2018 Buick Encore Essence
Vehicle Details
Essence
Clinton Township, MI 48035
Is this 2018 Buick Encore Essence a good deal?
OAV verdict: Fair Price
Why: Listed at $12,995, comparable market range $6,990–$13,563, based on 30 comparable listings. Days on lot: 174 days (market average 85 days).
Market price position
$12,995 · within market range
- Comparable range
- $6,990 – $13,563
- vs. market
- $6,005 above low · $568 below high
- Comparable vehicles
- 30
Market Retail Price (MRP™)
$10,277This vehicle $12,995 · $2,718 (26%) 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™)
$14,449This vehicle $12,995 · $1,454 (10%) below TRV
TRV™ is the average paid price for cars like this in the last 60 days (sold data through 2026-08-11) — 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 8–42 days).
What does Demand-Verified mean?
- This listing has been available about 4.1x longer than comparable vehicles typically take to sell (cohort sells in 8–42 days; this one is at 174). 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.
Atlas Motors
Clinton Township, MI
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About This 2018 Buick Encore
Listing updated: Aug 11, 2026Listed by an independent dealer in Clinton Township, MI · On lot for 174 days · VIN verifiable at NHTSA
This used 2018 Buick Encore Essence is listed at $12,995 by atlas motors in Clinton Township, MI 48035. It has 54,338 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 AI-powered Price-to-Market analysis rates this vehicle as Fair Price — priced at market value. Based on 30 comparable listings matched to this vehicle, the estimated market range is $6,990 to $13,563. These comparisons match year, make, and model and may currently span trims and configurations (trim-level matching is rolling out).
This vehicle has been on the lot for 174 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 Clinton Township, MI 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 (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 Clinton Township, MI, one of 57,000+ U.S. dealerships in OAV's nationwide inventory network.The VIN KL4CJCSB0JB556805 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 MI
MI Market Listings
291
Average Price
$11,418
Price Range
$3,450–$21,775
Avg Days on Lot
85
Based on all 291 2016-2020 Buick Encore listings in the MI market, the average asking price is $11,418. This listing at $12,995 is $1,577 above the broader MI average (14% 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 $3,450 to $21,775. Similar vehicles spend an average of 85 days on dealer lots in this market.
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