Apparently anxious to not alienate its current customer base, Buick chose to handle the Enclave’s 2013 update with kid gloves. Materials, details, and styling cues are revised to remain contemporary, but the Enclave’s essence remains fully intact.
Same as it Ever Was
Viewed from the front, the grille is the most striking detail: The new Enclave employs an alternating pattern of black and chrome uprights of varying dimensions where the previous model had a simple, all-chrome affair. The lower front fascia is now painted to match the body. New headlamps have a longer, leaner, and more-angular profile and replace the more-rotund previous units; they incorporate amber turn indicators, which formerly resided in the lower front fascia. Standard HID lamps are enhanced with LED accent lights; headlamps that turn in concert with the steering wheel are available. Blue rings in the headlights match those on the previous car, as well as the cars in the rest of Buick’s lineup. Buick’s trademark portholes have been re-oriented to a more horizontal position on the hood, now sitting inside the hood’s prominent creases rather than outside them.
LED taillamps and a body-color rear valance echo the design in front. The oval exhaust outlets of the outgoing Enclave have been replaced with more-rectangular units. Aluminum 18-inch wheels are standard; buyers will have their choice of upgrading to either 19- or 20-inch aluminum wheels in painted, machined, or chrome finishes.
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