Buick ensures that its US clients get the chance of driving a more powerful small SUV, as it introduces the all new Encore Sport Touring. The new special version comes with a more powrful gasoline engine and benefits from new styling options.
The 2016 Encore Sport Touring features a winged rear spoiler, 18-inch aluminum finish wheels and body-colored door handles. The standard features list includes numerous features as blue-accented halogen composite projector-beam headlamps, IntelliLink voice-activated infotainment system with a seven-inch-diagonal, high-resolution, full-color display, OnStar 4G LTE connectivity with a Wi-Fi hotspot, including a three-month/3GB data trial, rearview camera system, ten standard airbags, including side-curtain and knee air bags, QuietTuning with Bose Active Noise Cancellation technology, heated outside rearview mirrors with signal indicators.
Encore Sport Touring also includes the Convenience package, which adds a 120-volt power outlet, auto-dimming inside rearview mirror, dual-zone climate control, fog lamps, Rear Cross Traffic Alert, Side Blind Zone Alert and remote starting.
The Encore Sport Touring’s new 1.4 liter turbo is based on an all-new engine family, sharing only its displacement with the Encore’s standard 1.4L turbo engine. Direct injection helps it generate an estimated 153 hp and 177 lb-ft of torque (240 Nm), for about 11 percent more horsepower and nearly 20 percent more torque than the Encore’s standard engine.
