my 5th grade teacher got a new one as a gift from husband that year, she was so excited she took the whole class out to see it. i remember it well, definitely left an impression
@Private Account It is good to see people who really know about cars in the comments, if I can share something I had an experience that I will never forget, it was 2007 in my neighborhood I had a neighbor who always boasted about his BMW 335 turbo, he was the typical young man who wants to get attention and believed that he had the best and everything else for him was trash and not even Americans, instead I had a crown vic of 2004 one of the best cars I've had but the detail is that the boy always told me how could I have a piece of garbage like that I only answered him your car is to brag attention and mine is for comfort there were days where he made fun of him saying that it was just a boat nothing reliable I thought this boy does not know that my car is a marvel, but the day arrived where the turbo and transmission broke down but it was so expensive to repair it had to sell for less money and buy something cheaper and reliable after that day and day he saw me pass in my crown and I just dropped the glass and greeted him saying how good it feels to be in this car which I sold it until 2014 haha memories.
RayJ-HT Everything that comes out today has its nuances too a degree, but all look very similar. Older cars varied alot and adleast some distinctive traits that separated them from the competition, this car would stand out on the roads today Nissan versa or a chevy Malibu. And although you might dislike the digital gauges and the cockpit layout unlike the newer cars the reatta adleast tries to stand out, I personally miss the character older vehicles had that the newer ones simply don't, character is what is missing from most modern day cars unless you are spending upwards of a 100G's and even then is still left wanting.
@@rueben44 the "German designed" cars buick have been receiving don't have the high quality german DNA most people revere. If anything, they look like saturn auras and pontiac G6s, which aren't ugly or undrivable per-sae but they just kind of exist and aren't really stunning at anything, and if memory serves me right both of those were based off opels and vaxhaulls as well. Not to say the reatta is a stunning car either because it's cool but only from a certain way of looking at it.
Greige, sharp-edged, blobmobiles, with silly lights. Sadly, with the look of concept cars, and since AI is taking over design, we'll be getting more of the same for quite a while to come. Though, despite the rare burst of genius, car designers and executives are not the most creative of people. As evidenced by the names they give their products.(626, M3, A6, 900, V8, and that's before you get to S, SS, LS, LX, GLS, GLX, GT, RS....)
Wow, they're really knockin' the old CRT control center here - lol, that was the most innovative thing Buick did in the '80s. Wasn't the same anymore when they removed the touchscreen after '89 :(
+AimlessMoto I agree! If saw the Buick Cascada Super Bowl ad with New York Giants football player Odell Beckham, Jr. you know Buick didn't revive the Reatta name.
Ardhana Hariwidagdo, the 1.6L turbo that is in the Cascada only has 200hp and the car does 0-60 in 10 seconds. You need more than 50 extra horsepower to make that car feel remotely peppy. The car weighs over 4,000lbs, a little more weight from the V6 is going to be fine
Man! I must have been the only 16 year old back in 89' that actually loved this car. A grandpa BUICK! And as I'm approaching grandpa age I still love the style of it! The Cadillac Allanté is another beautiful one too from the same era. Even today As I have always felt. I personally hate digital gauges. Analog all the way to see the actual needles moving left and right.
The Reatta has withstood the test of time, still looks nice today! Sure, wasn't blazing with horsepower compared to today's cars, but it does have the wonderful 3.8 engine. I had loved the Allante when new, but after hearing the horror stories with the Northstar engine, longterm, the Reatta turns out to be a better choice!
25+ years later and we're still dealing with touchscreen based systems and customers are still saying just give us buttons instead. Yes that CRT was touchscreen, in the 80s.
@@anthonybha4510 going to EPCOT and seeing the future cars by GM was one of my favorite things as a kid in the 80s. They really were the worlds leader in tech, then they lost their way by making 7 versions of a Cutlass every year and calling it a day.
