Buick Roadmaster News

Dick's Classic Garage in San Marcos is full of American road history -- with Dusenbergs, a 1948 Tucker and a 1948 Buick Roadmaster on display.

Please join Vice President of Quality for GM North America Rick Spina on Monday, June 22 at 2:00 p.m. Eastern Time for a one-hour live chat to discuss quality and GM's results in J.D. Power and Associates' 2009 Initial Quality Study.

The 1950s were the best of times for General Motors, Ford and Chrysler, but particularly for GM.

Meet a member of my family we affectionately refer to as "the Buick." It's a 1956 Buick Roadmaster Riviera hardtop that started out as my grandpa Alex Brown's "good" car and has remained in my family for three generations.

If you live long enough in the U.S. of A. you see icons come and go. Well that's not precisely true.

General Motors ... the iconic brand behind the Buick Roadmaster and the Cadillac Eldorado ... is now under bankruptcy protection.

A Bernalillo County man has turned his car into a hard to miss machine - calling attention to his quest to change the county's animal ordinance.

Sixties hippie, country-rock superstar, grunge godfather, modern protest singer... Neil Young's career is remarkable.

23rd May 2009, 2:00am 1912 - The 1912 Cadillac used the first self-starter, replacing the hand crank.

This news catapulted me back to another time, when Pontiacs were Kings of the Road.

You might remember earlier this week that I reported on GM's CEO, Fritz Henderson, jumping on the information super highway to answer the public's questions about GM and the future for the company.

Salisbury Motor Co.'s decision to sell its new car assets a ' the Buick, Pontiac and GMC brands a ' and go exclusively to pre-owned vehicles touched a nostalgic chord with several Salisburians who have traded with the company over the years.

At the start of the 20th century, there were fewer than 8,000 cars in the US, many of them powered by steam or electricity At the start of the 20th century, there were fewer than 8,000 cars in the US, many of them powered by steam or electricity, while others had petrol engines.

This 1956 Plymouth Fury Two-Door Hardtop is one of the cars Old Car Heaven will offer for auction on June 19.

The two carmakers are synonymous with America, born at the start of the 20th century and in decline at its end Chrysler After his first car was denied entry at the 1924 New York Auto Show, Walter Chrysler parked his prototype for the 1924 Chrysler Six in the lobby.

When I read in the New York Times that your staff selects five letters a day, from the thousands you receive, to bring to your attention, I decided to write in the hope I'd be one of the chosen few.

For reasons no one quite understands, we've recently rediscovered board games. Holy cow, what a concept: family time that doesn't involve remote controls or headphones! Here are a few of our favorites.

In an old "The Simpsons" episode, a car company executive is ragging on his staff for suggesting that the name of a new model be "Persephone," a Greek goddess condemned to the underworld after eating forbidden fruit.

In a recent Harris Interactive poll asking 2,388 American adults to name their favorite actor, John Wayne finished third, behind Denzel Washington and Clint Eastwood, even though his last movie was in 1976 and he passed away nearly 30 years ago.

Despite its impressive mass, the big Buick's lines sweep smoothly backward, down the arc of the side spear and along the finned rear fenders.