Camino LS6

So, when are you stopping by to take me out for a spin?

It's still stuck on a post from a few days ago.

Well, it seems that FM is #28 on Amazon's poetry bestseller list right now. Thanks to anyone who ordered a copy!

The Blackhawk was just too cool for production, but I'd love to have it. And, if I did, I'd drive it! But I wasn't suggesting that it go to production. The other design (the Buick Avant) I do think ought to see production, preferably on Alpha.

Yep.

New posts in the Buick forum are not updating on the main forums page.

Monza was a neat little car, wanted one of those back in high school. So did I, they make great race cars.

Nice enough, but very Olds-like. The 63-65 and 71-73 are completely unique styles where this just a bit less.

I would say it depends on who you ask, but then I hate the E-body cars so I guess my opinion is a bit biased.

If it's on Alpha, it would make a fine Riviera. Otherwise, yeah the styling could translate ok to a bigger car. Either way, it's the best looking design from Buick (save the Blackhawk) in many, many decades. I'd love to see it built.

I have to agree here, the '63-'65 and '71-'73 Rivieras were styling high water marks for Buick. They are two of the handful of Buicks I would ever want to own.

They were trim lines... or body styles. I know, just being the devil's advocate.

I was honored to have met him. He was a genuine legend and will be missed.

I've always hated this modification, looked like crap in the 70s - still does today. Wastes a good car IMO.

The old girl made it! 3,000 miles under her own steam.

There were Rivieras before the sixties...

Opel should have been dumped years ago. I hate to say I told you so, but...

Time to post this again:

Why? It didn't start that way after all.

Thanks guys. Yeah, Camino Reluctant is the pen name for this and for the book.

Thanks Roger!

No, not my book (that comes later this year), but I have three pieces in a literary magazine called FM. See it here: http://www.amazon.com/dp/1477414010/ref=tsm_1_fb_lk

The Bel Air concept, and the production SSR followed that recipe - but I think we've seen the last of any BOF cars.

These were so awful...

Simple. When Toyota and Honda did what they did, it was creative and innovative. They filled the niche of inexpensive, economical cars with a degree of dependability that others were ignoring at the time. They built a reputation from it. The trouble now is that a terrible, pervasive sameness crosses all brands - and there are too many brands for the market. This demands new innovation and approaches, following the established pattern of several sizes of sedan with a handful of option packages will never break any new ground. Bold is what is called for today - variety squeezed from a smaller number of platforms yet with a greater number of variants saving the expense of so many separate platforms that yield very similar products. People use their vehicles in an infinite number of ways, and the compromise of a watered-down least common denominator sedan just like the other guys' car will not fix anything. The right way is to use one architecture to obtain as many viable solutions as possible, thereby controlling cost while increasing variety and appeal. Done properly, this would increase sales while reducing expenses without resulting in the blandness of piecemeal beancounter solutions. Beancounters only see the details, they are not strategists, and strategists are what is most needed. Innovation, variety, and a firm identity will set some manufacturers apart, and those are the ones that will survive. Today the choices are lead or die, following will not get it done.