Buick Roadmaster Estate Wagon

After the rear wheel drive Electra was discontinued, the Estate Wagon continued to be produced with the rear wheel drive Electra's front end fascia until 1990 when it was replaced by the Buick Roadmaster Estate.

* Buick Roadmaster Estate Wagon ( BREW )

1996 Buick Roadmaster Estate Wagon

* 1991 – 1996 Buick Roadmaster Estate

File: 1950 Buick Roadmaster Estate Wagon. jpg | 1950 Buick Roadmaster Estate

1993 Buick Roadmaster Estate

Buick revived the Roadmaster name with the introduction of the Roadmaster Estate in 1991.

Initially the Roadmaster Estate used Chevrolet's 5. 0 L small-block V8, but used the larger 5. 7 L version from 1992.

GM discontinued the Roadmaster Estate in 1996, ending production on December 13 of that year.

1950 Buick Roadmaster Estate wagon

This was the last year for the Roadmaster Estate, and it was the last wood-bodied station wagon mass-produced in the United States.

Buick revived the Roadmaster name for a B-body station wagon in 1991, replacing the Estate Wagon in the lineup.

Using the wheelbase that was introduced for the 1977 model year, the wagon was called the Roadmaster Estate Wagon.

Simulated woodgrain side and back panels ( made of vinyl ) were standard on the Roadmaster Estate, although a delete option ( WB4 wood delete ) was available for credit.

The Roadmaster Estate could seat up to eight with an optional third-row seat.

Ordered with the towing package, the 94-96 Roadmaster was advertised to tow up to 5000 pounds, although the Estate Wagon owner's manual extended that to 7, 000 lbs when using a weight distributing hitch, dual sway controls, increasing the rear tire pressure to 35 psi and disabling the Electronic Level Control.

GM discontinued both the Roadmaster sedan and the Roadmaster Estate in 1996, ending production on December 13 of that year.

For example, the General Motors factory in Arlington, Texas where rear-wheel-drive cars were built, such as the Chevrolet Caprice, Buick Roadmaster, and Cadillac Fleetwood Brougham was converted to truck and SUV production, putting an end to full-size family station wagon and overall terminating production of rear-wheel drive full-size cars.

Introduced to mark Buick's 50th anniversary, the Buick Roadmaster Skylark ( a name previously used by short-lived Hupp for its sporty 1939 Cord Model 810-based Skylark ) was one of three specialty convertibles produced in 1953 by General Motors ; the other two were the Oldsmobile 98 Fiesta and the Cadillac Series 62 Eldorado.

In 1953, the model designation for the Skylark was 76X, while the model designation for the Roadmaster convertible was 76R.

The few options available on the Roadmaster convertible were standard equipment on the Skylark, albeit the base price for the well-equipped Roadmaster convertible was only about US $ 3, 200.

The car was now based on the all-new shorter Century / Special chassis and not the top-of-the-line Roadmaster / Super chassis, also all-new for 1954.

The top of the line 1953 Cadillac Series 62 Eldorado was one of three specialty convertibles produced in 1953 by General Motors, the other two being the Oldsmobile 98 Fiesta and the Buick Roadmaster Skylark.

" The Buick Roadmaster Riviera coupe ( along with the Cadillac Coupe de Ville and Oldsmobile 98 Holiday coupe ) constituted the first mass production use of this body style, which was to become extremely popular over the next 30 years.

From 1951 to 1953 the " Riviera " designation was also used on long wheelbase versions of the 4-door Buick Roadmaster and Super sedans ( a long wheelbase sedan was offered on both lines in 1950 but they were not called Rivieras ).

The 1951-53 Buick Roadmaster and Super 4-door Riviera sedans featured more standard features, more plush interior trim and, most significantly, a wheelbase ( and overall length ) that was longer than a regular Buick Roadmaster or Super 4-door sedan.

The 1951-52 Buick Super 4-door Riviera sedan was still shorter in wheelbase and length than the regular Buick Roadmaster and shorter than the Roadmaster 4-door Riviera sedan.

Along with the Buick Roadmaster Riviera, and the Oldsmobile 98 Holiday, it was among the first pillarless hardtop coupes ever produced.

