1981 Buick Skylark

Best of 2016, Part 2

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1983 Buick LeSabre Limited

1961 Buick LeSabre

Best of 2015 (and late 2014) Part 2

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1983 Buick Regal Estate Wagon

1966 Buick Electra 225

What a remarkable car. Those knife edge fins, that extreme length, especially in the rear overhang. All of this exaggerated by the moderate lowering. The extravagant fender skirt which melds with the door and the fender, continuing the chrome strip all the way to the rear bumper seam. The full width tailights. The sharp edge between the roof and the rear window.

All just as practical as the non-functional "ventiports", but still a work of art.

1972 Buick Centurion

This is a Centurion, not a Century. A monster car with a monster 7.5L engine -- no smaller options.

Interesting sculpting leading from the hood back through the doors to the rear fenders, providing a subtle curve describing how dynamic the shape could have been. Instead we have an overly broad C pillar crowding the windows of the back doors. At least the wheelbase is proportionate to the car -- the rear overhang is not too outrageous.