1996 Buick Riviera

The Buick Riviera name traces back to 1963 when GM built what many consider the most beautiful American coupe of its era, competing directly with the Ford Thunderbird and setting the standard for what personal luxury in America could look like. The final generation that returned in 1995 after a one-year hiatus carried that mission forward into the 1990s, shaped like a stretched bullet with a swept dashboard and a level of interior sophistication that rivaled anything coming out of Europe at the price point. Only 18,036 were built in 1996, and this one carries the optional supercharged engine that was upgraded that year specifically to 240 horsepower, making it the strongest version of the eighth-generation Riviera available before the supercharged engine became standard for 1998.