One was based on the notchback GM C platform which ended up being shared by the Cadillac Series 62, Buick Roadmaster and Super, the Oldsmobile 90 and the Pontiac Custom Torpedo.

Also, from 1950 through 1953, Buick made a premium trimmed, stretched wheelbase sedan, exclusively in the Roadmaster and Super lines, that was called Riviera.

The Oldsmobile 98 Fiesta was one of three specialty convertibles produced in 1953 by General Motors, the other two being the Buick Roadmaster Skylark and the Cadillac Series 62 Eldorado.

The Buick 8 resembles a vintage 1953 Buick Roadmaster, and was left at a gas station by a mysterious man dressed in black, who disappeared soon after leaving the car to be refueled.

The larger 322 was used by Buick from 1953 through 1956 in the Roadmaster, Super and Century models, and finally in the Special in 1956.

An early development model was used in the 1951 Le Sabre concept car, and the 1953 Buick Roadmaster concept car, and work on a production unit commenced in 1956.

No rear drive successor for this platform was made after 1996, when the Buick Roadmaster and Chevrolet Caprice ceased production.

After struggling sales, the Chevrolet Caprice and the Buick Roadmaster, the last American full size wagons, were discontinued in 1996.

The next large rear wheel drive Buick sedan would be the 1992 – 1996 Roadmaster, sharing the same B-body as the Chevrolet Caprice and GM's last full-size rear wheel drive station wagons.

From the 1970s to the mid-1990s, full-sized station wagons such as the Chevrolet Caprice, Buick Roadmaster and Ford LTD were popular options as well.

From at least 1936 through 1958, GM used at least four different designations for various bodyshells / platforms including the A-body for Chevrolet, most Pontiacs, and the Oldsmobile Series F and Series 60, the B-body for the Pontiac Streamliner Torpedo and Streamliner, the Oldsmobile Series L, Series 70 and Series 88, the Buick Special and Century, the LaSalle Series 50, and the Cadillac Series 60, Series 61 and Series 63, and the C-body for the Pontiac Series 24 / 29 Torpedo, Oldsmobile 90, the Buick Roadmaster, Super and 1958 Limited, the LaSalle Series 52, and all remaining Cadillacs except for the Series 90, Series 85 and the Series 75 which were built on the D-body, along with all remaining Buick Limiteds.

General Motors discontinued its full-size cars ( Chevrolet Impala SS / Caprice, Buick Roadmaster, Oldsmobile Custom Cruiser and Cadillac Fleetwood ) in 1996.

From at least 1936 through 1958, GM used at least four different designations for various bodyshells / platforms including the A-body for Chevrolet, most Pontiacs, and the Oldsmobile Series F and Series 60, the B-body for the Pontiac Streamliner Torpedo and Streamliner, the Oldsmobile Series L, Series 70 and Series 88, the Buick Special and Century, the LaSalle Series 50 and the Cadillac Series 60, Series 61 and Series 63, and the C-body for the Pontiac Series 24 / 29 Torpedo, Oldsmobile 90, the Buick Roadmaster, Super and 1958 Limited, the LaSalle Series 52, and all remaining Cadillacs except for the Series 90, Series 85 and the Series 75 which were built on the D-body, along with all remaining Buick Limiteds.

After the discontinuing of the Custom Cruiser's siblings, the Chevrolet Caprice and Buick Roadmaster in 1996, the GM factory in Arlington, Texas was converted for use building the Chevrolet Tahoe, GMC Yukon, and later, the Cadillac Escalade.

When discontinued, the Roadmaster Estate and the similar Chevrolet Caprice wagon brought up the end of the era of the full-size family station wagon, and an end to General Motors ' production of rear-wheel drive, full-size cars.

The Roadmaster Estate Wagon and the Chevrolet Caprice wagon would be the last American full-size station wagons.

The other GM wagons were the last to go with the Oldsmobile Custom Cruiser being discontinued after the 1992 model year, and finally the Chevrolet Caprice Wagon and the Buick Roadmaster Estate Wagon were discontinued in 1996.