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03/09/2021 10:48 pm
Nothing really extravagant, well balanced, perhaps a bit generic but so nicely proportioned! Too bad they didn't mass produce it...
These are my pictures from 2016
04/09/2021 9:54 am
Yes, all true.... Camaro platforms! GM developed several beautiful HARDTOP designs they could have manufactured; the problem is, NO ONE wants them! There is virtually NO market for these kinds of vehicles. The CLOSEST THING I could buy resembling the El Mirage (another 2-dr GM hardtop style exercise) was the, now defunct, 2-dr ATS (also utilizing a Camaro platform). And trust me, I couldn't even find one. They had to order it! NO ONE WANTS CARS LIKE THIS ANYMORE....HA, no one wants cars period!
We are a NATION of FOUR DOOR TRUCKS, CROSS-OVERS AND SUVS! ....like it or not. Furthermore, in 85 years or so.... we will BE A NATION OF FOUR DOOR UNI-DIRECTIONAL, SELF DRIVING, ELECTRIC PODS!
04/09/2021 12:41 pm
Very stylish but it needs portholes, Dynaflow and a FashionAire Dynastar grill. 😆
04/09/2021 3:02 pm
Al, just imagine if those "porthole, Dynaflow & FashionAire Dynastar grill folks" could have seen this Buick back in the day? They would've lost their minds! No doubt something you could've charged admission to for years!
04/09/2021 5:06 pm
Chris I'm glad to know what I have to look forward to in 85 years. I'm 81 now so that should be a treat.
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04/09/2021 5:41 pm
a-vista (vista=a mental view of a succession of remembered or anticipated events)
or perhaps it came from "hAsta la VISTA exciting cars", thankfully there are still several exciting cars out there...
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04/09/2021 5:52 pm
you nailed Al, Avista is a Japanese-Opel-AstonMartin mix with very little Buick. That why I said "generic", however still visually pleasing for the non-purist Buick fan.