2018 Buick Encore Essence
Vehicle Details
Essence
New Castle, DE 19720
Is this 2018 Buick Encore Essence a good deal?
OAV verdict: Fair Price
Why: Listed at $12,997, comparable market range $11,580–$15,499, based on 12 comparable listings. Listed 8 days.
Market price position
$12,997 · within market range
- Comparable range
- $11,580 – $15,499
- vs. market
- $1,417 above low · $2,502 below high
- Comparable vehicles
- 12
Market Retail Price (MRP™)
$13,540This vehicle $12,997 · $543 (4%) 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™)
$12,403This vehicle $12,997 · $594 (5%) above TRV
TRV™ is the average paid price for cars like this in the last 60 days (sold data through 2026-08-23) — an estimate, not an appraisal. How TRV works.
Comparable vehicles nationally recently sold in an estimated 9–42 days, and this listing is still within that typical selling window.
What does Demand-Verified mean?
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.
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New Castle, DE
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About This 2018 Buick Encore
Listing updated: Aug 23, 2026Listed by an independent dealer in New Castle, DE · On lot for 8 days · VIN verifiable at NHTSA
This used 2018 Buick Encore Essence is listed at $12,997 by my car in New Castle, DE 19720. It has 85,108 miles on the odometer (dealer-reported, not independently verified by OAV). The exterior color is Silver. It features a 4WD 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 at market value. Based on 12 comparable listings matched to this vehicle, the estimated market range is $11,580 to $15,499. 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 8 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 New Castle, DE 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 New Castle, DE, one of 57,000+ U.S. dealerships in OAV's nationwide inventory network.The VIN KL4CJGSB0JB544936 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 DE
DE Market Listings
12
Average Price
$13,592
Price Range
$9,200–$17,998
Avg Days on Lot
150
Based on all 12 2016-2020 Buick Encore listings in the DE market, the average asking price is $13,592. This listing at $12,997 is $595 below the broader DE average (4% below the DE average). This is a wider, all-trim comparison across DE; OAV's price verdict above uses the closer comparable set. Comparable prices in DE range from $9,200 to $17,998. Similar vehicles spend an average of 150 days on dealer lots in this market.
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