DIGITAL EDITOR ANDREW STOY: So I got an early Christmas present last year: a turbo Regal in the driveway--a 2012 Buick Regal GS, no less--with a six-speed stick shift. Being a bit of a Buick geek ...

1972 was the last year for both Chevrolet’s Heavy Chevy moniker and the Buick GS455; neither had been a strong seller, albeit for very different reasons ...