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Poll results: '49 Buick Riviera or Sedanette?
Voter(s): 21
Poll is closed Mar 14, 2026
'49 Riviera  -  votes: 7 / 33.3%
7
33.3%
'49 Sedanette  -  votes: 10 / 47.6%
10
47.6%
Tie  -  votes: 3 / 14.3%
3
14.3%
Sorry, no interest in this selection.  -  votes: 1 / 4.8%
1
4.8%

Poll: Which Buick? (2/28/2026)

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(@sizedoesmatter)
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'49 Buick Roadmaster Riviera or Sedanette?

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1949 Buick Roadmaster Riviera 12
1949 Buick Roadmaster Riviera 13a

 

1949 Buick Roadmaster Sedanette1z
1949 Buick Roadmaster Sedanette2z

 


John Bono
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(@pete-rovero)
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Formal or sporty?  Today I feel sporty so Sedanette!



   
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kevins
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@pete-rovero Sedanette 100 percent! (see what I did there? Crazy, huh)



   
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(@perrone1)
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Sedanette. Not to be showy, but since it is not what you normally see, I would have to have the 'different' Buick.



   
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(@michaeldetorrice)
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I'll take the beautiful Buick with 4 portholes ! Smile  



   
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(@perrone1)
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@michaeldetorrice 

Oh, you must mean the blue one!

Wink



   
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Ed Glorius
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I love the lines of the sedanette.


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John Merritt
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The Roadmaster Riviera for me.


John Merritt
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I'd enjoy either, but the fastback a little more so.😊



   
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George Schire
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I'm going to vote TIE today because I like each Buick version for different reasons.  I like the Sedanette because when I was 7 years old, my Dad owned a Gray one.  I remember thinking it looked so strange with that "slopped" top into the trunk.  And seriously, I always wondered how the driver could see out the rear-view window with it appearing to be more on the top of the car's roof.  But when I sat in Dad's car, it seemed so BIG compared to my little boy size at the time.  As for the Riviera, I love the "hardtop" roof-line as it looks so much newer and more modern than the Sedanette.  It's like "old and new" struggling to attract buyers.  And hey John, GOOD ONE today! 


George Schire
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Buick Roadmaster for pure style, and you can fit the groceries in the trunk  - a full month's worth.



   
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John Napoli
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I went with the Sedanette for it's fastback design.  If it was any other 49 Buick I would have said no interest.



   
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(@car224)
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I like everything about both cars. Maybe the sedanette a little more.  Although the grill is a little rough.  It looks like it chews the road and spits it out.



   
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(@bob-jackman)
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Either would be welcome in my garage. Slight edge to the Sedanette over the first hardtop Riviera.



   
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David Green
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Not my favourites but the Riviera appeals most.



   
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