My wife bought a 1.4L Turbo 2016 Encore about 10 months ago. She previously had a 2009 Saturn VUE.
Most of the time, it's just her and our 2 year old granddaughter, driving about 15-20 miles. It is perfect for that.
The pick-up is well calibrated and it does fine around town and on a few trips we've made to visit her brother, about 75 minutes away. I haven't checked the mpg, but google says up to: 28/34; which seems about right.
Visibility is good, her model (?) has back-up camera, which is a nice feature. The seats are comfortable, front leg room is good (I'm 5'8"), it has heated leather, heated steering wheel, and I think, heated outside mirrors. It also syncs with her iPhone address book, my 2013 Sierra can voice dial a number or a pre-stored name.
When I drive, I find my right knee resets on a part of the center console that has a hard plastic edge and I find it very uncomfortable. I would not want to spend more than about the 75 mins. it takes to get to her brother's house. I had the same problem with the VUE, so no surprise.
What is amazing is how this small displacement 1.4L, 6-speed trans. powertrain is able to move this vehicle along.
It's not my kind of vehicle, but it suits her just fine.