There's a general reluctance to radically modify the 1963 Buick Riviera. Conceived as an executive sports car for 1963, it was Bill Mitchell's baby. And like one of his other iconic designs, the 1963 ...

Some cars just end up tainted. The 1963-’65 Buick Riviera is the darling of the American-car scene, and with good reason: its ...

When it comes to classic Buicks, I'm a fan of 1950s rigs. I think they look pretty wild, and I'm obsessed with their massive, chrome-laden grilles. The 1960s Buicks are nowhere near as spectacular, ...

We got to talking about GM’s greatest postwar achievements—ones we both experienced when young. Hailing the 1963 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray as America’s sports-car icon, Welburn also singled out the ...

“I’m a hot rod guy,” says Rick Farber. And anyone who saw him and his brother, the late Larry Farber, campaign a Pro Mod drag car throughout the Midwest will attest to that. But both brothers had a ...

Shortly after WW2 ended, Buick started using the Riviera nameplate. It's an obvious reference to the French Riviera, and the first model that got it was the Roadmaster. The first-gen Riviera, which is ...