1969 Buick Skylark Sportwagon on 2040-cars
Victoria, Texas, United States
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Typical night out as I ease up to the red light. The driver's eyes are blooming in the rice burner buzzing next to the big Buick. The looks on their faces' are something, staring in awe, you've got to see the confusion, and disillusion in their beady eyes to believe. I snick the column shifter into low gear -- depress the brake and adjust the accelerator to the floor. The front end of the Buick rises a foot, I take the foot off the accelerator and bear down on the brake. The car hangs high in limbo, then I pat the dash . . . ease off on the brake and the front end of the car drops like a rock and assumes it's eat me stance. The rice burner pilot and his passengers stare through pin prick pupils. I'm not much into this new age of drifting, but the big Buick's got several tricks up her pipes. Brakes on, accelerator down, the TA Radials sand off rubber and a nice cloud of smoke drifts into the Mitsubishi's windows. Now that's drifting . . . The exhaust pipes conveniently exit right behind the wheels pointed like shotguns. The smoke's bad, but I tach her up, and the noise drowns out the rice burner's buddy's latest rap song. Green light, hammer down, the big Buick blasts away. At 40 miles an hour I snick her into to second and the tires bark. Bye, bye rice burner. Wouldn't you really rather have A Buick. Never had anything like this. Nine passenger muscle car with air shocks. 455 high performance motor turning a turbo 400 linked to 3.42 gears. Car is extremely clean, needs a dash pad, and a little polishing up top. Rust free Arizona car. I've had many muscle cars. This car brings people in droves. It's a big block ground pounder. If you want a little peace and quite it's not for you. You might never find another car like this anywhere. Most of the station wagons have been crushed, sent to China, and are sitting on Harbor Freight shelves in the form of tools and nick knacks. The car is fast, spacious, to say the least it, is an absolute riot. I truly believe, as it is equipped. It might be the only one in the US like it. It has a tilt wheel featuring a sport steering wheel and a nice cd, iPod, USB compatible deck. Glass is perfect and everything's there. People come to it like hyenas to ham. Runs cool, high volume oil pump, and great documented history. DRIVE ANYWHERE . . . 7K worth of motor work. And Yes -- It's a 455 . . . |
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We recently spied the Envision completely undisguised as it was arriving at the Chengdu show for its debut. The CUV still looks like a stretched Encore from some front angles, but that isn't necessarily a bad thing. It's got a similar oversized grille, hood vents (presumably faux) and large greenhouse as its little brother. Where the midsize CUV differs is its prominent crease running down the side and the different rear treatment, with wing-shaped trim cutting into the taillights.
The interior looks like a pretty nice place to spend time, too, with a predictable mix of leather, wood and metal, and it should be quiet in there with its active noise cancelation system. Infotainment is provided by an eight-inch touchscreen with a touchpad and voice controls.
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Having been on the market for an extra couple years, the changes to the LaCrosse appear to be more significant than those coming for the Regal, but both will be getting refreshed exterior designs as well as updated interiors. The Regal's new face brings it more in line with the all-new Encore and the restyled Enclave, while the LaCrosse should get a more distinctive, upscale appearance.
Both cars will be introduced exactly a month from today, and we'll be there to bring you all the coverage.
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In both our First Drive and Review of the 2013 Encore, our chief complaint about the compact crossover was the the lack of power from the 138-horsepower turbo engine. Edmunds says that the recently introduced 1.6-liter four-cylinder engine (with both gas and diesel variants) from the Encore's overseas cousin, the Opel Mokka, could make its way into the Encore delivering the much-needed boost in power.
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