This next car was built by one man, never to be repeated, and impossible to categorize; this is less a car and more a statement piece. The standard G-body coupe stopped being a personal luxury car and turned into a one-off interpretation of what an El Camino might look like if Buick had built it […]
The sixth-generation Buick Regal is what happens when Buick borrows a chassis from Opel and decides to go a little European. Under the hood, it’s got a 2.0-liter turbocharged four-cylinder good for 250 horsepower, driving the front wheels through a smooth 8-speed automatic. It’s quick, quiet, and surprisingly sharp for something wearing tri-shields on the […]
If I told you that you should buy a late 1990s car that was supercharged and offered in immaculate condition for about $5K, you might struggle to find the car. That’s because the 4th generation (1997-2005) Buick Regal is a sleeper on the cool car scene, but if you want the fastest Buick since the […]
The nice thing about a classic G-Body is that when you tell someone that you did a “frame-off” restoration, you can show the receipts. Most modern cars have a single unibody, but with this G-body, you can show the frame separated from the chassis with a Corvette LT1 V8 in place of whatever carbureted pile […]
Part of the appeal of this next car is that it is entirely unassuming. It really looks the part of a mid-80s family wagon with some 2-barrel carb fed V8 from the era of no-fun. At least when it’s air ride suspension is at normal height. The interior is also some stock sweet muppet skin […]
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 […]
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 […]
The first generation Buick Regal was just a version of the full-sized Century with some extra options, but in 1978 Buick introduced a new Regal on a downsized A-body (later renamed to G-Body in 1982) that was hit. GM sold plenty when new and today they have a strong cult following — with many owners modifying them to look cleaner and boosting the horsepower of the original V6 or V8 engines. This next one has a late model LS based 5.3 small block (probably an LM7) and is certainly a hoot to drive. Find this 1983 Buick Regal bidding on eBay for $6,700 with 5 days to go located in Natchez, MN.
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.
Once upon a time, in a galaxy far far away, a really long time ago, there was a parallel universe where bearded Spocks ran amok. They snatched the inventor of the Buick V6 and forced him to work at 7-11s (which only dispense soylent green from warm slurpee machines…it is a really terrible place) and […]