Our next feature is an example of the final generation of the Buick Roadmaster sedan that has been transformed into the “Roadmaster Gran Sport” Buick never built—essentially an Impala SS formula wearing waterfall-grille dignity and a tan leather smoking jacket. Under the hood is the factory-style Gen II LT1 5.7-liter V8, which made about 260 […]
Classic American muscle cars aren’t getting any less expensive, even when covered in a shade of flat green like it belongs in the US Army. This next car is a Buick Gran Sport and looks like a properly muscly muscle car. Find this 1971 Buick Gran Sport bidding for $20,000 reserve-not-met in Peoria, AZ via […]
The Cambridge dictionary defines the word sport (noun /spɔrt, spoʊrt/) as a game, competition, or similar activity, done for enjoyment or as a job, that takes physical effort and skill and is played or done by following particular rules. I’m not sure if the product planners at Buick in 1988 understood the word when they released […]
The Skylark name has been used on compact Buicks since 1953, and in 1992 they released the 6th generation with some awkward styling on GM’s N-body platform (Olds Achieva/Cutlass, Poncho Grand Am, Chevy Beretta/Corsica/Malibu. The front end had a beak-like appearance and the rear end wasn’t much to celebrate either…but with two-tone body coloring and […]
Stepping into a Buick dealer in 1992 and looking at the 2-door coupes must have been a strange experience. Starting at the bottom end of the cost spectrum you could get an ugly compact thing called a Skylark based on the N-body. Too small– so you upsize to a mid sized Century coupe and maybe […]
Stepping into a Buick dealer in 1992 and looking at the 2-door coupes must have been a strange experience. Starting at the bottom end of the cost spectrum you could get an ugly compact thing called a Skylark based on the N-body. Too small– so you upsize to a mid sized Century coupe and maybe find an unsold LeSabre coupe from a previous model year, or an unsold ’91 Reatta if you are feeling more sporty. You could also get a Riviera Coupe (with available Buick Graphic Control) which fit into the personal luxury coupe market segment…but if you really wanted the sportiest coupe from 1992 there was only one answer…the Buick Regal GS. It wasn’t just Sport…it was Gran (not Grand) Sport. Find this 1992 Buick Regal GS Coupe offered for $3995 in Ft Myers, FL via craigslist.
When we published “the list” we were looking for a first-gen Buick Riviera Gran Sport and we found something that is at least mechanically close to a GS. The seller points out that this car does have the correct numbers matching 425 cubic inch Wildcat V8, but says its original dual quad carb setup was […]