2018 Buick Encore Preferred
Vehicle Details
Preferred
Somerset, KY 42503
Is this 2018 Buick Encore Preferred a good deal?
OAV verdict: Great Deal
Why: Listed at $7,995, comparable market range $11,908–$12,995, based on 18 comparable listings. Listed 65 days.
Market price position
$7,995 · $3,913 below market low
- Comparable range
- $11,908 – $12,995
- vs. market low
- — $3,913 (33% below)
- Comparable vehicles
- 18
Market Retail Price (MRP™)
$12,452This vehicle $7,995 · $4,457 (36%) 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™)
$10,752This vehicle $7,995 · $2,757 (26%) below TRV
TRV™ is the average paid price for cars like this in the last 60 days (sold data through 2026-08-24) — an estimate, not an appraisal. How TRV works.
Comparable vehicles nationally have sold faster than the market baseline, but this listing has been available longer than the cohort’s typical sell-time (about 11–44 days).
What does Demand-Verified mean?
- This listing is priced well below the lowest comparable vehicle in the regional market — an unusually low price that more often reflects title status, history, condition, or fees than a genuine bargain. Confirm the vehicle's title status, history, condition, and out-the-door price (pull a vehicle history report and review the photos) before inquiring.
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.
Slate Branch Auto & Rebuildables
Somerset, KY
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About This 2018 Buick Encore
Listing updated: Aug 24, 2026Listed by an independent dealer in Somerset, KY · On lot for 65 days · VIN verifiable at NHTSA
This used 2018 Buick Encore Preferred is listed at $7,995 by slate branch auto & rebuildables in Somerset, KY 42503. It has 109,999 miles on the odometer (dealer-reported, not independently verified by OAV). The exterior color is Red. It features a FWD drivetrain with a 1.4L I4 engine and Automatic transmission.
OAV's independent, evidence-backed Price-to-Market analysis rates this vehicle as a Great Deal — priced below market value. Based on 18 comparable listings matched to this vehicle, the estimated market range is $11,908 to $12,995. These comparisons match year, make, model, and market, using trim where trim data supports it. OAV does not adjust comparables for odometer — where mileage would distort a verdict, it withholds one instead.
This vehicle has been on the lot for 65 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 Somerset, KY 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, using trim where trim data supports it. OAV does not adjust comparables for odometer; on very high-mileage vehicles it withholds a verdict rather than overstate a discount the odometer explains. 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 Somerset, KY, one of 57,000+ U.S. dealerships in OAV's nationwide inventory network.The VIN KL4CJASB8JB692023 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 KY
KY Market Listings
74
Average Price
$11,873
Price Range
$5,500–$19,549
Avg Days on Lot
84
Based on all 74 2016-2020 Buick Encore listings in the KY market, the average asking price is $11,873. This listing at $7,995 is $3,878 below the broader KY average (33% below the KY average). This is a wider, all-trim comparison across KY; OAV's price verdict above uses the closer comparable set. Comparable prices in KY range from $5,500 to $19,549. Similar vehicles spend an average of 84 days on dealer lots in this market.
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