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down on the street bonus edition

Bay Area Train Commuters Prefer Vintage Iron

When you're having a quinto-Belvedere tailgate party at the Oakland Coliseum, you pay to park in the official stadium lot, but when you're swilling cheap beer and wolfing chile verde burritos prior to sneaking into the good seats with your bleacher tickets watching a ballgame from the bleachers, you don't want to pay to park your car. That's why me and my cheapskate friends park in the free Coliseum BART station parking lot for most games, where we often have the opportunity to admire vintage machinery driven by commuters. Some of you may remember the Menacing Bee Van from last year, and here we have a quintet of other interesting rides spotted in the same lot. Apologies for crappy phone-camera image quality.

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4:00 PM on Fri Apr 25 2008
By Murilee Martin
1,045 views, 34 comments

Latest by GTBruiser: @beercheck: My 75 was a dark green metallic, plaid seat(ed), vinyl roofed, hatchback, with 8-track, CB radio and a Sears Tower sized spring mounted antenna bolted to the hatch. more »

down on the street

1966 Buick Riviera, Plus Bonus Buick Poll

When we saw the '73 Buick Riviera in this series a couple months ago, some of your comments indicated that many of you prefer the pre-boattail Rivs. That's no problem, because (in spite of Alameda having something of a vintage Buick shortage) I was able to find this nice '66 parked within a block of the 1972 Plymouth Fury III. And, since the Favorite DOTS Plymouth poll was so much fun, let's do the same thing to determine which of the island's Buicks is the crowd favorite.
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9:00 AM on Tue Apr 22 2008
By Murilee Martin
2,379 views, 55 comments

Latest by Tomsk: My old man love, love, LURVES the '66 and '67 Rivs and, honestly, so do I. However, in the context of this poll, my heart belongs to ye olde Deuce-and-a-Quarter. more »

beijing motor show

Buick Invicta Concept Reveals New LaCrosse?

We know, Buick goes with old people like liniment, Depends and Ensure? Well, if that's the case, maybe now we'll actually have something to look forward to in our retirement years — if we plan on retiring in the People's Republic. GM decided to debut their latest concept, the Buick Invicta, at the Beijing Motor Show this weekend. The Invicta takes the far-fetched Buick Riviera Concept a step closer to reality. But don't think this car is going to be another forbidden city denied from us 'mericans. Word is this concept is a strong hint at what the upcoming 2010 Buick LaCrosse will look like. And depending on how true the concept's specs are to the prospective production model, that could actually be something to look forward to.

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7:00 AM on Mon Apr 21 2008
By marnold
852 views, 37 comments

Latest by M0L0TOV: @rg: Oh dear rg, we all know the used Chrysler design was exported to Russia. After all, a Chrysler Sebring in disguise is a Gaz Siber comrade. more »

2009 opel insignia

2009 Opel Insignia Revealed, Officially

The General's German brand saw the sign it needed to replace the aged Vectra, so they opened up their eyes — and came up with this — the new 2009 Opel Insignia. It's a new name, a new car and yes, a new badge for the brand preciously misspelled from the name of a gem and it's being revealed in July at the London Motor Show. We're guessing Opel decided to drop this load of shots and details early due to, you know, all the leakage everywhere — both manufactured, silly and otherwise. This new Vectra-replacing four-door will hit the market with a pickup truck-like selection of engine options and powertrains. Buyers of the new Insignia will be able to choose from seven different engines — four gasoline engines ranging from a four-banger 115 HP unit to a V6 with an output of 260 horses and three new direct-injection diesels displacing 2.0 liters and with outputs spanning from 110 to 160 HP. And when you're done choosing your boring engines, you'll have a choice between either front-wheel or all-wheel drive. What else would we expect from a four-door that's 7.9 inches longer than the current Vectra and is built on the General's new globe-spanning Epsilon II platform. Of course we'd expect a variety of available options — this sculpted boat's going to need to play the role of like, every car in GM's multi-brand lineup. And that's why we should care about this new Euro sedan — because everything else with an Opel badge gets sent state-wide as a Saturn, so we're under the impression we'll be seeing this as the 2011 Saturn Aura. But the platform prostitution doesn't end there — the bones underneath will hold the skin and meat of the 2011 Pontiac G6 and the 2012 Chevy Malibu. Rumor is we'll also see it as the 2010 Buick LaCrosse and the 2010 Saab 9-3. Yes, that means the 2010 LaCrosse would actually get an AWD platform — hmm, maybe there's some life in that old brand. Yeah, right. Full press release after the jump.

