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In the middle of the 1955 model year, Buick and Oldsmobile introduced the world's first mass-produced four-door hardtops, with Buick offering it only on the Century and Special models, and the Riviera designation was also applied to these body styles. Four-door Riviera hardtops were added to the Roadmaster and Super lines at the beginning of ...
Model B: 1903 1904 1 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 ...
2018 Buick GL8. U IV: FWD/AWD: 2010: 2010–present Buick GL8; The successor to the U III platform. This platform remains in use solely for the GL8, which is sold only in China. It is the only one of GM's Latin-letter platforms still in use. Also called the SGM258 platform. [11] 2020 Buick Encore GX. VSS-F: FWD/AWD: 2019: 2020–present Buick ...
All GM intermediate-sized cars were downsized for the 1978 model year in response to CAFE requirements and the increased popularity of smaller cars. The redesigned models were similar in size to the previous X-bodies. The Buick and Oldsmobile were introduced with fastback coupe styles, while the Chevrolet and Pontiac received notchbacks. Four ...
The General Motors E platform or E-body was the automobile platform designation used for a number of personal luxury cars produced from 1963 to 2002. Notably, early E-bodies were produced in both front wheel drive and rear wheel drive configurations, and were the first front wheel drive automobiles produced in the United States since 1937.
In the full-size personal luxury car segment, Buick was the first GM division to market a vehicle (the 1963 Buick Riviera, debuting the GM E-body).As the segment expanded towards intermediate-size coupes, GM saw the introduction of a repackaged Pontiac Grand Prix for 1969 and an all-new Chevrolet Monte Carlo for 1970.
English: 1961 Buick Electra 225 Riviera sedan in "Desert Fawn" (WA2815), with four ventiports on the front fender. Seen in the parking lot of the 2021 Greenwich Concours d'Elegance, which is exactly where I photographed this car back in 2012.
It made its first appearance from the 1969 to 1972 model years, adapted from GM's A-body, and reappeared from 1982 to 1988. The second series of G-bodies began production designated as A-body cars in 1978, but were redesignated as G-body when the new front-wheel drive A-body platform was introduced in 1982.