Buick Enclave: Background
Given the fact that the vast majority of SUVs were rarely taken off-pavement
by their owners, much less driven under serious off-road conditions, a new type
of car-based "crossover SUV" was developed that was hoped would provide all the
elements that customers actually wanted from their SUVs such as cargo carrying
capacity, elevated seating height and the suggestion of an active outdoor
lifestyle with less of the negative attributes typically associated with
traditional SUVs such as poor gas mileage, uncomfortable ride, high step-in
height, propensity to roll over, etc. The formula of a car-based "soft-road"
luxury SUV had proven marketable by the highly successful Lexus RX300 and was
thought to be a promising new market category for Buick to exploit within this
extremely profitable portion of the ever-expanding SUV category.
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All versions of the Enclave are powered by a 3.6-liter V-6 engine that drives
a six-speed automatic transmission with a clutchless-manual mode that gives the
driver control over shifting. Front-wheel-drive Enclaves get an EPA-estimated
16/24 mpg (city/highway), while all-wheel-drive versions a
