President Donald Trump’s 25 percent tariffs on imports from Canada and Mexico are on hold for now, but the 10 percent tariff on goods imported from China went into effect this week. Not many USDM cars are built in and imported from China, but one of them is the Buick Envision, and the new tariff may impact its price.
The Buick Envision is the only car made in China that GM sells in the United States. But it’s not the only one built with Chinese parts. Cars with a high percentage of Chinese parts could also feel the effect of the new tariff, and it’s possible those higher costs could be passed on to the buyer. “We’re continuing to assess the situation,” GM told us when we asked for comment on the Envision. “Nothing to share right now.”
The Buick Envision is the most Chinese car GM sells in America. In addition to its final assembly taking place in China, 88 percent of its parts, including the transmission, are Chinese. The engine is built in Mexico, and eight percent of the crossover’s parts are made in either the U.S. or Canada. The next most Chinese GM models sold in the U.S. are the Cadillac sedans, which, although built in Michigan, are made of 15 percent Chinese parts.
Electric crossovers on the BEV3 platform were pretty dependent on Chinese parts as recently as the 2024 model year. However, GM changed that for 2025. The Cadillac Lyriq, Chevy Blazer EV, and Chevy Equinox EV all used to get 18 percent of their parts from China, but now that number is zero percent as the sourcing for many of their parts shifted to Mexico.
Subcompact crossovers like the Chevy Trax, Chevy Trailblazer, Buick Envista, and Buick Encore GX are all built in South Korea, and about half of their parts are sourced from Korea, but South Korea is untouched by new tariffs.
For the 2025 model year, the Buick Envision, Cadillac CT4, and Cadillac CT5 are the only GM vehicles sold in the States affected by the new 10-percent tariff on Chinese imports. It’s worth noting that the 2025 Cadillac XT4 is 15 percent made of Chinese parts, but it’s been discontinued, and production ended last month, so it’s unlikely that its MSRP will change.
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think tariff is right for USA people… they are very rich guys so they can easy pay 50 000 dollars more for the imported porsche, for the imported bmw, or any import, none problem in that. today read here in germany, they sold a lot in exportation 13425 trillion euros so bmw owners are very happy because they are selling as ever as never …. since 30 years on top
No problemo. Most of the blue hairs in my town are now driving Envistas instead. That’s the current trendy Buick to get.
Good.
The Toyota Crown Signia is a much better value anyway. Plus it gets 40% better fuel economy & has more power.
I just had to shell out $6k for a new transmission on my 2016 Rav4 with only 89k miles on it. And this one has 89k miles of being well cared for as opposed most Toyotas that people skimp on the maintenance or leave it out altogether.
Right now, I don’t have anything nice to say about Toyotas and that Rav, once the XT5 is paid off, will have a “For Sale” sign on it while its still worth anything, and its replaced by another GM product (or anything but NOT a Toyota).
Why even bother with Toyoda or any other import?
Cool made up story.
It cost us over $8,000 to replace an engine in our 2016 Chevy Malibu because General Mediocrity can’t engineer and build 4 banger turbo engines properly.
But hey keep being a gullible enabler to GM. When you get burned your tune will change.
Would you like to see my work order for it? The Toyotas of today are s*** whether you choose to accept it or not. Keep being a gullible enabler to Toyota.
And as for being burned, BTW. That $6k is for a used transmission off a salvaged Rav with slightly less miles than mine that my trusty mom and pop mechanic obtained from their supplier. Because of the three dealers I called, one of them wanted $10k for it, the second one won’t have one for months and refused to give me a price for it, and the third one simply refuses to replace it and is trying to get me to buy a new car instead.
So you want to talk burned? Yeah. I’m done with the garbage Toyota makes and their garbage customer service that seems to be the same across all the dealers that act like they are doing you a favor. For me to have an unreliable car, I’d rather have something that isn’t a taxicab atleast.
Even though this numb nut is stealing my name to try and bash GM, this is one I agree on. We are looking at a Crown Signia for the wife. Hybrid is one of the big requirements and they do it best currently and reliably. While other products of theirs have been falling in line with others in terms of reliability (cough Tacoma/Tundra cough), their hybrids are still cream of the crop. Outside of that, Toyota is no longer the all reliable brand, the others have caught them as they have been falling.
TMI, stop stealing my name. Saw the same thing with some guy named common sense. People steal the name and try and change their view points, it doesn’t fool anyone and looks petty on your side…
Lincolns Corsair is built in the US. Folks, you can pay more for a tariffed Chinese product or pay the same or less for an American built product. I guess you’ll see me over at Ford Authority for the answer to that question.
Are you sure? I thought they are China built.
The Nautilus is China built. The Corsair for the US market is built in Louisville Kentucky.
Too bad. The Envision is a good car with outstanding build quality. Tariffs are BS.
This tariff isn’t new, GM paid the tariff placed on the Envision previously under Trump’s first term, this is a successful product both for GM and the consumer so I’m sure they will eat the additional costs.
They’re not going to jack up the price on it because it would immediately lose its value advantage which is the main reason it sells. Any higher price then you’re better off getting an Lincoln Corsair, Acura RDX, Genesis GV70, or Lexus NX. GM would be best eating the cost and banking on making it up with their “extra revenue from subscriptions.”