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Nothing really extravagant, well balanced, perhaps a bit generic but so nicely proportioned! Too bad they didn't mass produce it...

 

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It would have been easy to produce. I believe they used the Camaro platform to develop it. 


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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!

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Very stylish but it needs portholes, Dynaflow and a FashionAire Dynastar grill. 😆 



   
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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!

 

 



   
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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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@chris

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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@al_dorado 

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.



   
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