Used 2016 Buick Verano Sedan Consumer Reviews

Would Highly Recommend

I went from a 2014 GMC SUV to the Buick Verano. I wasn't even interested in looking at a Buick when my dealership asked me if I was interested in Buick. They took me out to the Verano and I was impressed with the way that the exterior looked. I have to say that it is a sleek looking vehicle and it looks like a luxury sedan, without the luxury price. I then sat inside, and I have to say my first thought was WOW, Buick did a really good job. Now after driving it for a month, I have to say that the ride is pleasurable, it's quiet, the entertainment features are great, and the car is a joy to drive. It's considered a compact car however I feel like I'm driving in a full size sedan. I just don't feel like the car is that small. The interior design and layout is of great comfort and looks very classy. Everyone that has been inside my car says, wow this is nice. Buick really did a great job making this sedan look like a luxury vehicle. My girlfriend jokes with me that I bought a luxury vehicle. The car handles well and I do a lot of city driving and with the help of cruise control when I can use it, I'm getting 27 miles to the gallon in the city. So you can stretch the MPG if you drive sensibly. Overall I have to say that I am happy to be in this vehicle. It certainly feels different than driving an SUV, but I was ready for a switch and am enjoying Buicks Verano.

Solid, Quiet, and Comfortable

I bought my Verano back in 2017, and it’s been very reliable and solid ever since. Quiet, comfortable, and smooth, this car is great on highways for short or long trips, and is equally at home on city streets. The back seat is a bit tight, but this is offset by a large, flat trunk. To me, the only real downsides are the voice recognition (it fails too often) and the number of buttons in the dash (Buick’s newer models have solved that problem with a better interface). Overall, it’s a really good car that rides well and offers lots of comfort. Update: After more than 5 years, the car remains solid, quiet, and reliable, requiring only routine maintenance when needed. Update: After almost 6 years, the car is still solid in all respects. Update: Sold car to get something more updated. Still one of the best cars I’ve owned and recommend for anyone who is looking for a reliable, inexpensive, solid used car and doesn’t need or want an updated look or electronics.

Great Car to Own

Owned the car for over a year now. No problems with it whatsoever. Paint, finish, no rattles, quiet as ever. Love the power of the turbo engine, sad to see that it's no longer available. Like the Sirius availability and OnStar. Accidentally set off the alarm and was notified by them of it and what my options were (a mistake or if needed to be reported). The interior is very comfortable, and the automatic ventilation system works very well. Only wish that it had available the automatic wipers, front sensors, and seat memory features. No issues with the dealership.

Very Comfortable and Stylish Small Buick

I am very pleased with my Verano. I always wanted to step up to a new Buick, and my Sport Touring does not disappoint. The car gives the driver a smooth, comfortable, roomy, solid feel. I just love driving it. The 2.4 L 4-cylinder could use a little more pickup, but it's more than adequate for Long Island highways. I have also gotten a lot of compliments on the styling of the car. I particularly like the Buick design cues, such as the chrome ventiports on the hood and the five-spoke rims. The only major complaint I have is the infotainment system in the center stack...it's a bit convoluted, and not as intuitive as it could be. It took about a month before I was really comfortable using the radio and navigation. But once you get the hang of it, it becomes quite easy. I sat in a new Buick Cascada and the center stack was quite simplified in comparison. The back seat can be a little tight for some, although you get a big trunk in this car. All in all, if you want luxurious comfort and a smooth, controlled ride in a compact package, especially at the end of a long work day in rush hour traffic, you can't go wrong with the Verano sedan. After 3 years of ownership, I know I made the right choice. No major mechanical issues, paint quality is outstanding, and it drives very comfortably and delivers 35 mpg on the highway. A reliable, stylish small Buick that I heartily recommend!

Best value for the money in 2016 for a salesman.

I drive this car about 550 miles per week for work as a route salesperson. It is also my personal weekend car as well. It is extremely comfortable and very competent on the road. I do all scheduled maintenance as recommended by the manufacturer. I currently have over 37k miles on it and not a single issue of any kind. I absolutely love this car and I'm glad I chose this over the others that I drove. I feel that for the price I paid I received an excellent value. My only irritation is that on occasion, the car cannot figure out what I am telling it on the in-car voice-controlled entertainment system. I'll ask it to tune XM CNN and it will say tuning XM 47. I'll ask it to play song title Jack and Dianne, and it will say playing I'm the man. A bit more work on voice recognition would have been nice, but it's not a big deal. It usually gives me a laugh when it makes some crazy, not even close, mistakes. I purchased a separate set of rims and tires for winter. This car NEEDS to have winter tires in New England. I wouldn't drive it on all seasons, especially with my territory. I will definitely look at Buick again when I get another car in three years. In my opinion, this is an excellent brand and a great model of vehicle. I feel safe, comfortable, and proud to be driving my Verano.

