Quick Take: 2026 Buick Enclave Avenir AWD

EV Rider reviewer Dan Scanlan takes a test drive in a 2026 Buick Enclave Avenir AWD, one of four SUVs that the venerable Flint, Michigan automaker does now – no sedans in the mix anymore. But there is some sense of Buick style here, from the smoked chrome honeycombed grill, slit LED DRLs and relatively long 120.9-inch wheelbase..

There’s some style flash in the use of chrome, the sleek running lights and the big 18-spoke silver alloy wheels shod in 22-inch Continental CrossContact rubber.

Inside, a blue-over-dove gray interior with bronze accents and glowing ambient lighting, plus ash gray wood door accents and perforated alloy Bose speaker grilles. The white leather seats are flat if comfy, with heating, cooling and massage up front. Then there’s the sweeping 30-inch gauge/infotainment display atop the dashboard’s centerpiece, multi-configurable with digital speedometer and more for the driver, then central navigation screen that also offered wireless Apple Car Play and Android Auto, plus HD radio via a 16-speaker Bose audio system. There’s lots of room in the twin captain’s chairs in the second row, a usable 3-person bench seat, and decent cargo room behind.

So read lots more about this – 2026 Buick Enclave Avenir Moved By Turbo 4

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Quick Spin: 2026 Buick Enclave Avenir

EV Rider reviewer Dan Scanlan takes a test drive in a 2026 Buick Enclave Avenir – the flagship of the fleet.

This Buick gets the Avenir name from a classy 2016 concept car that was called a “glimpse into the future.” That future a few years later is a distinctive mid-size all-wheel-drive crossover with a redesigned-for-2026 face with wide grill, slick LED lights and a sleek look.

Inside, it has three adult-size rows of leather in its long wheelbase, heated and cooled up front, with a long display screeen for all infotainment needs. The 16-speaker Bose audio system, plus wireless Apple Car Play and Android Auto, and HD radio. The center row reclines and slides – and there’s room in back for luggage along with 6 to 7 folks. And its turbocharged 2.5-liter four-cylinder engine has 328 hp – quick and fairly fuel-efficient, if a bit snarly.

So read lots more about this, and see more interior and exterior images by EV Rider reviewer Dan Scanlan – Buick Smooth: Enclave Avenir Glides Into 2026. And check out lots more views of EV, PHEV and ICE vehicles at EV Rider.