It was so exciting when they came out . I was a car salesman at Buick back then . The price was high at 36000 the top sedans at the time where 28 so it was considered pricey . I think we sold 5or 6 all together including the one the boss and his son got. The hardtop sold better maybe 8-10 but that was a four year run to the convertibles two years. I think the word was that the 91 was all left over 90s that had sitting at the factory that none where actually build in 91 there was only one production run of them.
I just told my wife that..... I saw one for sale and it's just sitting there and it caught my eye so I looked in to it and I am convinced that I should buy it, but everyone else thinks that is dumb. So I'm going to buy it
Great stylish car all in a basic practical GM FWD V6 package. I see 2 of these red ones on eBay right now asking $5k and $10k with just 50k miles coupe and convertible respectively. Would be a great summer / beach mobile!
This is another car to add to my list of "Best represents the management of Roger Smith at GM" 1. Fiero 2. Allante 3. Reatta 4. GN(X) One car had finally come into its own and was doing great in sales - canceled. Two were half assed GM cars of their time. And one was lusted after by the public and the platform sold well, but didn't fit into the GM company mantra of the time.
I like the Allante's styling better, but there's no question which car had the better engine. I'd take the Buick on that basis alone. For as unusual as these were, I still see a lot of them around and always in good condition.
Probably more between the Corvette & Miata lol... V6 instead of a BIG V8 or tiny 4 banger. Middle ground instead of pure performance or successful mainstream (inexpensive) sportiness...
And that CTR touch screen controlling everything from ejecting the cassette to display the tachometer was a first, one of a kind feature that was very advanced for its time, wish other manufactures would have done the same thing.... but it took almost 2 decades and a brand new car manufacturer to do such thing, well I guess the S class had something similar but still, quite the feat 1990 Buick engineering team!!
@@spectra_3005 the word is out on the 3800 V6 for likely being GMs best/most reliable engine ever built, period and well among the best, most reliable engines of all time among ALL automakers. Everything else should be at least OK. IF it breaks, it probably won't be expensive to repair... at least that's the standard for many of GM's larger cars from that era...
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hes trying to say that Biker Jims story is uninteresting. Hey Jim, my owners manual has 4 signatures of people who assembled my Reatta, I wonder if one is your dad.🙂
Last night I dreamed that I came upon a red Reatta convertible resting unused in some guy's driveway. I got behind the wheel, and wondered if he wanted to sell. Then I wake up and find this 4 year old video in my feed. Eerie! Could it be my destiny? Or has Google/ TH-cam become far more powerful than we realize?
I usually like convertibles more than coupes . Having said that the reatta coupe shape is dare I say sexy where the convertible looks squareish to point of a Volvo .
I had the Allanté (the Cadillac version) with the original Northstar V8 and it was damn fast once I put an Eaton Supercharger on it. I also had a Miata. The Miata was the biggest chunk of shit I ever drove, even though I kept hearing how reliable it was supposed to be. The problem with the Allanté was lack of parts. There's like one mechanic in Florida that can work on these competently, and Florida's too damn far for me to take it in for work.
Maybe reliable by GM standards (that's not saying much though) but it's a harsh pig of an engine that has a short stroke but still can't rev hence its rubbish torque figures. They sound like a bunch of pots and pans being thrown around a room at any RPM over idle. Yuck.
MW week staff from the 1990s would be pulling their hair out and jumping down a bridge with a Model S or the MercB with their LCD and infotainment systems, along with almost every other car today. It surprised me how that 1990 Buick had a display cluster homologous with the LCD displays that are common place today.
I would love to do some mods to one of these. Can the side trim, some nice wheels and a proper stance and do something with the 3800, supercharged? Or a swap. Tasteful LS? Not big on my GM motors. I kinda like the idea of a screaming 6, and all I think about is 90s Yamaha V6 in the Taurus SHO.... that was a proper motor.
