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![“Ask the man who’s owned four or five Buick Electras,” suggested a 1972 Buick ad. “One look and you can tell he could probably own just about any car he […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/1972-Buick-Electra-Limited-4HT-Cascade-Blue-Bring-a-Trailer-10-front-3q-right-115x115.webp "1972 Buick Electra 225 Custom Limited: “The Look Of A Quality Automobile Without Being A Bit Ostentatious”")
![The mid-1960s were a peak period for Cadillac, with modernized engineering, tasteful styling, and a high standard of quality. When it came to interior design, the 1965 De Ville series […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/1965-Cadillac-HT-Sedan-de-Ville-Aspen-White-Druk-Auto-Sales-front-3q-right-lede-115x115.webp "1965 Cadillac De Ville: Cadillac’s Most Stylish Interior Design Of The 1960s")
![This jaunty Verde Green 1940 Buick Special convertible was one of the very first U.S. cars to come with an often overlooked but vital feature: “Flash-Way” self-canceling electric turn signals […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/1940-Buick-Special-convert-Verde-Dark-Green-Bonhams-front-3q-left-lede-115x115.webp "How Buick Became The First U.S. Make With Standard Turn Signals, Almost 20 Years Before They Became Universal")
![In the late 1940s, GM’s Guide Lamp Division began developing the first electronic headlamp controls: the Autronic-Eye (later renamed Guide-Matic), which could automatically dim the lights to avoid dazzling other […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Autronic-Eye-lead-115x115.webp "GM Autronic-Eye And Twilight Sentinel: “Truly A Gentleman Of The Night Highways, Dimming Always On Time”")
![Introduced in 1959 to replace the hot-stepping Century, the Buick Invicta combined the bigger V-8 from the Electra with a better-trimmed version of the smaller LeSabre chassis. Although “Invicta” means […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/1961-Buick-Invicta-4HT-Arctic-White-Connor-Motorcar-Company-front-3q-left-banner-115x115.webp "1961 Buick Invicta 4-Door Hardtop: The Mostly Forgotten Sporty Buick")
![If the words “Buick Skylark” make you think of Buick’s long-running A-body intermediate, it may come as a surprise to learn that Buick’s first Skylark was a full-size car, a […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/1953-Buick-Skylark-Reef-Blue-Corey-Escobar-RM-Sothebys-front-3q-right-e1785801995168-115x115.webp "1953 Buick Skylark: A Flashy Full-Size Semi-Custom Luxury Convertible")
![Between 1959 and 1964, Cadillac offered four-door hardtops in distinct “four-window” and “six-window” roof styles. While some customers may have appreciated this array of choices, buyers quickly demonstrated definite preferences […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/1960-Cadillac-Series-62-4HT-6-Window-and-4-Window-composite-115x115.webp "From Flattop To Formal: Cadillac’s 1959–1964 Four-Window And Six-Window Four-Door Hardtops")
![In 1969 and 1970, Lincoln-Mercury took one last swing at the vanishing full-size sporty car market with the plush, big-engine Marauder X-100. There was also a base Marauder, which offered […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/1970-Mercury-Marauder-Dk-Bright-Aqua-Orlando-Classic-Cars-front-3q-right-street-lede-115x115.webp "1970 Mercury Marauder: Not An X-100, But “A Thriftier Approach To Sports Driving”")
![Back when GM still built luxury cars rather than just trucks, the C-body was the largest of the corporation’s shared body shells, used by Cadillac and the senior Buick and […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/1966-Oldsmobile-98-Town-Sedan-Ebony-Black-Orlando-Classic-Cars-front-3q-left-115x115.webp "1966 Oldsmobile Ninety-Eight Town Sedan: GM’s Cheapest C-Body Luxury Car")
![While Chrysler spent the ’60s insisting that it would never offer any “junior editions” with Chrysler badges, Buick seemed happy to expand its line with the compact (and later intermediate) […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/1961-Buick-Skylark-Phoenix-Beige-MrDennis-front-3q-right-115x115.webp "1961 Buick Skylark Sport Coupe: A Smaller Buick, But Not An Economy Car")
![Although buyer interest in full-size sporty cars had almost evaporated by the end of the ’60s, Chrysler continued offering its sporty 300 through 1971. A properly optioned Chrysler 300 like […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/1970-Chrysler-300-2HT-Mystic-Gold-Classic-Auto-Mall-front-3q-left-crop-115x115.webp "1970 Chrysler 300 440 TNT: Dynamite Performance In A Slow-Selling Full-Size Fuselage Chrysler")
![Excepting the Series 75 limousines and formal sedans, Cadillac offered only hardtops and convertibles from 1957 through 1964. Although the plush Fleetwood Sixty Special would become a pillared sedan in […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/1964-Cadillac-Fleetwood-60-Special-Seacrest-Green-Bring-a-Trailer-2-front-3q-left-harbor-lede-115x115.webp "1964 Cadillac Fleetwood Sixty Special: The Last Fleetwood Four-Door Hardtop")
![New for 1963, the Buick Riviera offered a unique combination of style, speed, luxury, and glamour almost unrivaled among domestic cars of its era. What would it be like to […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/1963-Buick-Riviera-Silver-Cloud-Orlando-Classic-Cars-front-3q-left-lede-115x115.webp "1963 Buick Riviera: Shopping For America’s Most Satisfying Car Of 1963")
![Five years before it became Chrysler’s answer to the Chevrolet Monte Carlo and Pontiac Grand Prix, the Cordoba was a “Spring Special” appearance package for the full-size Chrysler Newport, the […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/1970-Chrysler-Newport-Cordoba-2HT-Cordoba-Gold-Mecum-Auctions-S17-front-3q-left-inset-115x115.webp "1970 Chrysler Newport Cordoba: The Rare Fuselage Cordoba C-Body")
![After the newly finless “plucked chicken” Chryslers were announced for 1962, Chrysler spent a lot of money advertising that its entry-level full-size Newport sedan had a base price of just […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/1962-Chrysler-Newport-4SD-Coral-Gray-Mecum-Auctions-S180.1-front-3q-left-115x115.webp "1962 Chrysler Newport 3-Speed Four-Door Sedan: Basic Big Car With An Upscale Badge And Not Much Else")
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