2018 Buick Encore Preferred
Vehicle Details
Preferred
Houston, TX 77034
Reported title-brand history on this vehicle (salvage). OAV indicator from reported history events — not an official title or NMVTIS report.
Is this 2018 Buick Encore Preferred a good deal?
OAV verdict: Fair Price
Why: Listed at $8,995, comparable market range $8,995–$15,900, based on 24 comparable listings. Days on lot: 164 days (market average 108 days).
Market price position
$8,995 · within market range
- Regional range
- $8,995 – $15,900
- vs. market
- $0 above low · $6,905 below high
- Comparable vehicles
- 24
Market Retail Price (MRP™)
$12,448This vehicle $8,995 · $3,453 (28%) below MRP
MRP™ is the midpoint of the comparable market range — the representative price the market is asking for similar vehicles. How MRP works.
True Retail Value (TRV™)
$11,173This vehicle $8,995 · $2,178 (19%) below TRV
TRV™ is the average paid price for cars like this in the last 60 days (sold data through 2026-07-28) — an estimate, not an appraisal. How TRV works.
Branded-title price context: Branded-title Encores like this typically sell ~27% below comparable clean-title vehicles. The market range shown above is for clean-title cars — this listing's price reflects branded-title history.
Branded-adjusted estimate: $6,570 – $11,613 (clean-title range scaled by the branded discount — an estimate, not an appraisal).
Similar vehicles recently sold in an estimated 12–46 days.
What does Demand-Verified mean?
- This listing has been on market about 3.6x longer than typical for similar vehicles (cohort sells in 12–46 days; this one is at 164). Long days-on-lot on a fast-turn cohort can signal title concerns, mechanical issues, or pricing the dealer won't actually honor. Recommend a vehicle history report before spending more time.
Market Breakdown
Local = comparable listings in the same metro. Regional = comparable listings across the broader state or multi-state region. Both ranges are rebuilt from the market snapshot shown above.
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Houston, TX
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About This 2018 Buick Encore
Listing updated: Jul 27, 2026Listed by an independent dealer in Houston, TX · On lot for 164 days · VIN verifiable at NHTSA
This used 2018 Buick Encore Preferred is listed at $8,995 by car quest auto sales in Houston, TX 77034. It has 99,625 miles on the odometer. The exterior color is Gold. It features a FWD drivetrain with a 1.4L I4 engine and Automatic transmission.
OAV's AI-powered Price-to-Market analysis rates this vehicle as Fair Price — priced at market value. Based on 24 similar vehicles in the Houston market, the estimated market range is $8,995 to $15,900.
This vehicle has been on the lot for 164 days.
Analysis powered by OAV's patented inventory standardization technology (U.S. Patent No. 12,236,477).
Market context
This listing is part of OAV's broader Houston, TX suvs market analysis. OAV compares vehicles using local and regional price-to-market ranges, days-on-lot, comparable count, and demand signals where available.
How this deal is rated
OAV compares this 2018 Buick Encore against similar vehicles currently available in the local and regional market — same make, model, and year range, filtered for comparable mileage. Based on where this listing falls in that comparable set, it is rated:
- Great Deal — priced below the typical range for comparable vehicles.
- Fair Price — priced within the expected range for comparable vehicles.
- Overpriced — priced above the typical range for comparable vehicles.
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How this listing is verified
This vehicle listing was aggregated from an independent dealer in Houston, TX, one of 57,000+ U.S. dealerships in OAV's nationwide inventory network.The VIN KL4CJASB2JB607712 can be independently verified via the U.S. Department of Transportation's NHTSA VIN decoder, and safety recalls at NHTSA's recall database.
Vehicle attributes (year, make, model, trim, mileage, location) are standardized using OAV's patented methodology (U.S. Patent No. 12,236,477), which normalizes naming conventions and deduplicates cross-listed inventory across the dealership network. Listing data is processed daily; Price-to-Market analysis uses comparable vehicles within the same geographic market.
2018 Buick Encore Market in TX
Comparable Vehicles
268
Average Price
$12,272
Price Range
$3,500–$24,995
Avg Days on Lot
108
Based on 268 comparable 2016-2020 Buick Encore listings in TX, the average asking price is $12,272. This listing at $8,995 is $3,277 below average (27% below market). Comparable prices in TX range from $3,500 to $24,995. Similar vehicles spend an average of 108 days on dealer lots in this market.
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