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02/11/2026 9:46 am
I like both but find the Riviera trimmer and more refined. The Pontiac looks like it could go on a diet.
02/11/2026 10:00 am
Pontiac by a nose but do like the Buick a bit
02/11/2026 11:56 am
@sizedoesmatter That’s what I’m talkin’ about! I like naked. Why would you want to cover up those glorious eight-lug’s? And it looks so much better without the vinyl top! Get rid of the gangsta’ whitewalls, sub red-lines and that would be my perfect GP!
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02/11/2026 2:10 pm
@sizedoesmatter That’s what I’m talkin’ about! I like naked. Why would you want to cover up those glorious eight-lug’s? And it looks so much better without the vinyl top! Get rid of the gangsta’ whitewalls, sub red-lines and that would be my perfect GP!
Thankfully, we all have different tastes.
John Bono
North Jersey
02/11/2026 5:28 pm
@ed-glorius Ed, thanks, I guess I was mistaken on the Buick. This year just looks a lot like the Toronado and I thought they were both front wheel drive.
02/11/2026 7:37 pm
Wow what a passionate thread this has become! For me it will always be the Pontiac basically because they don't make Pontiacs anymore. Plus the styling is drop dead. I remember it as a kid.
02/11/2026 9:57 pm
Even as a 13yr old I thought the ‘66 Riviera one of the most beautifully styled cars I’d ever seen and I still do at 73.
03/11/2026 1:23 am
Oh the Pontiac. Mine uncle bought a new 1966 Pontiac, white, 4-door, but it was a Bonneville. Still remember that car. Beautiful to me then and now.
03/11/2026 3:34 pm
Very slight edge to the Riviera. They are both gorgeous.
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04/11/2026 8:12 am
Tough call...I'm going with the Buick.
Gents, thanks for your responses.
John Bono
North Jersey
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