Description: Full-Size Near-Luxury Sport Utility Vehicle
Base MSRP Range: $30,580 - $32,580
Invoice Price Range: $28,592 - $30,462
Where built: USA

Buick's five-door SUV tips toward luxury with deluxe appointments like leather upholstery. Rainier's face for 2006 shows a revised grille design and revised paint colors like Dark Garnet Metallic. In the cabin, front bucket seats flank a central console. Seatback on the rear bench splits and folds to add room in the cargo bay.

It supplies a six-cylinder or V8 powertrain and rear-wheel-drive (RWD) or AWD traction. Rainier's standard engine is a 4.6-liter in-line-six that nets 291 hp. A 5.3-liter V8 gains GM's Displacement on Demand (DOD) technology to pare the number of cylinders engaged in the combustion process when boosted power is not needed. The V8 produces 300 hp.

Rainier has a high level of standard equipment like StabiliTrak, OnStar and a DVD-based navigation system. Options range from heated seats to adjustable floor pedals and a Bose audio system with CD changer.