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2018 Buick Encore Preferred

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Vehicle Details

VINKL4CJASBXJB511102
TrimPreferred
Exterior ColorGray
DrivetrainFWD
Engine1.4L I4
TransmissionAutomatic
Fuel TypeUnleaded
Inventory Typeused
Days on Lot284

Preferred

Fair Price
$11,99973,139 mi

Dearborn, MI 48126

Is this 2018 Buick Encore Preferred a good deal?

OAV verdict: Fair Price

Why: Listed at $11,999, comparable market range $6,995–$12,935, based on 22 comparable listings. Listed 284 days · longer than most comparable local listings (typical ~15–135 days).

Market price position

$11,999 · within market range

Comparable range
$6,995 – $12,935
vs. market
$5,004 above low · $936 below high
Comparable vehicles
22

Market Retail Price (MRP™)

$9,965

This vehicle $11,999 · $2,034 (20%) above 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™)

$12,732

This vehicle $11,999 · $733 (6%) below TRV

TRV™ is the average paid price for cars like this in the last 60 days (sold data through 2026-09-17) — an estimate, not an appraisal. How TRV works.

Fast-selling model · older listing

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 1045 days).

What does Demand-Verified mean?

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  • This listing has been available about 6.3x longer than comparable vehicles typically take to sell (cohort sells in 10–45 days; this one is at 284). Confirm its history, condition, availability, and out-the-door price before proceeding.

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.

Local Range$7,999 – $7,999
Regional Range$6,995 – $12,935

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About This 2018 Buick Encore

Listing updated: Sep 17, 2026

Listed by an independent dealer in Dearborn, MI · On lot for 284 days · VIN verifiable at NHTSA

This used 2018 Buick Encore Preferred is listed at $11,999 by michigan auto financial in Dearborn, MI 48126. It has 73,139 miles on the odometer (dealer-reported, not independently verified by OAV). The exterior color is Gray. 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 Fair Price — priced in line with the supported comparable range. Based on 22 comparable listings matched to this vehicle, the estimated market range is $6,995 to $12,935. These comparisons match year, make, and model, using trim where the data supports it. OAV does not adjust comparable prices for mileage — every price shown is the real advertised price. On used vehicles, mileage can still cause OAV to withhold a verdict — very high or unreliable mileage, or a lower price better explained by higher-than-typical mileage than by a genuine market discount — rather than call it a deal it can't support.

This vehicle has been on the lot for 284 days.

Analysis powered by OAV's patented inventory standardization technology (U.S. Patent No. 12,236,477). Verdict methodology ptm-verdict-v1 · snapshot Sep 17, 2026. The patented comparable band is the input; ptm-verdict-v1 is the versioned OAV rule set that turns it into this verdict.

Market context

This listing is part of OAV's broader Dearborn, MI suvs market analysis. OAV compares vehicles by local and regional price-to-market ranges and comparable count; days-on-lot and demand signals are shown separately, not as verdict inputs.

How this deal is rated

OAV compares this 2018 Buick Encore against similar vehicles currently available for sale — same make, model, and year range, using trim where the data supports it. OAV does not adjust comparable prices for mileage; on used vehicles it withholds a verdict when mileage would distort the comparison — very high or unreliable mileage, or a lower price better explained by higher-than-typical mileage than by a genuine market discount — rather than overstate a deal. Based on where this listing falls in that comparable set, it is rated:

  • Great Deal — priced below the comparable-range floor by a meaningful margin (OAV's minimum-gap rule); a listing below the floor by less than that margin is Fair Price.
  • Fair Price — priced within the expected range for comparable vehicles.
  • Overpriced — priced above the typical range for comparable vehicles.

Listings show OAV's PTM-derived deal quality and live market context. OAV-claimed dealers manage their listing profile and route buyer inquiries directly. Paid OAV partners can surface additional verification signals, but commercial participation never changes a listing's Price-to-Market verdict, eligibility, ranking, or confidence.

How this listing is verified

This vehicle listing was aggregated from an independent dealer in Dearborn, MI, one of 57,000+ U.S. dealerships in OAV's nationwide inventory network.The VIN KL4CJASBXJB511102 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.

2018 Buick Encore Market in MI

MI Market Listings

267

Average Price

$11,512

Price Range

$7,159–$15,997

Avg Days on Lot

99

Based on all 267 2016-2020 Buick Encore listings in the MI market, the average asking price is $11,512. This listing at $11,999 is $487 above the broader MI average (4% above the MI average). This is a wider, all-trim comparison across MI; OAV's price verdict above uses the closer comparable set. Comparable prices in MI range from $7,159 to $15,997. Similar vehicles spend an average of 99 days on dealer lots in this market.

Similar Buick Encore Listings in MI

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

This is a broad, statewide same-model set (any trim, mileage, or title) — not the qualified comparable cohort behind the verdict above; lower prices here typically reflect a different trim, higher mileage, or a branded title.