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The Buick Apollo is a compact car that was manufactured from 1973 to 1975 by General Motors for its Buick division. It was based on the GM X platform along with the Oldsmobile Omega, Chevrolet Nova, and the Pontiac Ventura. The car was named for the Greek god Apollo. It was available as a coupe, two-door hatchback, or four-door sedan.
The General Motors X platform (also called X-body) is a rear-wheel drive compact car automobile platform produced from the 1962 to 1979 model years. Developed by Chevrolet, the architecture was initially unique in the U.S. to the Chevy II, first joined by the Pontiac Ventura in 1971, then a range of other GM products as its divisions expanded their compact model lines.
The first automobile made by the Buick Company. Four: 1909 1915 1 Passenger car, the first model as a General Motors division. Six: 1914 1925 1 Senior model to the Four: Master Six: 1925 1928 B-body: 1 Standard Six: 1925 1929 A-body: 1 Limited: 1931: 1942: C-body: 2: Full-size car: Century: 1936 2005 B-body (1936–58) A-body (1973–96) W-body ...
The 1970s saw a number of new models added to the Buick lineup including the Estate Wagon as its own model in 1970, Centurion in 1971, Apollo in 1973, and Skyhawk in 1975. 1975 also saw the first appearance of the "Park Avenue" nameplate for Buick as a trim/option package on the Electra 225 Limited. A Buick Century paced the Indianapolis 500 ...
1973 Buick Apollo. X I: RWD: 1961: 1979: 1962 – 1967 Chevrolet Chevy II; 1968 – 1979 Chevrolet Nova; 1973 – 1975 Buick Apollo; 1975 – 1979 Buick Skylark; 1973 – 1979 Oldsmobile Omega; 1971 – 1977 Pontiac Ventura; 1977 – 1979 Pontiac Phoenix; 1980 Pontiac Phoenix. X II: FWD: 1979: 1985: 1980 – 1985 Buick Skylark; 1980 – 1985 ...
Opel 1936-1941, 1950-1975 Vauxhall 1936-1940, 1946-1971 Ranger 1970-1975: 1936: 1975: Run by General Motors Suisse AG. First car off the line was a Buick Model 41. Other prewar cars built include the Buick Series 90 & Opel P4. Closed August 14, 1975. Last car was an Opel Rekord D. A total of 329,864 cars were assembled.
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By then, Cadillac had developed its own version of the X-body, called the K-body which was named the Seville, whose styling was distinct from those of its corporate cousins, and Buick replaced the Apollo with the Skylark name that had been inactive since the previous incarnation ended production at the end of the 1972 model year. 1975 Chevrolet ...