When the reatta debuted in the spring of 88 I hated it, for one thing I had no prior knowledge of it and 2nd i was anticipating the arrival of the buick wildcat concept car, but it never saw production, but in the end I grew to like the reatta I liked the styling and the interior, and of course it,s perfect drive train, after all, it was just a 2 seater riviera in the first place, just like the allante was just an glorified cadillac eldorado, but in retrospect the reatta is every thing the 2018 cascada isn,t.
my 5th grade teacher got a new one as a gift from husband that year, she was so excited she took the whole class out to see it. i remember it well, definitely left an impression
I still remember seeing the first one for sale at a dealership in St. Augustine, Florida. Not many cars I can say that about.
She must have done things other wives wouldn't
It's a piece of garbage, like the whole GM line-up. Buy a BMW.
@Private Account It is good to see people who really know about cars in the comments, if I can share something I had an experience that I will never forget, it was 2007 in my neighborhood I had a neighbor who always boasted about his BMW 335 turbo, he was the typical young man who wants to get attention and believed that he had the best and everything else for him was trash and not even Americans, instead I had a crown vic of 2004 one of the best cars I've had but the detail is that the boy always told me how could I have a piece of garbage like that I only answered him your car is to brag attention and mine is for comfort there were days where he made fun of him saying that it was just a boat nothing reliable I thought this boy does not know that my car is a marvel, but the day arrived where the turbo and transmission broke down but it was so expensive to repair it had to sell for less money and buy something cheaper and reliable after that day and day he saw me pass in my crown and I just dropped the glass and greeted him saying how good it feels to be in this car which I sold it until 2014 haha memories.
@Private Account Of course yes man can not deny that any vehicle in the world can fail, so it is appropriate to give it the correct maintenance.
This is what Buick should look like!!
I don't like digital gauges at all in any car but Buick actually did a good job with these gauges. I wouldn't mind having them
gorgeous car...28 years later a bit boring when new but compared to the bloated plastic bubbles they make now...it is stunning.
Zach eat shit twatwaffle
What are you talking about almost all of their current lineup are German designed cars and not bubbles. Some people can be so basic.
RayJ-HT Everything that comes out today has its nuances too a degree, but all look very similar. Older cars varied alot and adleast some distinctive traits that separated them from the competition, this car would stand out on the roads today Nissan versa or a chevy Malibu. And although you might dislike the digital gauges and the cockpit layout unlike the newer cars the reatta adleast tries to stand out, I personally miss the character older vehicles had that the newer ones simply don't, character is what is missing from most modern day cars unless you are spending upwards of a 100G's and even then is still left wanting.
@@rueben44 the "German designed" cars buick have been receiving don't have the high quality german DNA most people revere. If anything, they look like saturn auras and pontiac G6s, which aren't ugly or undrivable per-sae but they just kind of exist and aren't really stunning at anything, and if memory serves me right both of those were based off opels and vaxhaulls as well. Not to say the reatta is a stunning car either because it's cool but only from a certain way of looking at it.
Greige, sharp-edged, blobmobiles, with silly lights.
Sadly, with the look of concept cars, and since AI is taking over design, we'll be getting more of the same for quite a while to come.
Though, despite the rare burst of genius, car designers and executives are not the most creative of people. As evidenced by the names they give their products.(626, M3, A6, 900, V8, and that's before you get to S, SS, LS, LX, GLS, GLX, GT, RS....)
Good looking car even for today.
Antwon Jenkins I will probably get one to go with my pristine 1990 Century
Leon Springs Boys TV I hope you’re joking
Sleek lines and pop up headlights. Yep, still looking pretty sweet today
Reattas looks like a sliced apple or tomato.
Why do people always say that... " even for today" . everything today is shit.
Wow, they're really knockin' the old CRT control center here - lol, that was the most innovative thing Buick did in the '80s. Wasn't the same anymore when they removed the touchscreen after '89 :(
Lol Buick did the GNX in 87. A teenie bit more impressive than a crt in the dash
They should've called the Cascada the Reatta... Just for Buick continuity.
