Buick Riviera

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automobile model personal luxury car

The Buick Riviera is a classic American personal luxury car produced by Buick from the 1960s through the late 1990s, known for its distinctive styling and upscale features.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf automobile model ⓘ
personal luxury car ⓘ
assemblyLocation Flint, Michigan ⓘ
Lansing, Michigan ⓘ
bodyStyle 2-door coupe ⓘ
class personal luxury car ⓘ
competitor Cadillac Eldorado ⓘ
Ford Thunderbird ⓘ
Oldsmobile Toronado ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
designer Bill Mitchell ⓘ
drivetrain front-wheel drive ⓘ
rear-wheel drive ⓘ
eighthGenerationEndYear 1999 ⓘ
eighthGenerationStartYear 1995 ⓘ
engineType V6 engine ⓘ
V8 engine ⓘ
fifthGenerationEndYear 1978 ⓘ
fifthGenerationStartYear 1977 ⓘ
firstGenerationEndYear 1965 ⓘ
firstGenerationStartYear 1963 ⓘ
fourthGenerationEndYear 1976 ⓘ
fourthGenerationStartYear 1974 ⓘ
fuelType gasoline ⓘ
introducedAs 1963 model year ⓘ
layout FF layout ⓘ
FR layout ⓘ
manufacturer Buick ⓘ
marketedAs luxury car ⓘ
notableFeature boat-tail rear styling (early 1970s) ⓘ
frameless side windows ⓘ
hidden headlamps (selected years) ⓘ
notableFor distinctive styling ⓘ
upscale features ⓘ
numberOfGenerations 8 ⓘ
parentCompany General Motors ⓘ
platform GM E-body ⓘ
predecessor Buick Roadmaster ⓘ
surface form: Buick Roadmaster Riviera (nameplate)
productionEndYear 1999 ⓘ
productionStartYear 1963 ⓘ
secondGenerationEndYear 1970 ⓘ
secondGenerationStartYear 1966 ⓘ
segment mid-size luxury coupe ⓘ
seventhGenerationEndYear 1993 ⓘ
seventhGenerationStartYear 1986 ⓘ
sixthGenerationEndYear 1985 ⓘ
sixthGenerationStartYear 1979 ⓘ
status discontinued model ⓘ
successor Buick LaCrosse ⓘ
surface form: Buick LaCrosse (market segment)

Buick Lucerne ⓘ
surface form: Buick Lucerne (market segment)
thirdGenerationEndYear 1973 ⓘ
thirdGenerationStartYear 1971 ⓘ
transmission automatic transmission ⓘ

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Oldsmobile Toronado → competitor → Buick Riviera ⓘ
Buick → historicalModel → Buick Riviera ⓘ
Oldsmobile Aurora → relatedModel → Buick Riviera ⓘ