The Buick Riviera is an extraordinary machine. Looking like a panther, it both intimidates and makes you fall in love. And with a top speed of 118 miles per hour, it has muscle, too.

Regardless, Buick’s first-generation Riviera (1963 through 1965) is not just a styling landmark, it is also a dream driver. Customers could choose between a 401 cubic-inch V-8 engine or one that ...

The Riviera didn't impress either. Sales of this lineup nosedived, with only 37,366 units rolling off the assembly lines. The drop was significant, as Buick previously sold over 52K Rivieras.. The ...

The Riviera is a personal luxury car produced by Buick from 1963 to 1999 except for 1994. The Riviera name had been used as early as 1949 as a Buick series name but not as a distinctive body shell.

The higher-zoot Riviera T-Type cost $21,577 ($60,595 in today’s money), making it the most expensive Buick of 1986. Those prices put the Riviera in the same cost league as the BMW 3 Series ...

Back in 1972, however, choosing to park a Buick Riviera in your driveway was making a fashion statement. And unlike most of the fashion statements made in the early 1970s, a brown-on-tan '72 Buick ...

This new concept would later become the first-generation Buick Riviera. But before it entered production in 1963 as a Buick, GM's Oldsmobile, Pontiac, and Cadillac divisions had first dibs on what ...

62 – 1982 Buick Riviera Diesel in Colorado junkyard – photo by Murilee Martin After appending the Riviera name to various cars during the 1950s , Buick finally made the Riviera a model in its ...

This highly original 1964 Buick Riviera, stunning in Granada Red and powered by the optional Super Wildcat 465 V8, is headed to Mecum Auctions' Las Vegas event.