The pillarless hardtop body style was a sales leader in the Motor CIty for decades. Buick got the ball rolling in 1949 with the Roadmaster Riviera. Continue reading
Tag Archives: General Motors
Under the Hood of the 1951 GM LeSabre Dream Car
GM/s most famous dream car, the 1951 LeSabre, has an equally remarkable engine under the hood: an experirmental V8 with a bunch of exotic features. Continue reading
An El Camino By Any Other Name: GMC Sprint and Caballero, 1971-87
In case you wanted an El Camino but just couldn’t abide Chevrolet emblems, GMC offered the essentially identical Sprint and Caballero. Continue reading
Video: It’s a Wonderful Day in Your 1960 Buick
Join us for a leisurely tour of the countryside in a stylish and luxurious 1960 Buick convertible. Continue reading
Sports Car Dreams: The 1969 Oldsmobile XP-888GT
There was probably little hope that this neat little Oldsmobile sports car would ever see producion, but it’s a tantalizing what-if. Continue reading
The Fifties Styling Fad That Never Happened: The Dorsal Fin
In the anything-goes world of automobile styling in the 1950s, for one quick moment the dorsal fin looked like the next big thing, but the moment quickly passed. Continue reading
1955: Buick Joins the Big 3
In 1955 and 1956, the hot-sellling Buick division briefly joined Ford and Chevrolet as the third member of the Big Three. Continue reading