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Topic starter
03/12/2021 8:23 pm
'71 Buick, Cadillac or Oldsmobile?
Be sure to make your selection. Of course, please “Reply” to share your comments.
Best yet please rank them.
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John Bono
North Jersey
03/12/2021 9:14 pm
Easy one for me today, the Buick is so smooth & sexy. The Eldorado is next even with its bloated bulk. Then the poor Toronado, what the heck happened to this one. It improves some in later years, but 71-73, Yikes!
John Merritt
South Lyon, Michigan - USA
03/12/2021 9:25 pm
The RWD proportions of the Riviera make it look so much better than the other two with their massive front overhang.
Barry Levittan
Long Island, NY
03/12/2021 9:27 pm
The Riviera looks so much better than the other 2 GM offerings.
Frank Reed
Chesapeake, VA
03/12/2021 10:27 pm
One word: TORONADO
By '71 Oldsmobile finally improved the bulbous and strange shaped earlier Toronado's. This one's a beauty on wheels. Next I'd be okay with the Cadillac, but the long landing-strip hood is not for my taste. And lastly, oh how GM ruined the Riviera! So gorgeous in '63, '64 and then they destroy the roof-line with that odd shaped top on the '71. Yep, NO-CONTEST the TORONADO!!!
George Schire
Oakdale, Minnesota
03/12/2021 11:09 pm
Despite being incredibly small inside given its outside dimensions, I'll go with the Oldsmobile Toronado in this comparison.
03/12/2021 11:46 pm
At the risk of sounding negative I have to be honest and say that I find them all unattractive. The Buick however is by far the best looking; the Caddy is a bloated lump and the Toronado is hideous. What the heck were GM thinking???
04/12/2021 3:31 am
nah thats impossible, 3 spectacular vehicles, its a tie.
04/12/2021 6:55 am
Buick all the way...it may not be as attractive as the earlier Rivs but it is light years ahead of what happened to the ElDorado and Toronado.
04/12/2021 7:46 am
Riviera. It's audacious. Followed by the bold Tornado.
Retired in Dunedin, Florida.
Topic starter
04/12/2021 7:22 pm
The Riviera is #1, closely followed by the Tornado and trailing the pack is the dinosaur Cadillac.
John Bono
North Jersey
John Kuvakas and John Kuvakas reacted
05/12/2021 10:38 am
For those of you who know the show "Keeping Up Appearances", my mom had a bit of Hyacinth in her, and her sister Mabel was definitely Rose.
Aunt Mabel had a gold 1971 Riviera...with leopard skin seat covers. The car accessorized her peek a boo blouse, her snake bracelet, and her platinum beehive. All in her 70s.
She was a hoot.
Retired in Dunedin, Florida.
05/12/2021 10:43 am
Buick (the retro look of the boat tail looks nice), Cadillac, then Olds.
11/12/2021 10:02 pm
@ed-glorius I loved “Keeping up appearances”
Mrs. Buckett?
Its pronounced “Bookay”
I voted Buick too.
David Vandermeer
Corinth, Texas