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When we posted on
at
as a longer-wheelbase version of the
, we though the GX trim could supplant our local Encore. According to
Automotive News
, citing “sources familiar with the plans,”
will sell both the Encore and the Encore GX here. Brand boss Duncan Aldred told Buick
in January to expect a new model this year, and it appears the slightly larger subcompact
is that product.
GM Authority reported the same news
in March, the outlet saying that Buick intends to re-create in the U.S. the “model family” strategy the carmaker employs in China. Over there, our rebadged
sold as the first-generation
, Excelle GT and Excelle GX, the GX being the wagon version of the sedan. When the
Excelle trio moved a less expensive platform
for the second generation, Buick introduced a Verano model in China in both sedan and Verano GS hatchback forms. AN reported that Buick is also planning a smaller three-row
for China.
The Encore GX differs fundamentally from both the Chinese- and U.S.-market Encores. Our Encore, a rebadged
/
Mokka, rides on the Gamma II platform. The second-generation China-market Encore rides on
new Global Emerging Markets (GEM) platform, an updated version of the Gamma II for regions like China and Latin America. The Encore GX rides on the
(VSS-F) architecture.
AN
wasn’t sure yet where our U.S.-market Encore GX will be built, but doesn’t expect it to come from China.
The Encore GX here will slide into the lineup between the $23,200 Encore and $31,995
. Whereas the Chinese model aims to stop hemorrhaging Encore sales in China, our version will want to expand the Encore success story. Since it went on sale in 2013, the model has posted double-digit sales increases here every year save for last year. In 2018 the model sold 93,073 units, accounting for 47 percent of brand sales. There’s no reason to doubt the Encore GX will boost that number.
from Autoblog http://bit.ly/2Pn8e4y