+AimlessMoto I agree! If saw the Buick Cascada Super Bowl ad with New York Giants football player Odell Beckham, Jr. you know Buick didn't revive the Reatta name.
Cascada's essentially a USDM astra convertible...reatta's more buick original
They should've just put the 3.6 V6 in the cascada and then maybe they would actually sell one. I work at a Buick/GMC dealership...we have sold 2...
Porter McSorley nah i think a 2 liter turbo with at least 230hp is enough for daily use. 3.6 V6 will be too heavy.
Ardhana Hariwidagdo, the 1.6L turbo that is in the Cascada only has 200hp and the car does 0-60 in 10 seconds. You need more than 50 extra horsepower to make that car feel remotely peppy. The car weighs over 4,000lbs, a little more weight from the V6 is going to be fine
2:44 "Let My Love Open the Door" by Pete Townshend
Chris Prisciandaro Yes what a Zeitgeist lol.
Man! I must have been the only 16 year old back in 89' that actually loved this car. A grandpa BUICK! And as I'm approaching grandpa age I still love the style of it! The Cadillac Allanté is another beautiful one too from the same era. Even today As I have always felt. I personally hate digital gauges. Analog all the way to see the actual needles moving left and right.
I like digital gauges for mph. Best way to keep a steady foot. Tachs are nice too. Very Knight Rider
Love how the reviewer / actor guy slams the luggage against the back of the car then drags it across the paint and lights and into the truck lol
The Reatta has withstood the test of time, still looks nice today! Sure, wasn't blazing with horsepower compared to today's cars, but it does have the wonderful 3.8 engine. I had loved the Allante when new, but after hearing the horror stories with the Northstar engine, longterm, the Reatta turns out to be a better choice!
25+ years later and we're still dealing with touchscreen based systems and customers are still saying just give us buttons instead. Yes that CRT was touchscreen, in the 80s.
So Buick was ahead of its time. I love my Reatta's CRT , I can even do some programming thru it.
Cadillac has a touchscreen version back then, too. I just watched one of these Motorweek videos on it. It was very cool.
You could pop out that head unit and put in a double din touchscreen with CarPlay/Android auto.
I bet your Saturn sky doesn't have a touchscreen Rod
@@anthonybha4510 going to EPCOT and seeing the future cars by GM was one of my favorite things as a kid in the 80s. They really were the worlds leader in tech, then they lost their way by making 7 versions of a Cutlass every year and calling it a day.
It was so exciting when they came out . I was a car salesman at Buick back then . The price was high at 36000 the top sedans at the time where 28 so it was considered pricey . I think we sold 5or 6 all together including the one the boss and his son got. The hardtop sold better maybe 8-10 but that was a four year run to the convertibles two years. I think the word was that the 91 was all left over 90s that had sitting at the factory that none where actually build in 91 there was only one production run of them.
I nearly bought one of these in Wisconsin to ship to Australia. Coming from a car sales family I recognise a future collectible when I see it.
Buy a Lexus LC500 Convertible.
That's a future collectible.
I just told my wife that..... I saw one for sale and it's just sitting there and it caught my eye so I looked in to it and I am convinced that I should buy it, but everyone else thinks that is dumb. So I'm going to buy it
2:31 John: EVEN THE ELEPHANT MAN CAN FIND A GOOD DRIVING POSITION IN THESE SEATS! LOL
Yea, he was a bit over the top with that one!
I came looking for this haha
That type of comment would not be tolerated today lol
Miss the old days when people weren't easily offended. Lol
Before the PC stuff.
Great stylish car all in a basic practical GM FWD V6 package. I see 2 of these red ones on eBay right now asking $5k and $10k with just 50k miles coupe and convertible respectively. Would be a great summer / beach mobile!
