The Buick coupe has a name.

It's Rivera.

The design theme is likely to be on display at the New York Auto Show this spring.

Was initially slated to be on Kappa, but is being moved to a slightly larger chassis. Smaller than GTO.

Your guess is probably correct.

 

Or is it Riviera? This is what the "old" Buick coupes were called.

 

Bigger than Kappa smaller than Zeta, I guess that means a 3rd derivitive platform is in the works and it could suit a certain chevy very well. Definately wanna keep up with this.

 

Oops. My mis-spelling.

 

Zeta is modular, I think smaller than GTO just means Camaro sized Zeta

 

I would love to see a new Buick coupe named "Riviera." It's a classic name and I thought that the last Riviera was a beautiful car that hit the market at the wrong time. Right smack dab in the movement from big coupes to SUVs that also Killed the T-Bird and Cougar. It would be great news if it's Riviera, though. When you have classic, well-loved names like Riviera, Roadmaster, Elektra, Wildcat, Centurion, Skylark, and (soon) Century and Regal not being used on anything I don't know why they come up with stuff like "Terraza" and "LaCrosse."

 

And the door prize goes to.....

 

So does this mean that all the Firebird faithful now have to become Buick faithful?!?

Ouch! I guess that was a little below the belt. Sorry guys...

 

Soooooooooooooo... since the RIVIERA name is not banned from production... will GM tell us when the RIVIERA will hit the streets?!?!?

 

I'm thinking it will follow the same path as the GTO & Solstice did: lot's of "We're working on it" and then an announcement a year or so before they actually start producing it.


And yes.... I did catch your accurate assesment of all this.

 

I remember when Guion first broke the news of a Buick coupe a few months ago. I guessed that Buick would call it the Riviera. I guess I was right. <as I pat myself on the back>

 

funny thing is the concepts name sounds alot like what we were calling it before Zeta...

GUy, clean yo damn pms out

 

Moved everything out into my files yesterday.