USA Today
No vehicle is perfect, but “among premium small cars,” the Verano is “close enough.” Continuing an encouraging trend at the new Buick, the automaker’s first compact in years “drives so remarkably well that you crave more wheel time.” What’s more, the “seriously high-class interior” will make any driver “feel like somebody special.” Unfortunately, fuel economy disappoints. Highway consumption is supposedly 32 mpg, but in suburban driving our test Verano managed just 17 mpg.
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The New York Times
That “blend of comfort and performance” might serve Buick well. Though it’s “rather audacious” to ask consumers to measure the Verano against small cars from Audi or Volvo, Buick has done “a lovely job” overall with their “fanciful little gamble.”
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