Buick  is a division of the American automobile manufacturer General Motors (GM).

Started by automotive pioneer David Dunbar Buick in 1899, it was among the first American automobile brands and was the company that established General Motors in 1908.

Before the establishment of General Motors, GM founder William C. Durant had served as Buick's general manager and major investor. With the demise of Oldsmobile in 2004, Buick became the oldest surviving American carmaker. Buick is positioned as a premium automobile brand, selling vehicles positioned below the flagship luxury Cadillac division.

Buick is one of the oldest automobile brands in the world and is currently the oldest in the United States still active today. Autocar, founded in 1897, is the oldest motor vehicle manufacturer in the western hemisphere; while originally an automobile maker, Autocar now builds heavy trucks. Oldsmobile, also an early automaker founded in 1897, is now defunct; Studebaker was founded in 1852, but did not begin producing automobiles until 1902; Henry Ford produced his first car in 1896 but did not start the Ford Motor Company until 1903, and during the period in between was involved with other automobile manufacturers such as Cadillac, founded in 1902.

buick 4

The Buick 4 was a series of passenger cars produced by the Buick Division of GM from 1909 through 1918, and was available as a touring car, phaeton or roadster. It was available with the Buick Model B as a larger alternative offering a larger engine and better durability. It became the junior sedan in 1914 when the Buick Six was introduced.

The Model 10 (1908–1910) was equipped with an overhead valve, in-line 2703 cc four-cylinder engine developing 40 bhp. The engine was installed in the front, driving the rear wheels through a transmission shaft.

The gearbox had three forward gears, with the gearshift lever positioned to the right of the driver. The brake pedal came into contact with the Drum brake on the rear wheels. The Model 10 had a wheelbase of 2235 mm and was offered as a 5-passenger touring car, 4-door landaulet or 4-door sedan, manufacturing 23.100.

The Model 10 was an improvement of the previously developed car made by Janney Motor Company and acquired by Buick. The Model 32 (roadster) and Model 33 (touring car) were built in 1911. The only changes were the wheelbases at 2261 mm for the roadster and 2540 mm for the touring car. 1150 Model 32 and 2000 Model 33 were manufactured.  It had a listed retail price of US$1,000 ($33,746 in 2024 dollars).

master six

The Buick Master Six (also Series 40 and Series 50 depending on wheelbase) was an automobile built by Buick from 1925 to 1928. Previously, the company manufactured the Buick Six that used the overhead valve six-cylinder 4.0 L engine in their high-end cars, and the four-cylinder Buick Four for its smaller, less-expensive model.

After 1924, it dropped the four-cylinder engine and designed a small six, the Buick Standard Six, to replace the Buick Four. The name "Master Six" was introduced for high-end cars sharing the GM B platform with the Oldsmobile Model 30, and were powered by the 4.2 L Buick inline-6 engine released the year before. The yearly changes were a result of a new business philosophy called planned obsolescence.

As GM was sharing platforms and technology within their divisions, the Master Six was related to the Oldsmobile Model 30 with shared wheelbase and engine sizes. Buick had developed a market reputation as being a conservative luxury car, while the Cadillac and the Packard Six were more flamboyant, extravagant and expensive. The last Emperor of China Puyi bought two 1924 Master Six and started the trend of being China's most popular car.

roadmaster

The Buick Roadmaster is an automobile built by Buick from 1936 until 1942, from 1946 until 1958, and then again from 1991 until 1996. Roadmasters produced between 1936 and 1958 were built on Buick's longest non-limousine wheelbase and shared their basic structure with the entry-level Cadillac Series 65, the Buick Limited, and after 1940, the Oldsmobile 98. Between 1946 and 1957, the Roadmaster served as Buick's flagship.

After being resurrected in 1991, the Roadmaster became the marque's largest vehicle, measuring 254 mm longer with a 127 mm greater wheelbase than the C-body Buick Park Avenue. This generation was the first in Roadmaster history to be built on the General Motors B-body platform rather than the C-body, which had traditionally been reserved for GM's largest and most opulent models that were not Cadillacs.

A Buick Roadmaster Estate station wagon was introduced in 1947 and was manufactured in several generations through 1996. The final run of 1991-1996 Roadmasters shared powertrains and platforms with the Chevrolet Caprice, Cadillac Fleetwood, and Oldsmobile Custom Cruiser.

1991-1996

The Roadmaster name returned to the Buick line for the 1991 model year after a 33-year absence, with the third generation Buick Estate wagon becoming the Roadmaster Estate. A four-door sedan was added to the Roadmaster line for the 1992 model year, the first rear-wheel drive Buick sedan since 1985. Combined sales showed an over tenfold increase over 1991 thanks in part to an extended production run which had 1992 models going on sale in March 1991.

