2014 Buick Verano FWD Sedan Canada Prices

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The 2014 Buick Verano strikes a fine balance between luxury and affordability, offering a fine cabin, slick exterior design and a selection of two powerful engines. The sedan also provides excellent safety capabilities, having received high test results from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety and National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.




Full Review

The 2014 Buick Verano is one of the few vehicles that falls strictly in-between luxury and entry-level categories, striking a fine balance between affordability and quality. What makes this sedan special is that it offers enough premium-level features and style to seem like a luxury car, despite costing only $23,055.

You’ll notice a touch of luxury in the 2014 Verano as soon as you set your eyes on it. Though it shares the same architecture as the Chevrolet Cruze, it would be unfair to label it as a rip-off since it’s noticeably different. Its waterfall-style grille should instantly draw your attention. To the side, you’ll see an elegantly rising beltline that neatly ends right at the trunk. Just like the other Buicks, this sedan also comes with a set of portholes that sit on top of the hood at the root of the A-pillars; their existence is purely aesthetic. As a standard, you get 18-inch aluminum alloy wheels, while the turbocharged models come with dual exhaust pipes and a “T” badge on the trunk.

The cabin that accompanies this excellent body is impressive too, being able to house five passengers, while pampering them with high-quality materials and spacious seats. The lower trims come with premium cloth, which is where that luxury bit truly comes in. And if you’re into leather, you can get it with the top two trim levels, so there’s definitely some leeway there. The driver’s seat is probably the most comfortable out of all of them, offering more bolstering than it would seem possible. The back seats a little too snug for our taste, especially when it comes to legroom, but they’re not bad. If you’re not overly tall, you should feel quite comfortable. The interface you get on the sedan’s seven-inch touchscreen is very simple and intuitive, but the buttons around it are a bit of a mess; they are located in confusing spots, and oftentimes just don’t seem to make sense.

What makes sense, however, is the Buick Verano’s engine selection. The standard 2.4-litre four-cylinder can generate 180 horsepower and 171 pound-feet of torque. Its power output is adequate but not phenomenal. So, if you’re looking for more power, then consider getting the 2.0-litre turbocharged four instead, which can comfortably produce up to 250 horsepower and 260 pound-feet of torque. And if fuel economy is your main concern, don’t worry. Verano’s EPA ratings for both engines are around 11.8 litres per 100 kilometres in the city and 7.6 litres per 100 kilometres on the highway, which are quite decent – even if you compare them to its rivals, like Toyota Camry and Ford Focus.

The 2014 Verano doesn’t underdeliver in the area of safety features either. The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety has awarded it with top “good” scores in all categories, except the small-overlap crash test, which it hasn’t performed yet. Meanwhile, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has given it five stars in all categories, except for the rollover resistance test, where it has received four stars. The standard safety features include ten airbags, anti-lock brakes, traction and stability control, rearview camera and OnStar system with Automatic Crash Response and FamilyLink. Other features include rear parking sensors, blind-spot monitors as well as forward-collision and lane-departure systems.

Overall, the 2014 Buick Verano is a fine automobile that rewards good taste more so than anything else. If you can’t afford a luxury car, but you want to exhibit a certain level of class and a taste for the finer things in life, then take this sedan for a test drive and see if it’s worth your time.



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General Specs

Engine 2.4000 L
Horsepower @RPM180
Fuel TypeUnleaded
Body typeSedan
Number of Doors4
Passenger5
Drive TrainFront Wheel Drive
Transmission TypeAutomatic
Power and Performance:

The Buick Verano is one of the first compact cars to stake out premium territory here in the U.S., and given the nearly blank slate, Buick's chosen to tune it with comfort, not performance, in mind.

That said, the Verano is accommodating enough for most daily drivers, and its responsive electric power steering and well-sorted independent suspension pair well with its smooth four-cylinder engine. With turbocharging, it's truly quick but not much more taut; the mild re-tuning, frankly, could be applied across the board.

Instead of the related Cruze 1.4-liter four-cylinders, the Verano ups displacement under the hood to 2.4 liters. Its base four-cylinder turns in 180 horsepower and, through a six-speed automatic transmission, runs off an estimated 0-60 mph time of 8.6 seconds. That's slightly quicker than the Cruze can execute, and roughly on par with the other normally aspirated premium compact, the Acura ILX. In our tests, we've had to push the in-line four insistently through the lower rev range; it comes to life really only at about 4000 rpm.

