Buick Riviera

Chinese-Designed Buick Concept Is Stunning!

Buick Riviera Concept

A recent trip to the Cleveland International Auto Show over the weekend gave me a chance to see a concept that I didn’t know existed. After being able to stand there and lay my eyes on it, I felt very lucky to see a piece of automotive art.

This concept, called the Buick Riviera Concept, was designed in China by the Pan Asia Technical Automotive Center for the 2007 Auto Shanghai. According to a General Motors press release, the Riviera concept was designed and developed with Shanghai Automotive Industry Corporation (SAIC) to showcase a new hybrid system built specifically for the Chinese market.

But that doesn’t matter to us, now does it? What we care about are those looks!

The Riviera Concept, with its carbon-fiber body, is stunning. The taut, yet aggressive front end gives the car a look of both class and power. Those headlamps are my favorite part of the design, with their tiny LED lamps and how they seem to be pulled back along the top of fenders give the whole front end a sinister look.

The overall profile of the car is very reminiscent of a Honda CRX, with a slightly round, smoother-flowing and more masculine look. The long hood and a very short overhang in the rear belie the fact that this car is much larger than it seems. However, the car looks well-proportioned from every angle:

Buick Riviera Concept rear

The rear has a very pronounced bumper that feed into large rear fender flares. The location of the angular tailpipes in the middle of the bumper helps to break up what would be a very large and uninspiring rear end.

Flip open the ultra cool gull wing doors and slide in to the futuristic interior. Instantly, you are surrounded by baby blue Alcantara, cream-colored leather and chrome. The lone dash gauge and center stack controls are both functional and artistic in their formation. In an interior created to calm and relax, designers wired the entire interior (as well as both exterior badges and under the doors) with a soft blue lighting that matches the rest of the interior. It’s a place most people wouldn’t mind spending time.

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Buick Riviera - 35 cars found


Buick : Riviera GRAND SPORT 1965 BUICK RIVIERA GRAN SPORT
$10,000.00
Bids: 0
End time: 21-Mar-10 10:36:31 PDT

Buick : Riviera RIVIERA 1969 Buick Riveria 2 door hard top 430 v8 64 65 66 67
$10,500.00 Buy It Now
Bids: 0
Best Offer Enabled
End time: 18-Mar-10 07:08:21 PDT

Buick : Riviera Riviera PRISTINE 1963 BUICK RIVIERA WITH 42K ORIGINAL MILES !!!
$29,999.00
Bids: 0
End time: 13-Mar-10 20:26:05 PDT

Buick : Riviera Buick Riviera White
$2,000.00
Bids: 0
End time: 17-Mar-10 16:23:28 PDT

Buick : Riviera Beautiful Restored Riviera - No Reserve
$11,500.00
Bids: 0
End time: 17-Mar-10 14:21:28 PDT

Buick : Riviera Buick Riviera Convertible
$1,525.00
Bids: 2
End time: 20-Mar-10 12:46:25 PDT

Buick : Riviera 71~1971~BUICK~RIVIERA~BOATAIL~CROWN~JEWEL~SUPER~NICE!!
$8,655.00
Bids: 12
End time: 16-Mar-10 15:45:00 PDT

Buick : Riviera 1967 BUICK RIVIERA **EXCELLENT CONDITON IN & OUT!**
$12,000.00 Buy It Now
Bids: 0
Best Offer Enabled
End time: 16-Mar-10 13:50:48 PDT

Buick : Riviera 1998 BUICK RIVIERA PROTOTYPE CONCEPT CAR CADILLAC V8
$5,600.00Buy It Now: $19500.0
Bids: 9
End time: 19-Mar-10 11:34:38 PDT

Buick : Riviera 1992 BUICK RIVIERA GREAT SHAPE SMOOTH RIDE RUNS GREAT
$5,750.00 Buy It Now
Bids: 0
Best Offer Enabled
End time: 19-Mar-10 10:21:31 PDT

Buick : Riviera GRAND SPORT 1970 RIVIERA GS TRIPLE WHITE
$11,100.00
Bids: 5
End time: 15-Mar-10 21:00:00 PDT

Buick : Riviera 1963 BUICK RIVIERA IN STUNNING SAPPHIRE BLUE OVER WHITE
$7,101.00
Bids: 7
End time: 15-Mar-10 18:57:48 PDT

Buick : Riviera 430CI Clean California/Nevada Car, Protect-O-Plate, 2 Owner
$3,550.00
Bids: 13
End time: 18-Mar-10 17:29:25 PDT

Buick : Riviera Sedan 1970 Buick Riviera Mint Condition
$12,700.00Buy It Now: $22000.0
Bids: 2
End time: 18-Mar-10 17:11:09 PDT

Buick : Riviera RIVERA 1964 BUICK RIVERA BARN FIND
$2,500.00
Bids: 1
End time: 15-Mar-10 16:25:32 PDT

