2018 Buick Encore Essence
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Essence
Goldsboro, NC 27534
Is this 2018 Buick Encore Essence a good deal?
OAV verdict: Unscored
Why: Listed at $14,778. OAV found only 5 comparable listings — too few for a reliable market range or verdict. Listed 62 days.
Market price position
OAV has not assigned a reliable market verdict to this listing yet — the available comparable evidence isn't sufficient to score it.
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About This 2018 Buick Encore
Listing updated: Sep 2, 2026Listed by a franchise dealer in Goldsboro, NC · On lot for 62 days · VIN verifiable at NHTSA
This used 2018 Buick Encore Essence is listed at $14,778 by sport durst mazda of goldsboro in Goldsboro, NC 27534. It has 64,968 miles on the odometer (dealer-reported, not independently verified by OAV). The exterior color is White. 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 Unscored — the available evidence doesn't support a market verdict. OAV has not assigned a reliable comparable market range for this vehicle yet — the available comparable evidence isn't sufficient for a reliable verdict.
This vehicle has been on the lot for 62 days.
Analysis powered by OAV's patented inventory standardization technology (U.S. Patent No. 12,236,477). Verdict methodology ptm-verdict-v1 · snapshot Sep 2, 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 Goldsboro, NC 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 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 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 a franchise dealer in Goldsboro, NC, one of 57,000+ U.S. dealerships in OAV's nationwide inventory network.The VIN KL4CJCSB7JB660921 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 NC
NC Market Listings
104
Average Price
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Price Range
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Avg Days on Lot
55
Based on all 104 2016-2020 Buick Encore listings in the NC market. Because OAV has not assigned a reliable price verdict to this listing, it does not state how it compares to this broader average. Similar vehicles spend an average of 55 days on dealer lots in this market.
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