2016 Buick Verano Premium Turbo

The Buick Verano is a terrific value for your money. I have the 2.0 Liter Turbo and the performance is outstanding. This car rides very smooth, it is stylish and the gas mileage is good. Buick has always been known for a comfortable ride but the Verano turbo is a fun drive, quick acceleration and eye catching. The Premium Turbo model has virtually all that you need in a car. It is dynamic and a GREAT car for the money. It is sporty and drives better than my prior car, an Infinity G37. All I can say is give this car a try if you want a luxury sedan at a terrific value.

Buick babygirl

The acceleration is less than exciting. The luxury feel is great, a very comfortable ride. The rear window is small and there are some blind spots when it comes to vision. A beauty of a car, still trying to get used to the extra shifting of the 6-speed transmission which sometimes feels a little jerky when trying to set cruise control for a speed that is in between gears. Overall I am very happy with this car, I just wish I had the turbo engine on the sport touring model.

Very happy

This car is totally sound proof. It's ride comfort is excellent and the shifting is very smooth.

Finally, a small car with a touch of CLASS

Try driving it and make a left hand turn onto another street. That vertical post ahead of window is a HAZARD. The headrest on passenger seat is also a hazard. Can't look for traffic that is out of range of camera. Otherwise I love everything else about the car. A feeling of luxury, smooth quiet ride at an affordable price

Among The Best In It's Class

The Verano is based off the same GM platform as the Chevy Cruze Limited, yet it feels like a completely different car. Driving it you feel greater power right off the bat. No, it's not sports-car-Camaro power, but I disagree with the Edmunds review that acceleration's merely adequate. The Verano feels more powerful than either the Cruze Limited or the new Cruze for 2016, possibly because the entire car feel much more solid, thus dissipating less energy in parasitic vibrations. The Verano gives you a sure, solid feeling on the road. An important contributor toward that end is the stark difference in streering and handling between any of the Cruze models and the Verano. The short of it is that the Cruze - particularly the newly redesigned 2016 Cruze - feels incredibly insecure and unstable during fast accelaration or highway speeds, while the Verano is almost the opposite of that. It's steering and handling feel stable and secure, with only a mere trace of lost of control to clue you into the fact that it's built with electronic - rather than traditional mechanical - steering. To take the point further, compared to any of the [now many] Cruzes, the Verano is rock solid. With the handling nicely under control, the suspension provides and excellent combination of road feel balanced against absorbtive comformt. In other words, it handles beautifully, without turning you into scrambled eggs while doing so. The interior is, as you'd expect, at or near luxury car levels. It's quiet and plush. Some might object to the two-tone white-on-black color scheme [Buick calls the interior grey - but it's pretty much white], but that seems to be the thing with luxury cars. The designers of the Verano did, however, make one major mistake. The steering wheel blocks your view of the instrument gauge cluster. No matter how far you tilt it up or down, you're just not going to see the speedometer, nor much else of your guages. Having taken such apparent care with the design of the car, how'd they screw that up? Good luck with speed cops on the road. A more minor issue's one of personal taste. I found the front grill to be almost aggresively tasteless, with Buick taking its vertical design a bit too far. The grill extends upwards and folds into the hood, and it's made of plastic. So, you get a lot of plastic grill in your face everytime you approach your car. Overall, I thought the Verano was very nice small vehicle, that - at least as far as driving impressions go - leaves it's stablemate Cruze well behind and makes the Corolla and the 2016 Civic almost non-competative [especially the almost shockingly crude, cheap-feeling, and sounding Corolla]. The other question is, of course, reliability, and it's only on that measure that the latter two may [or may not - who knows?] have an edge.

German Opel/GM Collaboration Car

I owned the 2016 Premium Turbo model. It was a great driver: fast, comfortable, competent handling, quiet and reliable. The only issues I can fault are the confusing instrumentation/dashboard controls, the mediocre gas mileage, (requires PREMIUM GAS), the poor panel gaps, occasional dashboard squeaks, and the boring styling. Other than those flaws, this was the most enjoyable American car I had owned in decades. (I replaced mine for something with AWD that uses regular gas.) But everyone who rode in Verano compared it favorably to more expensive European sport sedans. If you are a driving enthusiast on a budget and can find a well-kept used turbo with the slick shifting automatic, (I hear the manual transmission isn't very good), and you can live with it's shortcomings, buy and enjoy!

