Watch Buick's "Baby Enclave" Get Slideways

Edward Niedermeyer
by Edward Niedermeyer

For a while now we’ve figured that the long-rumored Buick “Baby Enclave” would be a rebadged version of Opel’s Meriva MPV, as the suicide-doored Euro-confection is currently GM’s newest Gamma-platform people-carrier. But according to GMInsideNews’s 2013 lineup forecast, the Buick “Encore” will actually be a

Gamma based crossover will be a five-seater, about the size of the Nissan Rogue.

Because the Meriva is considerably smaller than the Rogue, and because it is rumored to have distinctly Enclave-like styling, we’re starting to rule out the Meriva as the next Buick CUV. Instead, we now think that this forthcoming Opel Corsa-based (Gamma II platform) “SUV” will be the basis for the Encore, as it’s larger than the Meriva and offers the higher seating that American drivers crave. But, based on this video of the new CUV testing in Germany, the new Buick should still be fairly playful for a front-drive crossover. These are not perfect drifts by any stretch, but I challenge any of you to do better in a front-drive Buick…


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  • Luke Luke on Jul 02, 2011

    Looks like a total sh*tbox. If this is the future of automobiles I'm buying every Camaro SS and Mustang 5.0 I can find...

  • SCE to AUX SCE to AUX on Jul 02, 2011

    I'm certainly not Jack Baruth, but that vehicle seems to be wallowing quite a bit for the speed it's going.

  • Ubermensch Ubermensch on Jul 02, 2011

    Imagine how much better that turd would handle if it were 8 inches lower. Oh right, then it would be a wagon and no one would buy it.

  • Sam P Sam P on Jul 02, 2011

    Soon crossovers will become so low to the ground that they'll revert to being AWD station wagons.

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