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8:30 AM on Fri Apr 18 2008
By Ray Wert
3,706 views, 38 comments

Latest by FuzzyPlushroom: @UDMan: Yeah, except that instead of a hideous nose like the Sebring's, it has a hideous arse. I dunno which is worse - but the Saturn's still much better to drive. Though I'd take a Malibu over it, since that's actually reliable more »

offbeat news

Burglary Suspect Caught With Six Foot Alligator Copilot

Though our love for Texas knows no end, the state certainly has its share of people who have more balls than common sense. Take Mr. William Johnson, the Thomas Crown of Brazoria, Texas. On the way to burgling a house he came across a wild American Alligator and thought it would be a good idea to wrestle it and put it in the back of his Buick Regal. After arriving at the house he found he had trouble moving a big screen television by himself and recruited a neighbor. The neighbor was willing to rob his other neighbor but relented when he saw the gator, saying "Alright, I ain't got nothing to do with it."

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11:00 AM on Wed Apr 16 2008
By Matt Hardigree
2,538 views, 48 comments

Latest by pmoore: Forget "Trunk Monkey". This the new craze! + Watch video more »

spy photos

2010 Buick LaCrosse Flashes Interior

This is the best look we've gotten yet of the 2010 Buick LaCrosse's interior. It's hard to see too many details from this distance, but from what you can make out, it looks pretty nice in there. The new Buick will be the first car in America to ride on GM's Epsilon II platform, so we're actually kinda excited for it to debut. Could this be to Buick what the new XF is to Jaguar?

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Spy Photos

11:20 AM on Fri Apr 11 2008
By marnold
1,867 views, 49 comments

Latest by Solo_Racer: @charles_barrett: "'Nova' translated to "doesn't go" in Spanish-speaking countries" Uh, well, no it doesn't. It translates to nova. more »

art

Pedal-Powered Buick Owner Stands Up To The Man In Court!


It turns out that John Law takes a dim view of human-powered cars on the streets of Toronto, as artist Michel de Broin discovered to his dismay when he attempted to take his pedal-powered 1986 Buick Regal out for a little spin last year. In Mr. de Broin's view, the Shared Propulsion Car, with its perfectly functional brakes and steering, is safe for street operation. Safer, in fact, than gasoline-powered vehicles, and so he is fighting his Operation of Unsafe Vehicle ticket. [National Post]

3:45 PM on Thu Apr 3 2008
By Murilee Martin
1,961 views, 44 comments

Latest by CptSevere: Yeah, kind of a neat statement or whatever. Still, a lot of work and meatball engineering to get nowhere slowly. Seems like I read a quote by Edward Abbey on seeing his first mountain bike-"Seems like a helluva lot of more »

down on the street bonus edition

San Diego Serenade: Triumph Stag and Buick LeSabre


The Bonus Edition DOTS cars just keep coming in. Today we're heading down to San Diego, where Brian B captured a very Jalopnik-centric pair of vintage cars: a 1968 Buick LeSabre and a 1972 Triumph Stag. One is a vast sedan with styling that may have been aimed at old people, but at least they were hip old people (like retired mobsters, etc). The other is a sporty British V8 machine with a reputation for unreliability so awe-inspiring that you can't help but admire its owner. Good finds! Make the jump to read Brian's descriptions.