The standard engine for the 1991 wagon was a 170 hp 5.0 L L03 Chevrolet small-block V8. It was replaced a year later with a 180 hp 5.7 L L05 Chevrolet small-block V8 shared by both wagon and sedan.

riviera

The Buick Riviera is a personal luxury car that was marketed by Buick from 1963 to 1999, with the exception of the 1994 model year.

As General Motors' first entry into the personal luxury car market segment, the Riviera was highly praised by automotive journalists upon its high-profile debut. It was a ground-up design on a new GM E platform debuting for the 1963 model year and was also Buick's first unique Riviera model.

Unlike its subsequent GM E platform stablemates, the Oldsmobile Toronado and Cadillac Eldorado, the Riviera was initially a front engine/rear-wheel drive platform, switching to front-wheel drive starting with the 1979 model year.

While the early models stayed close to their original form, eight subsequent generations varied substantially in size and styling. A total of 1.127.261 Rivieras were produced.

electra

The Buick Electra is a full-size luxury car manufactured and marketed by Buick from 1959 to 1990, over six generations. Introduced as the replacement for the Roadmaster lines, the Electra served as the flagship Buick sedan line through its entire production and was offered as a two-door sedan, two-door convertible, four-door sedan, and five-door station wagon.

The Electra initially used GM's rear-drive C Platform, undergoing a significant downsizing for 1977.

For 1991, Buick retired the Electra nameplate, migrating its front-drive premium sedan to the Buick Park Avenue nameplate, previously used as an upper trim level of the Electra itself. The Electra Estate was redesigned, becoming the Roadmaster Estate for 1991.

In late 2022, Buick announced plans to revive the Electra nameplate for its forthcoming 2024 electric models

This 1998 Bizzarrini Kjara is a concept car and a one-off.

The Kjara project was born in 1998. The Scuderia Bizzarrini built this sport barchetta in close collaboration with Leone Martellucci of University La Sapienza of Roma.

 The project was the work specifically of the Engineering school, and Martellucci of the Department of Astronautics, Electrical and Energetics Engineering (DIAEE) was one of the visionaries behind the project as a whole.

The car is powered by a parallel hybrid propulsion system with a 2.5 litre TurboDiesel Lancia engine and a 54 hp AC electric drive; it was shown at Turin Auto Show in 2000.

The Kjara features a vessel-inspired body with a sleek, pointed front and large, dark headlights in a wraparound style. Also evident are prominent side air vents, a minimal windshield, and dual steel roll bars above the belt line, while the rear displayed a series of triangular cooling vents and angular tail lights encased in clear plastics with a black housing. Constructed from carbon fiber and advanced composites, the body was affixed to a tubular frame, ultimately drawing design cues from the renowned Bizzarrini 5300 GT and the P538S competition models. Inside the cabin, as this was very much constructed as a show car for founder Giotto Bizzarrini to exercise his creativity and skills, it was very bare, with only the essentials. Bizzarrini never intended to put the Kjara into production over even limited-production, giving them the freedom to not have to include all things necessary for road-use.

Kjara’s interior is not very well put together since this car was only meant as a show piece. The company never intended on making it a production model, not even for a limited run.

bt45

In 2005, the Bizzarrini GT Strada 4.1 concept was shown at the Geneva Motor Show. This two-door GT with a 4.1-litre 550 bhp plant, producing a maximum speed 360 km/h , 0–100 km/h in 3.8 seconds, planned for production in 2007.

Designed and constructed by a newly formed company called VGM Motors, a striking coupe was on display at Geneva to show the sports car manufacturer was back.

At the time the VGM Motors representitive indicated production could start early in 2006, but after the Geneva Show we heard nothing from the Italian company.

In 2020, the rights to the Bizzarrini name were acquired by Pegasus Brands, a luxury car dealer from Switzerland. The reborn company announced plans to revive the marque with new models that acknowledge Giotto Bizzarrini's racing and design heritage.

giotto

2021

Italian car maker Bizzarrini is back and has given us our first official look at its all-new car. A V12 hypercar, the Bizzarrini Giotto uses a Cosworth-developed engine, rather than the 6.5-litre V12 from the outgoing Lamborghini Aventador - which would’ve been a neat throwback to Giotto Bizzarini’s development of Lamborghini’s first V12 back in 1963. 

Performance specifications of the Giotto have yet to be revealed, but the naturally-aspirated 6.6-litre V12 (which conveniently references Bizzarrini’s birth date of 6th June 1926) and a carbon-fibre body should provide an enticing driving experience. The firm says the V12 is “Designed to meet Bizzarrini-specific performance, drivability, emissions compliance and emotional targets.”

The 5300 GT was front-mid engined and this new Giotto is mid-engined, but even with the different layouts, some design elements have been carried over. There are dual bonnet-mounted vents just like Bizzarrini designs of old and they incorporate slim LED headlights. The triangular B-pillar of the 5300 GT returns with ‘Bizzarrini’ badging and the wraparound rear window echoes the shape of the old car as well.