The 2024 Buick Encore GX adds three new exterior colors to its palette: Copper Ice Metallic, Sunrise Red Metallic, and Ocean Blue Metallic. Here’s our first look at the new Blue hue.
Assigned RPO code GK9 and touch-up paint code WA-193J, Ocean Blue Metallic is one of eight exterior colors offered on the refreshed small premium crossover, which include:
- Cinnabar Metallic
- Ebony Twilight Metallic
- Moonstone Gray Metallic
- Summit White
- White Frost Tricoat
- Copper Ice Metallic (new for 2024)
- Ocean Blue Metallic (new for 2024)
- Sunrise Red Metallic (new for 2024)
The Ocean Blue Metallic color is available on all trim levels, specifically as an extra-cost option priced at $495 for Preferred and Sport Touring (ST) and a no-cost item for Avenir, and can be combined with all available interior colorways.
For reference, here are the two available interior colorways offered on the 2024 Encore GX:
- Ebony seats with Ebony interior accents
- Whisper Beige seats with Ebony interior accents
The refreshed 2024 Buick Encore GX incorporates fresh styling cues and big updates inside, while also adding the range-topping Avenir trim level, and new tech headlined by Buick’s Virtual Cockpit System.
Winged LED headlamps are standard across the range, while LED taillights are equipped higher in the range. New 18-inch and 19-inch wheel options are also on offer.
The Avenir trim level, offered for the first time ever on the Encore GX starting with the 2024 model year, offers exclusive design cues, features, and premium materials, including a unique grille, unique clear LED taillights, unique 19-inch wheels, chrome body accents, and black carbon metallic bodyside molding. Inside, the Encore GX Avenir features leather seating, a 10-way power driver seat, a heated steering wheel, and an air ionizer system.
The refreshed 2024 Encore GX also offers a reimagined Sport Touring (ST) trim for a sportier demeanor, incorporating high-gloss black front and rear bumpers, an optional Black Roof Package, and a flat-bottom steering wheel.
The refreshed model’s Virtual Cockpit features 19 inches of screen real estate via an 11-inch infotainment screen and 8-inch configurable driver cluster screen. Wireless Apple CarPlay and Android Auto are included as standard, while wireless phone charging is optional.
The Buick Driver Confidence package is standard, and includes many safety features plus Adaptive Cruise Control. Finally, the 2024 model-year refresh includes some mild powertrain enhancements.
Standard spec under the hood is the familiar turbocharged 1.2L I3 LIH gasoline engine, which is rated at 137 horsepower and 162 pound-feet of torque, while the available turbocharged 1.3L I3 L3T gasoline engine is rated at 155 horsepower and 174 pound-feet of torque. Front-wheel-drive is standard, while all-wheel drive is optional, with FWD units equipped with a continuously variable automatic transmission, and AWD units equipped with the GM 9-speed automatic transmission.
Production of the 2024 Buick Encore GX started in March. Production for North American-market models are built at the GM Bupyeong plant in South Korea. The online configurator tool is live for the 2024 Encore GX.
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Comments
The new blue and copper are pretty, BUT why a surcharge? More gouging.
The Copper Harbor on the Chevy Trailblazer is great too, but only available on top trims.
Stop this!
Got to set in one of these and was surprised by the roominess. Never got to test drive it because it was 90 plus degrees out side and just didn’t want to mess with that. Seemed very very nice with a price just north of 30k which was is a bit too much for a small car like that….premium or not.
If this is the same Ocean Blue that was discontinued 4 years ago it is a winner in my book.
With all these colors that you cant see on vehicles due to lack of inventory they should have samples sprayed on metal because if you order a vehicle based on a picture you may be awfully pissed off when it comes in.
Copper ice looks like a puddle of baby throw-up.
It doesn’t make much business sense to offer two 3 cylinder engines and 3 different combinations of transmission on this basic platform. Make the 155 HP engine std on all Trailblazers and Buicks and keep the 137 HP motor for the lower cost Traz and make one transmission for all. That would simplify things and save money!
The 1.5T in the same platforms achieves 20% better fuel economy. I say trash the 3 cyl. motor.