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Prices listed for the 2-door Victoria Coupe started at US$1,055 ($23,164 in 2023 dollars [3]) to US$1,135 ($24,861 in 2023 dollars [3]) for the 2-door Convertible. By 1940 prices rose to US$1,175 ($25,554 in 2023 dollars [ 3 ] ) for the Sport Coupe to US$1,620 ($35,232 in 2023 dollars [ 3 ] ) for the 4-door Convertible Phaeton.
The hardtop feature was also offered on the Special Riviera Estate Wagon and sold 6,817 with a listed retail price of US$3,167 ($34,357 in 2023 dollars [6]), while the Century Caballero Estate Wagon sold 10,186 with a listed retail price of US$3,706 ($40,204 in 2023 dollars [6]), leading in sales against the Chrysler New Yorker Town & Country ...
In 1962 the Wildcat was a Buick Invicta subseries, mating the Invicta's longer full-size two-door hardtop Buick body (known as the "sport coupe", body production code 4647 hardtop only) [2] with a high-performance 325 hp (242 kW) version of the 401 cu in (6.6 L) Nailhead V8, known as the "Wildcat 445" for producing 445 lb⋅ft (603 N⋅m) of torque.
This year also brought all-new bodywork, as well as a four-door hardtop station wagon called the Buick Riviera Estate. [17] The 1957 wheelbase remained 122 inches. [ 18 ] In the June, 1957 issue of Popular Mechanics , the Special was rated with a 0-60 mph time of 11.6 seconds, fuel economy of 17.4 mpg ‑US (13.5 L/100 km; 20.9 mpg ‑imp ) at ...
The only other body style was a four-door convertible phaeton, priced at $1,565 ($34,362 in 2023 dollars [4]) (a total of 1,064 were produced), at a time when a Cadillac in the same body style sold was priced from $2,745 ($60,272 in 2023 dollars [4]). Buick sales went from just over 48,000 to nearly 158,000, with the new Series 80 Roadmaster ...
2-door Sedanet coupe 2-door Riviera hardtop 2-door convertible 4-door Estate wagon: Platform: C-body: Related: Cadillac Series 62 Cadillac Series 61 Buick Roadmaster Oldsmobile 98: Powertrain; Engine: 248 cu in (4.1 L) Fireball I8 OHV 263 cu in (4.3 L) Fireball I8 OHV 322 cu in (5.3 L) Nailhead V8 OHV: Transmission: 3-speed sliding shift manual
Edsel's top-of-the-line Citation hardtop sedan was the only model priced to correctly compete with Mercury's mid-range Montclair Turnpike Cruiser model, as illustrated in the chart below. Edsel products were priced from $2,484 (equivalent to $25,583 in 2023) to $3,766 (equivalent to $38,787 in 2023).
The Invicta series was introduced as a full line of body styles for model year 1959. Sales never approached that of either the entry-level LeSabre or top level Electra models, but were consistent with the traditional sales penetration of Buick's sporty mid-priced models (the 1954 to 1958 Century and 1963 to 1970 Wildcat).