This should have been RWD with the 3800. Buick would have a cult classic if they did. Thanks big brother GM
This is another car to add to my list of "Best represents the management of Roger Smith at GM" 1. Fiero 2. Allante 3. Reatta 4. GN(X) One car had finally come into its own and was doing great in sales - canceled. Two were half assed GM cars of their time. And one was lusted after by the public and the platform sold well, but didn't fit into the GM company mantra of the time.
@@seththomas9105 Everything GM made at this time was half-arsed. All junk, interesting, sometimes pretty, but just utter junk.
I like the Allante's styling better, but there's no question which car had the better engine. I'd take the Buick on that basis alone.
For as unusual as these were, I still see a lot of them around and always in good condition.
Thought this was supposed to be an extremely rare find this day & age...
@@schwenda3727 I know of at least 2 within a half mile of me!
Love the 3800 v6, have one in my 1988 Olds 98 Regency, still love the car with 220k plus miles.
I so wish these convertibles had “the screen” in them. They’re everywhere now, but it must’ve been so cool to see those in a car back then.
$67,450.27 in 2017 dollars
gmlcountry 😮
It was buick's halo car.
Get a Grand National...one bad machine.
Acid wash jeans and a Reatta... You get ALL the ladies.
Did anyone else cringe at 3:22 when he slid his suitcase over the weatherstripping? I'd expect that from a 7-year old. Pick that shit up!
Tyes!! God! Over and over again!! I thought the exact same thing
They always do this in motorweek videos to all cars - makes me cringe always.
"Even the Elephant Man can find a good driving position in these seats." 2:31
biggestsign nah he made a comment about 'orientals' in a video
that is not pc...
*LOL*
I choked on my microwaved burrito when he said that. I'm still recovering.
Thanks John, Merry Christmas.
My sister had the coupe years ago. Spectacularly cool car. Handbuilt too!
Looks like a cross breed Riviera and Miata. Lol I'd drive it though.
Probably more between the Corvette & Miata lol... V6 instead of a BIG V8 or tiny 4 banger. Middle ground instead of pure performance or successful mainstream (inexpensive) sportiness...
"A cross between the Riviera and Miata"
So, a... Reatta, if you will.
And that CTR touch screen controlling everything from ejecting the cassette to display the tachometer was a first, one of a kind feature that was very advanced for its time, wish other manufactures would have done the same thing.... but it took almost 2 decades and a brand new car manufacturer to do such thing, well I guess the S class had something similar but still, quite the feat 1990 Buick engineering team!!
I love my 90 reatta great car rockin 203,000 and it's my daily driver
Bkcamaro Is the Reatta expensive to maintain? I've been looking for a weekend car.
@@spectra_3005 the word is out on the 3800 V6 for likely being GMs best/most reliable engine ever built, period and well among the best, most reliable engines of all time among ALL automakers. Everything else should be at least OK. IF it breaks, it probably won't be expensive to repair... at least that's the standard for many of GM's larger cars from that era...
Hardtop or convertible?
@@spectra_3005 no dirt cheap
@@chrislusk6808 Hardtop as it sits now rocking 239,000
Great video motor week. Gorgeous buick!!
I am sure the elephant man would be terribly offended
Everybody's always offended now, so who cares?
@@231mac The elephant man cares
@@231mac JajajajaJAh 👽😱 🤬🤣 😜 kuhBaam ⚠️👀 LMFAoff 😏 💲
No he wouldn't. He lived in an era when there were no pussies
My dad used to work at the Reatta Craft Center in Lansing, Mi. I remember seeing these often.
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W T actual F ? This is the most random comment I've EVER seen on TH-cam...
@@Teraforce88 🤣🤣🤣🤣 I have NO CLUE!!! WHAT!?!?!
hes trying to say that Biker Jims story is uninteresting.
Hey Jim, my owners manual has 4 signatures of people who assembled my Reatta, I wonder if one is your dad.🙂
Interior looks great.
I love the looks of this car!