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2:30 PM on Wed Apr 2 2008
By Murilee Martin
930 views, 43 comments

Latest by Stoatmaster: @No star for Bento: You say that, but Aston Martin did produce one or two examples of the 'Bulldog'. True. The Stag has cropped up here a few times, as one would expect. Now, did any examples of its spirtiual cousin, the Jensen Healey, more »

news

GM To Idle Hamtramck Assembly Due To American Axle Strike

Reuters is reporting General Motors will be idling its Hamtramck Assembly plant on Monday as a result of the ongoing strike at American Axle. The Detroit area plant currently builds the Cadillac DTS and Buick Lucerne and joins 30 other plants affected by the parts shortages. Though shuttering plants is never good news, the situation will allow General Motors to reduce their bloated vehicle inventories. We're wondering if it's time for embattled Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick to join the American Axle picket line, so the media mob following him actually bothers covering a real story. [Reuters]

11:30 AM on Fri Mar 28 2008
By Ben Wojdyla
762 views, 17 comments

Latest by skulldriveshaft: Unions killed British Leyland. History is going to repeat itself. But this time it's going to be a much longer and painful process. Because there's so many layers of companies to go through. The show-offs at the top are competing with the show-offs at more »

retro

Welcome To America, Land of the Skyhawk!

My grandfather recently sent me some of his old rally and ice-racing photos, and I'll get around to scanning and posting them one of these weeks. But looking at those yellowing shots of Saab 93s and oval-window Beetles sliding around on frozen Lake Minnetonka got me to thinking about all those millions of family photographs out there showing interesting old cars from Back In The Day, and how maybe I should ask our readers to start sharing theirs... and, as if on cue, here comes this email from BZR, who has discovered some photos of his father's very first car. Yes, after arriving from China, the first-ever car BZR Sr. owned was a 10-year-old '76 Buick Skyhawk! Which, when you think about it, is as good an introduction to American culture as you're ever going to get from an automobile. Make the jump to read the whole story in BZR's own words.
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6:15 PM on Wed Mar 26 2008
By Murilee Martin
1,724 views, 42 comments

Latest by FAHQ2: You should post your pictures on the wikipedia page, as they are missing an image of the first generation skyhawk.[en.wikipedia.org]My father also owned the same car back in the 70's.Its the first car i can remember ever driving in as more »

retro

Performance Art And The Automobile: A 1963 LeSabre, A Typewriter And 90MPH Worth Of Destruction

What is it about wildly influential California artists and their romance with the automobile? Heck, if cars had never come to Cali (perish the thought), Cal Arts would barely have any faculty! Our last installment of Performance Art and the Automobile brought us Chris Burden's hyper-mile'n car-bike. This time around, we've got "Fast" Eddie Ruscha (Roo-Shay) and the violence he did do to a Royal Typewriter. His accomplice? A 1963 Buick LeSabre. More »

1:15 PM on Fri Mar 21 2008
By Matthew DeBord
900 views, 12 comments

beijing motor show

Buick Drops Invicta Concept Teaser Ahead Of Beijing Motor Show

Buick is planning to unveil their new Invicta concept at the Beijing Motor Show on April 19th, calling it, "a premium vehicle with international appeal." It'll be an evolution of design concepts first introduced on last year's Riviera concept and could herald a new full-size luxury car from the ailing brand. Buick has found a level of popularity in China currently unthinkable on these shores. The full press release follows the jump. More »

1:00 PM on Tue Mar 18 2008
By Wes Siler
2,223 views, 42 comments

maximum el camino day

Buick Halfmaster-amino Is A Whole Lot Of Awesome

Those hosers up at Dave's Farm sure are professional hoons. And they're not too bad at doing good ol' fashioned backwoods engineering too. Check out this creation: The Buick Halfmaster. It's a '90s Buick Roadmaster with a severely shortened wheelbase that's been converted to an open-air 'amino. Now, you might question how much of a truck this car really is since it doesn't have a proper bed, but c'mon. It doesn't even have headers; the small block V8 exhales flames straight out of the head! So, judge for yourself; does the Halfmaster fit in with Maximum El Camino Day or not? [YouTube]

3:15 PM on Mon Mar 17 2008
By marnold
1,183 views, 29 comments

Latest by danio3834: @silex006: I don't know if you remember the Platform Pontiac, but theyve created several vehciles with platform driving positions using mostly stock, re engineered parts. + Watch video He explains in another video that to make the Redneck Roller coaster, he merely more »

down on the street

1973 Buick Riviera

We've already seen the ad for the '73 Riviera, so now it's time to take a look at the car itself. I'm trying to get caught up on Buicks, since we've only had four of them prior to today, with the most recent one just a few weeks back. This Buick is special, since its daring "boat-tail" styling was one of the few bright spots in an otherwise gloomy Early Malaise Era year for Detroit. More »

