General Motors wrapped 2023 with full leadership of the US automotive market – it sold nearly 2.6 million vehicles compared to Japanese automaker Toyota's over 2.24 million and Blue Oval's performance of almost 2 million units.
Of course, to make sure they will continue the upward trend where most of its brands had positive results, including the beloved premium marque Cadillac, GM must be prepared with great new vehicles to launch this year. Like the 2025 Cadillac CT5 sedan, since we mentioned the luxury brand, or the 2025 Chevrolet Tahoe and Suburban refreshes plus the 2025 Equinox, among others.
Naturally, Buick isn't standing still, either. They already have the all-new first-ever Envista up for grabs starting at just $22,400 or the refreshed 2024 Encore GX costing $25,600 – which is actually $300 cheaper than the outgoing 2023 Encore GX. That's a rarity in an age when all carmakers raise prices, even when nothing changes from one model year to the next!
Anyway, the only ones left to deal with are the Envision and Enclave crossover SUVs. In fact, the latter is slated next for the reveal of the 2025 model year. This is a critical moment for the three-row full-size crossover SUV produced by General Motors since 2007 throughout two generations. The second iteration was launched a decade after the original and refreshed for 2022 MY, but now the lifecycle is a bit shorter.
As such, the upcoming 2025 model year marks the introduction of the third generation, featuring bold design cues inspired by the Wildcat EV concept (which hasn't materialized into a series-production EV) and featuring the chassis and powertrain of the all-new 2024 Chevrolet Traverse. How do we know that for sure? Simple. Buick has already teased the arrival of the 2025 Enclave with a sketch of the front end that clearly shows the Wildcat EV inspiration.
Additionally, the rest of the technical cues follow the deduction path. A sibling of the GMC Acadia and Chevrolet Traverse, the 2025 Buick Enclave will surely feature the same GM C1XX-2 architecture as the all-new third-gen Acadia and Traverse. Obviously, they will also share the 2.5-liter LK0 turbo inline-four engine hooked to an eight-speed automatic transmission producing 328 horsepower and 326 pound-feet (442 Nm), a bit more than the current 3.6-liter V6 mill (310 hp and 266 lb-ft or 361 Nm).
So, the only thing left unknown is the exterior design – as the cockpit will either look a lot like the one seen in the Traverse (most likely) or in the Acadia (a lot less likely). No worries if you're a bit impatient; the imaginative realm of digital car content creators is always ready to oblige. So, for example, the Halo oto channel on YouTube provides fresh automotive info corroborated with their virtual designs; now, there are some new CGI ideas about the next Enclave. Do you think this will be it?
Aurel has aimed high all his life (literally, at 16 he was flying gliders all by himself) so in 2006 he switched careers and got hired as a writer at his favorite magazine. Since then, his work has been published both by print and online outlets, most recently right here, on autoevolution. Full profile
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