This car with the 4.3 liter turbo from the Sycline/Typhoon, and a better suspension would have been AWESOME.
And a stick
@@N1120A And RWD, while we're at the wishing well.
Somehow i still see these on the road every now and then.
Boomers like convertibles and take care of them... Plus the 38 is bulletproof.
That tech in that car is amazing for 1990
My favorite model of Buick ever. That there is a beautiful one
I had a 96 Lesabre with that 3800 and it was a great motor. I imagine this car goes well.
Good looking , like the flip up headlights
1990 commercial showing off a super cool convertible from it’s time, jamming to some Who on the radio. I wish I lived back then!!
Use to see older women drive the Reatta mostly. Nice looking car back then, stood out too.
I also always bring my empty luggage
And one magazine which doesn't belong in the empty luggage.
MAYBE HE'S PLANNING A DAY OF SHOPLIFTING.
I saw one today at the junkyard , still runs, they wanted $3200.
I'd love to buy one of these!
I had one of these for 3 years before the Dashboard caught on fire.
The Buick rivieatta convertible, only one thing was missing, the S/C 3800V6 engine.
I last time I saw this two seater Buick, I was still in high school and I haven't seen another one since then. LoL 😁
Interesting seeing this test again. I just chuckle when I think about when the Buick salesman told us that this competed with the R129 300SL
Some wider tires and the 3.8 Turbo would've made this a very potent car.
Best looking car from GM in the last 30 years. Could be a future collectable?
Last night I dreamed that I came upon a red Reatta convertible resting unused in some guy's driveway. I got behind the wheel, and wondered if he wanted to sell.
Then I wake up and find this 4 year old video in my feed. Eerie! Could it be my destiny?
Or has Google/ TH-cam become far more powerful than we realize?
I usually like convertibles more than coupes . Having said that the reatta coupe shape is dare I say sexy where the convertible looks squareish to point of a Volvo .
Dragging those bags into the trunk haha
Acid washed jeans, oh how I miss thee.
We have two of these in my work wreaking yard I never herd of it till I saw it
We have a silver hardtop and a black convertible. They are so cool.
I’m buying one today, I’m so happy
I hope it's everything you dreamed and more
I swapped a LS4 into one of these. It really moves now!
This is one of my fav cars gm ever produced old ones and new ones
theres a reatta parked in a back alley near my house. sadly though it looks like it doesnt get driven very often :/
Both of the Reatta and the Allante paled beside the fabulous Chrysler TC by Maserati LOL!
The price for this car in 2018 money, adjusted for inflation, $67k!
Awesome thanks
that's the exact question i'm pondering at this moment: allante or reatta.
With only 21,751 total Reattas built, they're all rare gems.
Why is it that you never see cars like this on Mecum auto auctions?! Though it's not a world beater, it has classic good looks!
No stick
I want to see the CRT displays they keep talking about. Is that in a previous review?
LockTest Yeah, the CRT was only available on the 1988-1989 Reatta.
Please do road test on 88 to 90 regal. I have an 89 and love old Buick's better than any car from that year.
I had an 88 Reatta. These cars were way ahead of their time! Didn’t like how they changed the dash area though.
Was this car related to the FWD Lotus Elan of the early 1990s? I know GM and Lotus worked together back then.
I saw one of these a few months ago and genuinely did not know it was a Buick at first.
You are lucky you saw one, I haven't seen one since I was in high school.
Is the cadillac allante much of a rival if they're both owned by the same company?
Storage is fine when you want to carry a single magazine like in this demonstration.
2:59 and now 30 years later, automakers widely use modern LCD screens that simulate analog needles and dials.
Funny thing how he complained about the touchscreen controls that are now in almost every modern vehicle. But these are my favorite cars by far!
Why Reatta when you can Miata for less moolah???
+Keaton Belliston The Miata's a pure sports car, the Reatta was more of a luxury car.
Two tooooOootally different buyers there, Buddy.
Some people are too big for a miata.