The automatic isn't hesitant, but shifting it manually means putting a hand to the shift lever--the Verano isn't offered with shift paddles. Shifting manually is almost counterintuitive anyway--the Verano is so quiet, the engine always sounds distant, and the perceptions of speed always seem remote.

The Verano Turbo pitches a more solid game at the other turbocharged compact we've driven, the Mercedes CLA. With displacement downsized to 2.0 liters and augmented with a blower, the Verano Turbo's boosted to 250 horsepower and peak torque of 260 pound-feet, available down at 1,700 rpm to a useful 5,500 rpm. There's hardly a growl or whistle to let on how it's spooling up to full boost, but the Verano Turbo can reel off 60-mph runs in 6.2 seconds or less. Top speed is tire-limited to 129 mph, and gas mileage barely suffers a mile per gallon. It's a clearly different, and happier, animal from the base powertrain.

The differences are far more subtle at the ride-and-handling level. The Verano's suspension design and geometry are shared with the Cruze. Front MacPherson struts are paired with a Z-link (Watt's linkage) design in back. GM engineers argue that you actually get better, more predictable response and better body control on quick transitions—no matter the surface. even compared to an independent setup.

Originally appeared on The Car Connection.

Interiors and Special Features:

The seats offer the kind of bolstering that the cornering ability demands. There isn't anything old-man-like about them. The seats were designed from scratch for the Verano, after about 1000 hours of seat time by testers, from large men to small women. Even with all that input and compromise, they're comfortable, supportive and sporty. 

The cloth seats in the base models are rugged. In fact the cloth is so rugged it's a bit coarse, and over long distances you might wish for leather. The optional leather looks classy in brown. It's not the richest leather we've ever felt, but it's about right for the price point. 

Otherwise, the cloth and leather interiors are pretty much the same. The trim is satin bronze, satin aluminum or wood. The interior materials are generally soft to the touch and fairly substantial, but the lower dash and some of the door trim is hard plastic. The environment is generally quite refined, but it's not up the standard set by most European and Japanese cars in this entry-luxury class. 

The tachometer and speedometer are attractive, elegant in ice blue and easy to read. Digital information is displayed between the gauges. It is easy to read but less easy to scroll through using the left stalk with push-and-twist movements. The center stack has simple pushbuttons and dials, though there are quite a few of them and they are grouped close together, making specific buttons hard to pick out at a glance. Conveniently, the center armrest slides forward, but its bin is fairly small and the door pockets could be bigger. Buick also provides plenty of small cubbies to put keys, cell phones, and the like. 

While the front seats offer plenty of space, rear legroom is scarce; a tall guy behind a tall guy won't work. The specs say 34.7 inches of rear-seat legroom, which is 1.5 inches less than the Mazda3 but 3.1 inches more than the Lexus IS 250. If there's anyone tall in the family, the back seats are best used for children. 

The trunk has is fairly large, with 14.3 cubic feet of cargo space in the lower line models. When the Bose sound system is added, that drops slightly to 14.0 cubic feet. A standard split-folding rear seat allows longer items to fit. 

Originally appeared on Aol Autos.

Safety features:

Standard safety features for the 2014 Buick Verano include antilock disc brakes, traction and stability control, front seat side airbags, side curtain airbags, rear seat side airbags, and front-seat knee airbags. The standard OnStar system includes automatic crash notification, on-demand roadside assistance, an emergency button, stolen vehicle locator and active intervention, and remote door unlock. All Buick Veranos come with a rearview camera and rear parking sensors, and starting with the Convenience Group, you also get blind-spot, forward-collision, lane-departure and rear cross-traffic warning systems.

In Edmunds brake testing, the Verano came to a stop from 60 mph in a class-average 122 feet.

In government crash tests, the Verano earned a top five-star overall rating, with five stars for total frontal-impact protection and five stars for total side-impact protection. In crash testing by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, the Verano received the highest possible rating of "Good" in the moderate-overlap frontal-offset, side and roof-strength tests.

Originally appeared on Edmunds.


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