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Old Jan 21, 2021 | 12:45 PM
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Here is the 2022 Buick Enclave! That's all now. Move along. At least, that’s according to Buick, which offered no information beyond these two photos. We know it’s for the 2022 model year, and we know it will go on sale “later this year.”

The visual changes are obvious enough on their own. It amounts to what we’d expect a mid-cycle refresh would look like. Buick gave it a totally new front and rear. We’re most taken by the new look up front, though. That grille gives it the presence it was lacking before, and the horizontal slashes meeting in the middle at the Buick logo are a nice touch. New LED headlights are slimmed way down and tuck in neatly under the hood. Even the lower bumper adds some pizazz with swooping lines and a handsome, verging on sporty, finish.

Nothing much changes in the middle, but sharp LED taillights steal the show in back. They’re still connected by a central trim piece, but it’s been darkened and massaged to a cleaner look. Buick also looks like it has gone for a concealed exhaust design — it had a visible dual exhaust pipe exit before. The last obvious change is a new set of dark-painted wheels.

There are certainly a number of tech updates to be found on the interior, but Buick isn’t talking about (or showing) those yet. We’ll have to wait for a later date to know every last detail of the refreshed Enclave.
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nice! that grille looks like something directly off a Cadillac though
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Old Jan 21, 2021 | 03:36 PM
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This is now Buick's flagship in the North American market, so they have to give it a nice effort, particularly on the Avenir version....which, although the article doesn't specifically say, given what is on the lower-front fender, trim, appears to be the version in the picture.

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Originally Posted by bitkahuna
directly off a Cadillac though
I have always thought the Cadillac front ends look better than Lexus/BMW and Audi....Buick Lacrosse had a good looking front end too
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According to Autoblog, Buick reveals or puts two new SUV's on sale on the same day (this and the Envision)? I don't think I've ever seen that before. Would be better marketing to spread out debuts and not blow one's wad all at once.
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According to Autoblog, Buick reveals or puts two new SUV's on sale on the same day (this and the Envision)? I don't think I've ever seen that before. Would be better marketing to spread out debuts and not blow one's wad all at once.
Envision has already been on sale. Enclave will go on sale later this year. I'm sure Buick knows that the Enclave will have far bigger reach and media and so they're piggy backing the Envision on that. A lot of automakers will do this.
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Originally Posted by bitkahuna
that grille looks like something directly off a Cadillac though
That's a true truth

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Envision has already been on sale. Enclave will go on sale later this year. I'm sure Buick knows that the Enclave will have far bigger reach and media and so they're piggy backing the Envision on that. A lot of automakers will do this.
Got it. Then Autoblog displayed their stories today in a confusing way. As read in order, they made it appear it was one after the other today.

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Originally Posted by bitkahuna
nice! that grille looks like something directly off a Cadillac though

......or some Mazdas.

Though not too bad, a little too large for my tastes. I thought the older one looked better. The auto industry, in general, seems to be getting a thing about oversized grilles.

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Whats so wrong with the two of them? I don’t get it.
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^^^^Read Post #2 above

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^^^^Read Post #2 above

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Saw that...what’s the issue if it looks like a Cadillac?
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Originally Posted by LexsCTJill
Saw that...what’s the issue if it looks like a Cadillac?
Nothing wrong with either of them IMO. They are both nice looking modern SUV's. There's certainly a market for them these days.
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Originally Posted by LexsCTJill
Saw that...what’s the issue if it looks like a Cadillac?
No issue - Just an observation

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