9:15 AM on Wed Feb 13 2008
By Murilee Martin
2,965 views, 73 comments

Latest by carlivar: I proudly own a 1971 Riv. As all boattail aficionados will tell you, that is the One True Boattail. I scoff at this 1973 with its wimpy tail and *gasp* fuel filler door on the rear side! My 1971 Riviera GS is more »

new cars

2008 Buick Lucerne Super Is 2007 CXS with 17 More Horses And Priced At $39,395

When Buick's latest version of its big Lucerne sedan hits dealerships in April, it will no longer be called CXS but instead "Super," following in the footsteps of little brother LaCrosse, which received a similar designation last year. According to GM, the Lucerne Super will be priced just south of $40K. The main difference between the old CXS and the new Super is under the hood: the CXS Northstar V8 put out 275 hp, while the Super Northstar V8 does 292 hp. Of course, this is a little like... oh, I dunno, touting your 2005 Cabernet over the '04 because you're at 15 percent alcohol by volume, rather than 14.5. Then calling it "Special Reserve" instead of just "Reserve." Thus, Lucerne Super. But so what? More grousing and the GM press release, after the jump. More »

2:00 PM on Mon Feb 4 2008
By Matthew DeBord
1,084 views, 29 comments

Latest by F50F60: What kind of idiot would spend 40k on this Buick I-have-lost-the-will-to-live Super???? I know GM is almost bankrupt. You can't make up for it by dolling up an Impala and charging BMW-5 series green backs. I thin the general is more »

industry news

Rick Wagoner Cuts Ribbon

GM's Chairman and CEO, Rick Wagoner, took on a new role yesterday, that of Business Model. Wagoner traveled to Gilbert, Arizona to cut the ribbon at Henry Brown, a local dealer that's the first nationwide to finish construction on a new facility that combines the Buick, Pontiac and GMC brands under one roof. During the event Wagoner remarked, "Henry [Brown] has a real passion for our products, and he's one of the best in the business, He does what a lot of other dealers aspire to." It's not known if the Business Model theme song, Like a Rock, was playing at the time. [Source: The Arizona Republic]

11:00 AM on Wed Jan 30 2008
By Wes Siler
573 views, 30 comments

Latest by danio3834: Uhh, the local dealer nearest me, Jerome Taylor, has been Pontiac, Buick, GMC for as long as I can remember. Is this a new idea? more »

media

Golf Channel Talent Bows Down Before Buick

Had an ear tuned to The Golf Channel's coverage of the Buick Invitational this year? During the broadcast, commentators David Feherty and Kelly Tilghman (fresh off a suspension for making awkward comments about Buick pitchman Tiger Woods) gushed and we mean gushed over the Buick Enclave CXL that was this tourney's featured vehicle. "I'm not giving mine back," said Fehrety. "Smooooth," cooed Tilghman. I was involved with Buick for a while, on the ad side, and frankly, I'm impressed. Now that ad agency Leo Burnett has the account, having snagged it away from McCann Erickson last year, maybe they should think about getting some of these superstars of the linkster commentariat into the act.

2:00 PM on Mon Jan 28 2008
By Matthew DeBord
529 views, 24 comments

Latest by JHJVJR: @camp6ell: Enclave sales were limited because GM purposely cut production below demand to keep a "buzz" going about the car. See [www.autoblog.com] If anything, the article you cited only proved to me that Acadias are selling more than I even more »

retro

The Norman Timbs Buick Special


The folks over at Jalopy Journal dug up a real gem the other day, the Norman Timbs Buick Special . The car was built in the late forties by the racecar designer and cost the princley sum of about $10,000 to put together. The aluminum body over tube frame stretches out to 17.5′ long (same as my Lincoln) with a 117″ wheelbase and a track of 56″. The luggage compartment is up front, engine behind the driver, fuel tank in the rear, with the one piece rear section lifted hydraulically. Total curb weight around 2200lbs. The car was recently found and is undergoing restoration at Custom Auto in Loveland, Colorado where they're posting progress pictures as they go. We sense a collectors frenzy when this thing is complete.

10:15 AM on Tue Jan 22 2008
By Ben Wojdyla
914 views, 13 comments

Latest by Novaload: Tim Bucks 2 Buick. more »