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2023 Buick Encore GX Gets New Moonstone Gray Metallic Color: First Look

The 2023 Buick Encore GX adds one new exterior color to its palette called Moonstone Gray Metallic. Here’s our first look at the new Gray hue.

Assigned RPO code GZB and touch-up paint code WA-180H, Moonstone Gray Metallic is one of eight exterior colors offered on the subcompact crossover, which include:

  • Cinnabar Metallic
  • Ebony Twilight Metallic
  • Rosewood Metallic
  • Sapphire Metallic
  • Summit White
  • Sunset Glow Metallic
  • White Frost Tricoat
  • Moonstone Gray Metallic (new for 2023)

The Moonstone Gray Metallic color is an extra-cost item that adds an additional $495 to the crossover’s price. It is available on all trims and can be combined with all three available colorways:

  • Ebony seats with Ebony interior accents
  • Signet seats with Ebony interior accents
  • Whisper Beige seats with Ebony interior accents

As GM Authority reported previously, production of the 2023 Buick Encore GX began at the GM Bupyeong plant in South Korea on April 24th, 2022. The Encore GX will serve as Buick’s entry-level model for 2023, as the Tri-Shield brand will discontinue the aging Buick Encore from its lineup. The standard Buick Encore was first introduced for the 2013 model year, with the 2022 model representing the tenth model year in the production run.

Power in the Buick Encore GX comes from the turbocharged 1.3L I3 L3T gasoline engine, which is rated at 155 horsepower at 5,600 rpm and 174 pound-feet of torque at 1,500 rpm. Both front-wheel drive and all-wheel drive are offered. Front-drive models are coupled with GM’s continuously variable transmission (CVT) while all-wheel-drive units get the GM nine-speed automatic. The crossover rides on GM’s modular GM VSS-F platform (Vehicle Strategy Set-Front).

We’ll have more details on the changes and updates for the 2023 Buick Encore GX soon. For now, be sure to subscribe to GM Authority for more Buick Encore GX news, Buick news and around-the-clock GM news coverage.

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  1. Mint or sage green would be refreshing!

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  2. I need to find out who is in charge of the Buick Division in charge of the Envision. I have been waiting for parts for my 2019 Buick Envision since December 21, 2021.

    Horrible customer service and follow up. Parts are on indefinite backorder. I am making car payments, insurance payments and have a rental car. Who knew my Buick was made in China, instead of Flint, MI. NEVER WOULD HAVE PURCHASED IT HAD I KNOWN!!!

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    1. Didn’t you look at the window sticker before you bought it? Would have clearly stipulated the build location and with percentage of US parts versus foreign.

      Please take some responsibility for your inabilities.

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    2. I thought that it was pretty common knowledge that these were made in China. It was kind of a big deal when these came out.

      BTW: No Buicks have been built in Flint since the Buick City Plant closed there 23 years ago.

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  3. So this replaces another shade of gray, or what? In any case, I am just overwhelmed with excitement. The Buick color “palette,” such as it is, needs a major overhaul. I will give them credit for the new Sapphire Blue shade on the Envision, but otherwise Lincoln’s selection is much better at this point.

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