In 1971, two apparently unrelated events stirred America’s interest: Jim Morrison, the lead singer of The Doors, stepped from controversial stardom into rock legend, and this Buick featured in our ...

Dave Jamele of Naugatuck was 16 when he got — and got rid of — the black 1966 Plymouth Barracuda with a 273-cubic-inch, 235-horsepower “Commando” V8 engine. He replaced it with a 1970 Cadillac Sedan ...

The sign taped to the window of the old Buick I spotted while driving one day was hard to read. In order to avoid being rear-ended by stopping in the road for a closer look, I slowed down and took a ...

I first wrote about the car in a January 2024 column. I had noticed it parked alongside the road the previous spring, when I slowed down to take a few photos out the window before continuing to my ...

The Riviera nameplate was to Buick what the Bel Air and Impala were to Chevrolet at first – trim level designators. In the fifties, hardtop Buicks were surnamed Riviera. Still, in 1963, the company ...

[Editor's Note: This article first appeared in the Winter 2011 issue of MotorTrend Classic] Imagine the Indianapolis Colts playing the New York Giants in the Super Bowl. Payton versus Eli, ...