Buick Envista ST Completely Undisguised In White: Live Photo Gallery
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The Buick Envista was revealed in China at the Chengdu Motor Show in September 2022, but not yet for North America. Regardless, the Envista will be the brand’s new entry-level vehicle for North America, replacing the 2022 Buick Encore.
Our spy photographers recently captured an almost totally undisguised 2024 Buick Envista ST, probably coated in Cinnabar Metallic (paint code GFM). Now, we’ve photographed another Envista ST (Sport Touring) in a white paint color and complete with exposed badges, giving us a closer look at the upcoming crossover coupe in this GM Authority Live Photo Gallery.
As we mentioned earlier, this particular 2024 Buick Envista is outfitted in the Sport Touring (ST) trim level, and painted in what is either Summit White (paint code GAZ) or White Frost Tricoat (paint code GP5). The Envista ST features a sporty appearance, complete with black exterior accents and a a mesh grille.
At the front, we can clearly see the new Buick Tri-Shield logo prominently displayed. The lighting is comprised of aggressively sharp upper lights that serve as the Daytime Running Lights (DRLs), plus the trapezoidal-shaped lights below these that serve as the actual headlights. The dark mesh grille and front fascia show their Buick Wildcat concept heritage. With all of the badges uncovered on this vehicle, we can easily spot the ST badge on the upper part of the driver-side grille.
Moving around to the side, the 2024 Buick Envista’s “crossover coupe” body style is immediately and strikingly apparent. A first for both Buick and GM, the crossover coupe shape is visible in both the fastback roofline combined as well as the crossover configuration.
Turning from the profile’s general styling to the side details, the 2024 Buick Envista rolls on black painted alloy wheels within black-trimmed wheel arches, much like Buick’s other Sport Touring models. Dark Gloss mirror caps, dark window trim, and dark lower door trim provide a sporty contrast with body-colored door handles.
At the back, the new Tri-Shield appears again, flanked by the Envista badge and additional ST badge, this time on the passenger side of the vehicle.
While no specifics about the Buick Envista’s interior for the North America market are available, the interior shot below shows the cabin of the model sold in China. We expect the overall design to carry over to the North American vehicle, but we do expect slightly different features and colorways.
It’s worth noting that the Chinese model is known to include a number of details absent from the U.S. model, including 20 color wrap films for exterior personalization.
As a reminder, GM Authority was the first to report that the Buick Envista is coming to the U.S. market, including exclusive news that the crossover was under consideration for North America. We brought you this report a month before GM President, Mark Reuss, confirmed the Buick Envista’s near-future launch in the North American market during a GM Investor Day event presentation in November of 2022.
As GM Authority was also first to report, the 2024 Buick Envista will be positioned below the 2024 Buick Encore GX in the Buick lineup. This information also provides some perspective on pricing, since the Envista is expected to be priced lower than the 2024 Buick Encore GX’s starting MSRP of $26,895.
While GM has not yet announced the Buick Envista for North America, we expect the vehicle to be motivated by a three cylinder gasoline engine. Under the skin, the crossover rides on the GM VSS-F platform. The setup is similar to that of the 2024 Chevy Trax, to which the Envista will be most related from a mechanical standpoint.
Production of the Buick Envista will take place GM Bupyeong plant in South Korea for North America. The aforementioned 2024 Chevy Trax is also assembled at the same facility, as Chevrolet‘s newest entry-level crossover saw its first U.S. delivery earlier this month.
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When will GM bring the electric Buicks to the U.S.?
I suspect they’re waiting for Lyriq to stabilize, and build alongside Lyriq. Building in the US gets the full $7,500 tax credit.
Assembly and battery source.
North America, not US.
With ever dropping ICE sales in the US and China, seems like a bad time to introduce a vehicle without a plug-in.
As much as I feel the newly re-styled Encore GX looks bad, I also feel this Envista looks much better. The front of both is quite similar, but on the Encore that front makes it look lie a huge shoe with an over-bite. I think this will be a very good addition to the Buick line Now give us some Buick cars and EV’s.
A little surprise by your comment here as I know how much you dislike the new look on the GX. Not sure how to read into it. You don’t like either but the Envista is better than the GX? Or you are okay with the Envista?
This is new Envista is not for me. The backend/back quarter is awful – looks like a hunchback (can you say Quasimodo).
tmw:
I hugely dislike the refreshed Encore GX. What they did really ruined it IMO, but the Avenir trim in the blue looks much better than the ST package.