Buick : Riviera 1985 Buick Riviera black 69k full documentation MINT!
$8,000.00
Bids: 0
End time: 15-Mar-10 16:06:42 PDT

Buick : Riviera 1972 Buick Riviera "boat-tail" 455 engine
$4,494.44
Bids: 15
End time: 15-Mar-10 12:25:17 PDT

Buick : Riviera Riviera 1967 Buick Riviera, 2 door, hardtop, sports coupe V-8
$20,100.22
Bids: 32
End time: 14-Mar-10 22:31:45 PDT

Buick : Riviera 1985 Buick Riviera
$600.00
Bids: 15
End time: 14-Mar-10 16:05:19 PDT

Buick : Riviera 1965 Buick Riviera Original Clean Driver
$6,600.00Buy It Now: $8300.0
Bids: 11
End time: 14-Mar-10 19:45:00 PDT

Buick : Riviera Buick
$1,951.00
Bids: 9
End time: 14-Mar-10 17:42:13 PDT

Buick 1964 Buick Riviera- 425
$7,000.00Buy It Now: $8500.0
Bids: 0
End time: 14-Mar-10 17:13:11 PDT

Buick : Riviera 1986 Buick Riviera Turbo charged
$600.00
Bids: 0
End time: 14-Mar-10 13:33:41 PDT

Buick : Riviera NICEEEE 1969 Buick Riviera Awsome Classic Car NICE!!!!!
$3,550.00
Bids: 26
End time: 14-Mar-10 10:16:11 PDT

Buick : Riviera COUPE 1965 BUICK RIVIERA
$10,000.00
Bids: 1
End time: 13-Mar-10 11:47:29 PDT

Buick : Riviera RESTORATION OR PARTS
$157.50
Bids: 5
End time: 13-Mar-10 15:31:15 PDT

Buick : Riviera Landau 1974 Riviera, NICE California car, 455 & RARE AIR-BAG !
$4,500.00 Buy It Now
Bids: 0
End time: 13-Mar-10 14:41:02 PDT

Buick : Riviera Riviera GS 1972 Buick Riviera GS 455! Drives Great!! Nice Style
$5,350.00
Bids: 23
End time: 13-Mar-10 14:37:16 PDT

Buick : Riviera 1967 BUICK RIVIERA *** 66k ORIGINAL MILES!***
$5,850.00 Buy It Now
Bids: 0
Best Offer Enabled
End time: 13-Mar-10 09:38:09 PDT

Buick : Riviera 1963 Buick Riviera 1st Gen! Freshly Rebuilt Engine!
$17,975.00Buy It Now: $25900.0
Bids: 0
End time: 15-Mar-10 14:56:21 PDT

Buick : Riviera custom made blue
$1,000.00
Bids: 0
End time: 11-Mar-10 18:11:10 PDT

Buick : Riviera 1985 Buick Riviera Convertible NICE!!!! SUPER LOW RES!
$6,700.00
Bids: 0
End time: 11-Mar-10 15:55:52 PDT

Buick : Riviera Riviera 1965 Buick Riviera
$6,100.00
Bids: 44
End time: 13-Mar-10 20:00:00 PDT

Buick : Riviera touring 83 CONVERTIBLE WHITE WITH RED LEATHER LOW MILES LOADED
$6,000.00Buy It Now: $10595.0
Bids: 1
End time: 12-Mar-10 15:51:12 PDT

Buick : Riviera Beautifully Restored 1965 Buick Riviera Nailhead 401!
$36,900.00 Buy It Now
Bids: 0
Best Offer Enabled
End time: 23-Mar-10 07:02:02 PDT

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1970 Buick Riviera - Rivi King
Lowrider Magazine
Harry really wanted to choose a car that not everybody else had, so he decided on a 1970 Buick Riviera, and began his search for the perfect project car.


Pinellas Park man dies in 1-car crash
Tampa Tribune
According to a report, Carl F. Berginc was driving a 1998 Buick Riviera at 9:21 pm on I-275 about a mile south of Pinellas Point Drive when his vehicle
Driver dies after striking I-275 guardrailTampabay.com

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Hemmings Find of the Day – 1978 Buick Riviera
GlobalPost (blog)
If you have not noticed, there's a pretty big following for Buick's Riviera outside of the striking 1963-'65 models, including this two-tone,


COPS AND COURTS
Albany Times Union
For two weeks before his arrest, Killion lived in the 1993 Buick Riviera, authorities said. In 1996, Killion pleaded guilty in federal court in Connecticut
New York Man Pleads Guilty to Bank Robbery and Federal Weapon OffenseEthiopian Review
Rensselaer, NY man pleads guilty to bank robberyThaindian.com
Robber pleads guilty to holding up bank in Weibel Ave. supermarketThe Saratogian
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B.C. builder sets custom car world on fire
Edmonton Journal
Launier's latest personal project is a radically customized 1963 Buick Riviera with a roof from a 1971 Riviera boat-tail that will resemble a 1963 Corvette

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