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2024 Buick Envista Avenir Quick Review
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After a slew of small CUV misses, General Motors has landed a solid hit in the second generation Chevy Trax, which manifests in Buick land as the Envista. The Envista’s Avenir trim is outfitted with many luxury and wannabe-sporty goodies, yet the compact crossover is available solely in front-wheel-drive guise and with a 1.2-liter turbocharged…
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Return it to glory? This 1964 Buick Riviera could be awesome
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No, it’s not a 1965 model with the cool hidden headlights. But it IS a first-generation Riviera, and it DOES have a 7.0-liter V8 under the hood. This 1964 Buick Riviera has clearly seen better days. But the listing says the car is complete, fully equipped, has no rust, and runs excellent. And a running,…
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This 1987 Buick GNX is a $215,000 car per BAT buyers
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It’s easy to make jokes about the auction prices paid on Bring-A-Trailer. Low-hanging fruit, really. But this one feels particularly extra bonkers. What you see above is an absolutely wonderful example of the Buick GNX. Per the listing, Buick cranked out just 547 examples and this one is #255. On top of that, it’s in…
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Buy this lifted Buick Roadmaster Estate and one-up every Subaru Outback in town
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The Subaru Outback – at least in the US market – is really in a class of its own. Its wagon body combines car-like driving dynamics with SUV practicality, and it actually touts a modicum of off-road capability as well. There’s just one problem: the Outback isn’t cool. Happily, there’s now a solution, and it’s…
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2020 Buick Encore GX confuses and surprises me
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Buick is now strictly a maker of so-called sporty utility vehicles. The smallest offering of this brand is the Encore. Confusingly, there is also the new Encore GX. The GX is a new, slightly bigger vehicle and the non-GX Encore is an older model vehicle that will not be replaced in North America. To sum…
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In 1986, a twin-turbo Buick nearly upset the V8 Pro Stock monsters
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If you’re going to race, you need a V8. That was the thinking, at least, for those running Pro Stock drag racing events. And those V8 engines needed to be monsters too. We’re talking 700 cubic-inch beasts making monster power. Yet Buddy Ingersoll rolled up to the starting line with a much smaller mill… and…
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Buick Regal TourX: Affordable premium German wagon
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Eleven of the last thirteen vehicles I’ve reviewed have been a crossovers or an SUV. This has served to remind me how much I’m a wagon man. Occasionally, a crossover or SUV will stick in my mind as good or even exceptional, like the Volvo XC 40 Inscription. But at the end of the day,…
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Custom Buick Roadmaster is the Answer
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Every younger generation exercises their right to avoid buying what their parents did. Those of us who grew up in the ‘80s and ‘90s have a deep aversion to minivans. No matter how great a minivan is, and they are great, we will lean towards the gas guzzling SUV. That’s what makes this custom Buick…
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24 Hours of Lemons: The Buick is back!
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2018 has been a slow year for our 24 Hours of Lemons east coast team. We missed New Jersey and Thompson, all for various personal reasons mostly from my side. But now my teammates got race hungry and they said that they’re just doing it. Not only that, they decided to do something different. Instead…
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24 Hours of Lemons: Buick nabs a class win at NHMS
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We did it! We won our class at the 24 Hours of Lemons Halloween Hooptiefest at New Hampshire Motor Speedway! Yea, that’s right, we won. We got the trophy and the big cash payout that almost covered gas, hotels, and tolls. Yeah! Thanks, we appreciate your congratulatory chuckle and nod as you’re reading this. A…
