I love the 2025 Envista. Buick’s latest compact SUV provides everything I’m looking for in a practical, affordable, and all-around reliable SUV with hearty cargo space, excellent fuel efficiency, and superb handling. Not to mention, the 2025 Envista is one of the most technologically superior automobiles in its price range.
To kick off this buyer’s guide, note the 2025 Buick Envista begins at an MSRP of $22,900 for the base Preferred trim; for an incremental uptick in price, you can get the Sport Touring for $24,700; and lastly, the Avenir—the most feature-packed, luxury trim—starts at $28,600. These three trims provide sound choices for shoppers, and today, I’ll go over the power, tech, comfort, and safety dynamics of the newest iteration of Buick’s compact SUV.
Practical Powertrain
The 2025 Buick Envista has a turbocharged 1.2L I-3 engine paired with a 6-speed automatic transmission. The displacement of the triple-cylinder engine ensures phenomenal fuel efficiency, and thanks to an increase in airflow with the turbocharged design, you’ll get more performance than you may expect.
If you’re looking for a comfortable ride, the 2025 Envista is a great choice. I wouldn’t blame you for wanting a tamer ride, as I’ve always preferred not being the loudest car on the road; I admire and appreciate loud vehicles, but I’m not in that demographic. The 2025 Envista provides what I’m looking for, and it doesn’t hurt to try one before you buy because you may agree with me—but to each their own!
Each 2025 Envista produces 137 hp and 162 lb-ft of torque. FWD comes standard with each trim, providing excellent handling, especially during harsh weather conditions like rain. The EPA estimates the 2025 Buick Envista earns 28 MPG in the city and 32 MPG on the highway, for 30 MPG combined. For a sub-$25k vehicle, the performance is great, and the efficiency ensures you don’t spend more than a minute at a gas pump each week; you can travel around 288 miles on a full gas tank!
Excellent Infotainment
If you look at any 2025 model in the compact SUV market, manufacturers have done an excellent job at how infotainment tech is implemented. We may be in the Golden Age of the modern-day infotainment center. Do you want proof? The smallest infotainment center screen for any compact SUV is the Acura RDX, with its 10.2-inch screen. That’s right: the worst screen on the market still measures over 10 inches. Next to the RDX are Mazda’s two compact SUVs—the CX-5 and CX-50—with 10.25-inch screens, but what does this have to do with the 2025 Envista?
The 2025 Envista has an 11-inch screen for its infotainment center, meaning it’s slightly larger than Mazda or Acura’s compact SUVs. You may think: “So what? The difference is less than an inch!” You wouldn’t be wrong if it weren’t for the Envista’s design, which uses a large sheet of glass separated into two displays, including the infotainment center and a digital 8-inch Driver Information Display to its left. However, I’ll bring one more variable into play: price.
The 2025 Envista starts at an exceptionally reasonable $22,900 for the base trim, while an SUV like the CX-50—whose base trim only has 14% more torque and the aforementioned smaller screen—starts at a far higher $30,300 for the entry-level trim, which is a 32% price increase. If tech draws your attention like mine, then such a price hike is not worth it, and I’ll explain why.
The Envista’s larger screen is the icing on the cake, considering the SUV comes standard with features like wireless Apple CarPlay and Android Auto. It was a few short years ago when the idea of a vehicle coming with wireless Apple CarPlay and Android Auto was expected to one day happen, but perhaps none of us figured it would have been so soon. Fortunately, the 2025 Envista being the second go-around for Buick’s newer compact SUV, it benefits from being built from the ground up with such tech in mind from the get-go.
I also admire that the 2025 Envista’s infotainment center simultaneously holds a Bluetooth connection to two wireless devices, which you don’t see everywhere on the market. If that’s the icing, the Envista’s far lower starting price is the cake it’s plastered on.
I briefly spoke about the ultrawide design of the infotainment center, but to see it first-hand is incredible. The combination of the Driver Information Display and the infotainment center provides a design that to call ‘eye-catching’ would be a disservice. You may have noticed my enthusiasm, and part of my admiration for the 2025 Envista is that you get all the amazing infotainment center features I mentioned at no extra cost. That makes me jubilant.
It’s worth mentioning that if you’re sticking with the base Preferred trim, you aren’t restricted from opting for various features. You can opt for a wireless phone charging pad as part of the Convenience II Package with your base trim, which for $595 comes with the aforementioned wireless charging pad, a power liftgate, and Rainsense automatic wipers, too. With the Convenience II Package—and even the Convenience I Package, which I’ll discuss shortly—you’re still looking at a sub-$25k vehicle.
Generous Comfort
I drive a vehicle with a manually adjustable chair, but I had originally intended to purchase one with a power-adjustable seat. Manually adjustable chairs are fine, but power-adjustable chairs are great luxuries, and they don’t solely come with the most expensive vehicles on the market—much like infotainment centers in the modern era.
The 2025 Envista Preferred comes standard with a manually adjustable driver’s seat, but that doesn’t mean you need to step up to the Sport Touring or Avenir to get a power-adjustable chair. There’s an option for Preferred owners who want the feature without spending even more on a trim upgrade, and it’s the Convenience I Package. For $995, the Convenience I Package adds an 8-way power-adjustable driver’s seat with two-way power-adjustable lumbar controls; these controls will keep your lower back comfy during long travels.
Safety First!
The 2025 Envista has more safety features than you can shake a stick at. Every 2025 Envista comes standard with Forward Collision Alert, Automatic Emergency Braking, Front Pedestrian Braking, Lane Keep Assist with Lane Departure Warning, and an HD Rear Vision Camera; also, Teen Driver mode provides tools for parents to ensure their older children remain safe on the road for the first few times they’ll be driving without parental supervision once they get their licenses.
A package you should consider if you wish to get the most out of today’s safety tech is the Advanced Safety Package. For $595—the same price as the Convenience II Package—you get additional features like Adaptive Cruise Control, and you’ll have proper blindspot coverage with Side Blind Zone Alert; likewise, Lane Change Alert will warn you if it’s unsafe to change lanes because of an approaching vehicle. The package also comes with a Rear Cross Traffic Alert, so if you’re sandwiched between two cars and need to reverse out of a parking space, the vehicle will alert you to any car that’s about to pass by from the left or right.
No Sophomore Slump Here
The 2025 Envista is one of my favorite sub-$25k vehicles I’ve seen in a long time. The 2024 Envista was met with a positive reception, and the 2025 model knocks it out of the park with flying colors, providing an experience that doesn’t take anything away from the foundation Buick has set and will continue to follow for the future. If there’s one thing the 2025 Envista is not, it’s a sophomore slump.