A Car Enthusiast's Practical Compromise

As a lifelong car enthusiast who is now in my early-30s, I've owned several classic cars as daily drivers leading up to my purchase of a gently used 2016 Buick Verano Turbo. It is loaded with nearly every option available and beautiful white diamond tricoat paint. It's the newest car I've owned by nearly 20 years, but it comes after a series of Jaguars and Mercedes that were built with long-term quality in mind, and my experience driving in several modern performance cars as well. I primarily chose the Verano because of its general characteristics coupled with its great price (half of MSRP with only 20k miles and nearly two years left on the powertrain warranty) and am sure that many other people who are looking at them used will also consider the pricing as a major influence... In just over half a year I've put another 14k miles on the car, including two trips up and down the California coast and one from California to Yellowstone that included 2,500 miles of driving in 10 days. My wife and I both love how comfortable and quiet the Verano is, which I expected from the reviews, but there are some little rattles in my car's cabin... For example, the driver's seat belt adjuster vibrates just behind my ear, and something else does similarly in the rear passenger area (might also be seat belt related). The fit and finish is not amazing, as the leather covering the rear seat arm rest fold out is torn along the inside seam simply from tilting it in and out, which makes it harder to do and is also causing the leather to bunch up and wear prematurely. As a driver's car, the Verano Turbo is engaging because it has enough power throughout its range to make it fun off the line or quick about passing. It is confident around twisty roads and urban cornering, which I mostly blame on the 8" wide tires, and the steering is centered but mundane feeling. When cornering hard the rear end can swing out rather easily, which I personally find entertaining and controllable. Hard acceleration at low speeds can lead to the front wheels losing traction and the car bobbing around a bit as well, which is slightly more disconcerting. Over uneven pavement it rattles about more like a typical compact car than a luxury sedan. My fuel economy in mixed driving with lots of highway or country road (55mph) commuting has been a lackluster 26-27mph, which I was expecting but have become disappointed with more quickly than I reckoned, especially since I usually drive the car rather carefully and only put down the power occasionally. The rear seats both fold down to allow me to get things like a bicycle in the back without removing both wheels, and otherwise the regular trunk space has plenty of room for luggage for two, including during that ten day trip my wife and I recently took. The technology is great, as Buick's Intellilink infotainment works easily and assuredly. My Android phone connects promptly and I can stream my music through the Bose sound system, which has a crisp quality but does not get very loud. Comfort and safety options such as the heated front seats, rear camera and parking sensors all create a rather cozy feeling in the compact cabin, which maintains an airy and slightly larger feel due to the light colored leather upholstery in my car. For a while it was everything I wanted in a new car, but as a driving enthusiast I'm already finding the niggling issues with interior quality and overall lack of engagement to have me searching for something more "real" feeling. In hindsight, and true to the numerous reviewer's words from when the Verano Turbo was still new, I think that an enthusiast should consider something like an Audi or BMW that's just a couple of years older with slightly higher mileage. My Verano has been totally reliable and presently everything indicates that it will be for years to come, but for a really great experience sacrifices must be made! I'd rather pay somewhat more in the end to maintain a truly quality automobile, than know that I spent a few years behind the wheel of what is really a compromise in performance and luxury. Because from day one, that's really what the Buick Verano Turbo was and continues to be... A compromise!

I love it

Look forward to one experience

Low beams suck.

Dark black cloud 2 car lengths Away can't see very well without high Beams being on. Even with a car in front of you on low beams

excellent performance

I like everything about my car, it has only 26000 miles

Loving a Buick!!

I LOVE being in a Buick!!! I had a 92 Buick LeSabre for over 10 yrs & it took care of me until last year. Then I went looking for a car & saw the Verano. Test drove the car & fell in love all over again. It's a nice luxury Sedan & compact!! WAY TO GO BUICK!!!

I love this car

I’ve mainly owned Fords in my decades of driving but the 2016 Verano I bought used is a revelation. It has the quietest interior of any car I’ve ever owned and almost the quietest interior of any car I’ve ever driven in save a Rolls Royce Silver Shadow. The handling isn’t quite as sharp as a Ford Focus or Mondeo but pretty close. I can safely say no car I’ve ever had has felt more solid. It’s beautifully made. Highly recommended.

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This is the worst car I have ever owned been nothing but problems since I bought it. Replaced the battery more that 6 times. Taken it to the dealership all they say is a bad battery. After replacing the battery it runs for a few months then it won't start again. Please save your self the headache and do not buy this POS. Buick dealers are crooks they now these cars are crap but are still selling them. That is the reason they are discontinuing the verano. Hope this helps don't waist your hard earned money on buick trash.

2016 Buick verano

Bought a used 2016 verano 28000 miles had it 3 weeks ac system gone bad need a new compreser

Great just great!

It's an awesome price!

First impression

If Stuck For A Cheap Car

It is an OK car.

Hidden 💎

I bought the 2016 turbo buick verano . Love it stylish sporty. Nice power to it. Steady and unbelievably smooth quite ride. Only issue I have had is the finance company is horrible. Every month aag.auto charges a me a 220.00 extra charge I pay it with current bill and they say I owe it again. They are already charging 5,000 more than the vehicle was even though I had a company already approve me.

The ride is far better than I expected.

I’ve had my 2016 for three years and I have to say it’s been a great car. The ride feels like a much bigger car. The steering is responsive and the engine gives sufficient grunt to overtake on a highway. The mpg isn’t great in the city as I average 17 but on the highway it does 34 normally. I only had one problem and that was a solenoid failure that cost about $150 at the dealer. But the car never failed to get me home. Generally, I love this car. The ride is great.

My dark blue Verano

I purchased this vehicle from my brother. This vehicle has only 54190 miles on it runs good no problem with the vehicle.