2018 Buick Encore Preferred

Listed by an independent dealer in Santa Maria, CA · On lot for 46 days · VIN verifiable at NHTSA

This used 2018 Buick Encore Preferred is listed at $12,955 by carmotive sm in Santa Maria, CA 93458. It has 63,505 miles on the odometer (dealer-reported, not independently verified by OAV). The exterior color is Brown. 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 Unscored due to insufficient comparable data. OAV has not assigned a reliable comparable market range for this vehicle yet — the comparable set is too limited.

This vehicle has been on the lot for 46 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 Santa Maria, CA suvs market analysis. OAV compares vehicles using local and regional price-to-market ranges, days-on-lot, comparable count, and demand signals where available.

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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 (currently across available trims and configurations; trim-level matching is rolling out), 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 Santa Maria, CA, one of 57,000+ U.S. dealerships in OAV's nationwide inventory network.The VIN KL4CJASB6JB536692 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 CA

Based on all 134 2016-2020 Buick Encore listings in the CA market, the average asking price is $11,526. Because OAV has not assigned a reliable price verdict to this listing, it does not state how it compares to this broader average. Comparable prices in CA range from $4,995 to $17,998. Similar vehicles spend an average of 80 days on dealer lots in this market.

Similar Buick Encore Listings in CA

8 similar listings shown (closest matches within ±2 model years) and ±30,000 miles (subject trim: Preferred — compare trims below)