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Which is your favorite Buick name?

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#1 · (Edited)
Which Buick name do you like most?

Mine are:
Sportwagon (used in the 60's and 70's on mid size wagons),
Invicta 1959-63,
LeSabre 1951 show car, and 1959-2006 production cars,
Wildcat 1953-54-55 show cars, 1962-70 production cars, 1985 and 1997 prototypes.
Riviera used in 1949-58 mainly to designate hardtop models, in 1959-1962 to designate the Electra 6 window hardtop, and in 1963-1999.
Custom, used in the 50's on Canadian Buicks and in the 60's and 70's for the upscale trim on Invicta, Electra, LeSabre, Wildcat, Skylark, Century and Riviera models since 1960. Later used for the cheaper trim on Buicks (until this year).
Limited, 1936-42, 1958 models, trim option since 1965 on the Electra 225 and since 1979 in other Buick models (until this year).
GranSport or GS (used on Skylark, Wildcat, Riviera, Century and Regal models) 1965-2005

What are yours?
 
#3 ·
Re: Which Buick name do you like most?

FoMoCo Fan said:
Riviera
Electra
Skylark (circa 1953 not 1993)
Roadmaster
Park Avenue

sad to say it's not the new faux-Euro names Lutz is trotting out there these days
I agree with that!
 
#15 ·
1. Roadmaster
2. GranSport
3. Park Avenue
4. Electra
5. Wildcat
 
#18 ·
RoadMaster
Riviera
and of coarse.....
Grand National
 
#20 · (Edited)
time for some stats,

So far, here are the votes!
Roadmaster -7
Electra -6
Riviera -6
Wildcat -6
Park Avenue -5
Invicta -5
LeSabre -4
Grand National -3
Skylark -3
Centurion -1
Super -1
Special -1
Sportwagon -1

And the current names...
LaCrosse -0
Allure -0
Lucerne -0
Terraza -0
Rainier -0

Trim levels/sub models.
Gran Sport -6
Limited -1
Custom -1
GSX -1
GNX -1

And the current ones...
CX -0
CXL -0
CXS -0
 
#23 ·
my neighbor had a dark blue Electra-225 (Deuce and a quarter) with a full vinyl top.it had an olds 455 big block V8,and a nice set of dual mufflers,and pipes.he sometimes would punch that big car,and man,it would really move on down the road.i used to hear him comming and going.i really liked that car.i liked the "Deuce and a quarters"
 
#25 · (Edited)
Ming said:
I like the name "Somerset"
I almost forgot that one! I remember the 1980-84 Regal Somerset with the weird Blue/tan interiors. I liked them!
I didn't like 85-86 Somerset Regal however!

This 56 Special looks nice, it's driver looks nice too!
 
#26 ·
GMCSonoma said:
I find it ironic many picked Roadmaster.

I would pick Roadmaster, Electra, LeSabre & Century. Does "Estate" count? I believe they shared with Chevrolet for wagon naming.
Chevy had the Caprice Estate in the 70's and 80's but Buick used the Estate Wagon name from 1940 to 1996.
 
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