 of these…except the made in China issue makes it a no deal. We will not purchase such a high ticket item made in China. The revenue from the cars may go to GM in the United States, but a portion of it goes to pay Chinese workers (who then put that in to the Chinese economy when they spend it.).
We would rather buy a foreign nameplate vehicle built in a US factory than a domestic brand vehicle assembled overseas. Mazda is also out the window since most of their vehicles are built in Japan and imported to the US.
Automakers are seriously underestimating customer willingness to ignore the location of assembly when it comes to buying a new vehicle.