I had the Allanté (the Cadillac version) with the original Northstar V8 and it was damn fast once I put an Eaton Supercharger on it. I also had a Miata. The Miata was the biggest chunk of shit I ever drove, even though I kept hearing how reliable it was supposed to be. The problem with the Allanté was lack of parts. There's like one mechanic in Florida that can work on these competently, and Florida's too damn far for me to take it in for work.
@Private Account I'll take the barely legal cheerleader over the supermodel any day. Super models have already been shored out.
I need one desperately
The rear antenna loves to break ( i used to work on these a lot at dealerships)
nope i have one with 12 million miles and original functioning antenna
A bit amazed at how many GM cars are introduced and then a few years later are gone... can't begin the list...at least they try!
I am from Germany and I had a black Reatta AND also later a Allante in red!!! I had much fun with both and today I´m angry that I sold them!!!
Buick had a winner with this one; however, think of what it would've been capable of with the GN drivetrain and FR layout.
1990 Buick Reatta - Good enough for the Elephant Man?
Jesus, GM used this V6 is sooo many of their models.
Think about how much money they made on such a raspy motor. Think about how much money they made on looks and asthmatic performance xD
It was an insanely reliable engine, next to the 4.3 V6.
The 3800 V6 was one of the best motors GM ever made. For whatever that fact means to you...
If the 3800 had metal intake manifold gaskets or an intake manifold without coolant passages, this engine would have no major weakness.
Maybe reliable by GM standards (that's not saying much though) but it's a harsh pig of an engine that has a short stroke but still can't rev hence its rubbish torque figures. They sound like a bunch of pots and pans being thrown around a room at any RPM over idle. Yuck.
MW week staff from the 1990s would be pulling their hair out and jumping down a bridge with a Model S or the MercB with their LCD and infotainment systems, along with almost every other car today. It surprised me how that 1990 Buick had a display cluster homologous with the LCD displays that are common place today.
I would love to do some mods to one of these. Can the side trim, some nice wheels and a proper stance and do something with the 3800, supercharged? Or a swap. Tasteful LS? Not big on my GM motors. I kinda like the idea of a screaming 6, and all I think about is 90s Yamaha V6 in the Taurus SHO.... that was a proper motor.
Yea that's true, I'm thinking an all-out project, well, just fantasizing... hah. The look has really grown on me.
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Yep I think you're on to that one! Forgot about it... My Dad had a 97 (I think) Olds Aurora with a great V8 as well.
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Used to be an early 80s Rabbit with a Northstar V8 locally. Crazy little car.
+SonOfTamriel I think I saw that car in a magazine back in the day. Was it silver?
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I think it went through a few changes in colour, definitely silver at one time, and it was featured in a Eurotuner mag I believe.
This should have had the supercharged 3800 instead!
They were always so optimistic about American brands' future prospects
Seen one of these at a pick n pill parking lot..
Those were some skinny suitcases...
Every time I see a Cascada, I say "Somebody bought one!"
When was the last time you saw an Allante driving around
Last week
Buick has a Convertible today in 2020..still doing Buick things
Hold on, let me just put my magazine in the 'trunk'.
I like it
This is the only Buick I actually like the look of. Probably this over the Allante.
Have an '89
Stonewashed jeans
Michael Johns ICYu2 That was the '80's! Gotta love it.
Not a single mention even here in the comments of the Lebaron convertible? THAT'S what it should have been compared to.
When the reatta debuted in the spring of 88 I hated it, for one thing I had no prior knowledge of it and 2nd i was anticipating the arrival of the buick wildcat concept car, but it never saw production, but in the end I grew to like the reatta I liked the styling and the interior, and of course it,s perfect drive train, after all, it was just a 2 seater riviera in the first place, just like the allante was just an glorified cadillac eldorado, but in retrospect the reatta is every thing the 2018 cascada isn,t.
Please post the review on the 1988-1996 Buick Century.