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Buick Estate is a nameplate that was used by the Buick division of General Motors, denoting its luxury full-size station wagon from 1940 to 1964 and from 1970 to 1996. The Estate nameplate was derived from the term country estate in wealthy suburban areas and estate car , the British term for a station wagon.
1996 Buick Roadmaster Estate Limited station wagon. The emergence and popularity of SUVs, which closely approximate the traditional station wagon body style, was a blow. After low sales, the Chevrolet Caprice and the Buick Roadmaster, the last American full-size wagons, were discontinued in 1996. Smaller station wagons were marketed as lower ...
The Buick Roadmaster is an automobile built by Buick from 1936 until 1942, from 1946 until 1958, and then again from 1991 until 1996. Roadmasters produced between 1936 and 1958 were built on Buick's longest non-limousine wheelbase and shared their basic structure with the entry-level Cadillac Series 65, the Buick Limited, and after 1940, the Oldsmobile 98.
Years produced: 1978-1996 Original starting price: ... We aren't talking about the huge, utilitarian Buick Estate wagons of the 1960s through the 1980s, but the big-grilled, wood-bodied wagons ...
The Custom Cruiser was joined by a redesigned Chevrolet Caprice wagon, with the Buick Estate renamed as the Buick Roadmaster (Pontiac retired the Safari after 1989). In contrast to Chevrolet and Buick, Oldsmobile was the only GM division to market the full-size B-body exclusively as a station wagon (with the Oldsmobile Ninety-Eight serving as ...
1996 Buick Roadmaster Estate Wagon Known for being durable and reliable, most B-platform cars used suspensions utilizing coil springs in the front and leaf springs in the rear until 1958, when they switched to coils in the rear; one exception is the 1959–60 Oldsmobile 88, which used coil springs in front and multi-leaf springs in the rear.
The Steiningers have owend six Buicks, including a 1939 sedan and this, their favorite - a 1985 LeSabre Estate Wagon. My Favorite Ride: One owner 1985 LaSabre Estate Wagon still treasured Skip to ...
Although the wheelbases on the wagons were longer than the sedans, the architecture matched that of B-body. Check the door inner bottom trim or the rear door cutline. The body letter became 2nd digit of the cowl tag about 1973 and the Buick Estate Wagon is mentioned as the 4BN35 and 4BN45 in the 1976 sales brochure.