If you are interested in buying a car, then there are many factors to be considered; primary being your budget and what are your requirements from the vehicle. Though a huge variety of vehicles are available, the Buick Cascada has made a mark on public, thanks to the comfortable ride it offers. Among the various cars in luxury small car segment, the base price of Buick Cascada is around $33,000, which makes it one of the least expensive cars in this segment. The main features of the vehicle are discussed below:

• Interiors – The Buick Cascada seats 4 people comfortably, 2 in the front and 2 in the rear. The seats are spacious and offer enough legroom and headroom for a comfortable ride. Two full sets of LATCH car-seat connectors are available for the rear seats. The interior of the vehicle is quite basic in nature. The cargo space offered in Buick Cascada is spacious enough offering 13 cubic feet of trunk space with top up. When the top is down in the convertible, the space is reduced to under 10 cubic feet.

• Accessories – The convertible has a power soft top which lowers in merely 17 seconds. The infotainment system installed in the Buick Cascada is the Buick’s IntelliLink with a 7” touch screen, USB port, Wi-Fi hot spot, Bluetooth, navigation, satellite radio along with a seven-speaker audio system; though they lack Android Auto and Apple CarPlay.

• Performance – The Buick Cascada boasts of a 200-horsepower turbo-four engine with six-speed automatic transmission. The vehicle gives a mileage of 21 mpg in city and 29 mpg on highway. The car offers a very comfortable ride. The car gets a reliability rating of 4.5 out of 5.

• Safety and Warranty – In the crash test for Buick Cascada, the vehicle earned an overall 5 out of 5-star rating from National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. It received 4 stars in frontal crash and rollover test and 5 stars in side crash test. The car possesses a rear-view camera along with rear parking sensors. Additional safety features include forward collision alert, front parking sensors, rain-sensing windshield wipers and lane departure warning. The Buick Cascada comes with a 4-year/50,000-mile bumper-to-bumper warranty and a 6-year/70,000-mile powertrain warranty.

How to choose the right Buick Cascada model?

The Buick Cascada is available in three models and choosing one from them is not easy. The 3 models include Premium, Sport Touring and 1SV. All three feature the 200-horsepower turbo-four engine with front-wheel drive and six-speed automatic transmission. To make things simpler for prospective buyers, here is a comparative analysis for all the models:

• Buick Cascada 1SV

This is the base model of the Buick Cascada and has a base price of $33,070. The features of this automobile include leather upholstery, heated front seats, heated steering wheel, USB port, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi hot spot, navigation, 7” touch screen, satellite radio, IntelliLink infotainment system along with seven-speaker audio system. other features include rear parking sensors, rear-view camera, and dual-zone automatic climate control.

• Buick Cascada Premium

Apart from the features present in the 1SV, additional features in this Buick Cascada model include forward collision warning, front parking sensors and lane departure warning. For all these additional features you need to pay $36,070.

• Buick Cascada Sport Touring

With a starting price of $37,070, the Buick Cascada Sport Touring has features available in the Premium version apart from other sporty upgrades including alloy sport pedals and flat-bottom steering wheel.

Though most features remain common in all models of Buick Cascada, the higher versions contain different driver assistance technologies mentioned above apart from a variety of paint colours. In case you want these additional features, you need to pay $3,000-4,000 extra.

How does Buick Cascada fare compare to its contemporaries?

There are several cars available in the luxury small car segment apart from Buick Cascada. These include the Audi A5, Ford Mustang and Chevrolet Camaro. Though all of these have features which might be superior than Buick Cascada, but you end up paying a lot more for them when compared to Buick Cascada. The A5 convertible models start at nearly $50,000, while the Ford and Chevrolet models are sports cars compared to the Buick Cascada.