This Envista isn’t perfect for me, but it looks much better. If they offer it with the Avenir trim, I would maybe consider one. However, I’m probably never going back to ICE and I’m hoping Buick brings out a nice sedan EV. If not, then hopefully a Malibu EV.
I grew up a GM guy – yes whoopdy do – so there’s no malice in my comment, just merely a suggestion. And GM the company with a boat load of committees, maybe the committee that oversees the naming of new vehicles will catch wind of this and who knows – maybe someone will actually read this. I’m talking about the Buick division and their fascination with the letter “E”. Please, what is an Envista? Am I the only one who would feel stupid telling the neighbor I got the Envista! The what? You see what I mean. Committees. GM had one commitee designing the front end on many a vehicle while another committee designs the ass end and so on. And you just know “Envista” is the work of a committee, and a very doltish one at that. Envista. Just ridiculous.
Well ya know… if you grew up a GM guy, you should remember the Vista Cruiser, and the Vista Sedans of the late 50’s. “Vista” has a good amount of history inside GM. “Envista” is an honest evolution on the word.
Bruce H: As a counter to that, I’m just glad that Buick has stuck with names! Unlike Cadillac with stupid XT/CT/AT/SR/EL or whatever alphabet soup they use or used. To add insult to injury, they then add numbers with a T and it’s not even HP or engine displacement, but some silly newton-ish torque rounded up or down! Silly at best.
So although I’d rather see Buick call this the Skylark, I’ll settle for Envista because it’s a name.
This is actually a common thing with car companies. All of the Buick’s stary with E, All Ford’s SUV’s start with the letter E, their sedans start with the letter F, there are a lot more of these weird naming conventions out there.
I think both the Encore GX and the Envista look terrific inside and out. I can’t wait to see the refresh of the Envision and then the all new Enclave. The Electra will be the first EV.
I dont like the new emblem at all looks cheap ,and a suvs ,stink not everyone wants a suv bring back at least something sporty ,or a lacrosse sedan ,vehicles are becoming very boring ,and the poor slob who buys a used one in a few years and all this tect crap goes bad yea 5000 grand to fix ill stick with my 2008 buick lacrosse its still old school in most ways
I like how this looks. My only complaint is that the faux monoscreen display looks cheap.
Is that the new base trim level with all the cheap black plastic and spare tire look?
Looks great. Not sold on three cylinders, also wish there was an AWD option. However, the price is certainly attractive and at least it isn’t built in China. Might be willing to overlook the lack of AWD.
The biggest issue GM has right now are their dealers. All of them around here suddenly think their customers have bottomless pockets. I no longer use the dealers for any service work because they hit their customers with constant, needless, overpriced upsells. I have tried numerous Chevy, Cadillac, Buick, GMC dealers and they are all the same. Fuel injector cleaning services, fluid flushes, air filter changes, alignments, wheel balances, etc. When my current vehicle had only 20,000 miles on it, the dealer suggested $700 in excessive service upsells on top of the oil change and tire rotation, and then got mad at me when I said “NO”. I know they are in business to make money, but I will have more respect for a dealer that suggests services based on the actual maintenance schedule in the vehicle owner’s manual and not based on some imaginary “dealer service schedule” that is intended to take advantage of customers and pad the dealer’s profit margins.
Dealer service departments assume every customer is stupid. And they usually are.
Buick’s new front end design is horrible; looks like a Ford. The new emblem is horrible. The ST trim line is horrible; save that cheap looking murdered-out look for a Chevy. Why is GM North America pushing that pathetic 3-cylinder engine when other markets get the 1.5T in the same vehicle… which gets significantly better mpg? Can’t say that there’s currently any Buick that appeals to me. Pity.
Since it is being positioned below the Encore GX as the entry level vehicle in the line-up, they cannot give it a better engine than the Encore GX. So, we will be stuck with the 1.3, rather than the 1.5.
What? They need to include the 20 color wrap option. That would get Buick so much positive press and target younger buyers.
Duncan bring it here!
It looks good. Very clean and modern in its design. Looks more expensive than where it is expected to be priced at.
Looks pretty good to me, I like it better than the Encore GX. Has some dramatic details that make it fit in with Buick history.
Rendezvous part deux!
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Weird design but 26k is very price point . I’ll take the trax over this .
3 cylinder engine? 155hp, 0-60 over 9 seconds. It seems far too many vehicles are under powered. Yet here is another one.