I just returned the Buick Encore I've been driving the past two weeks.  As I started driving my freezing cold '99 Mazda Protegé, these were the biggest differences. No More Silence The Buick Encore was much, much quieter.  In my old Protegé, I hear everything... it's loud in there.  The

Little did I know last Friday, when I picked up a 2014 Buick Encore for a test drive, that it would be my ice storm sleigh.  Appropriate for the season, it was red, and in some ultra slippery conditions, it got us where we needed to be without a problem.