Buick Roadmaster News

Car fans turned out for a benefit for the California Highway Patrol's CHiPs for Kids toy drive Sunday.

With many around the world feeling a financial pinch of late, it came as a bit of a surprise to learn that Harley-Davidson 's best-selling bike is the $21K Electra Glide Ultra Classic luxury-tourer, despite it being the most expensive model outside the Custom Vehicle Operations line.

While the all new 2011 Regal may be hogging a bit of the spotlight from big brother LaCrosse it should not be forgotten that this was the car that started people muttering a certain phrase: "Lexus fighter." Now who with a memory long enough to cover the Century, Park Avenue, Roadmaster and other such illustrious titles thought that day would ever ...

It all began with a 1965 Pontiac GTO. Once Meyer Marcus inserted the key into that '65 GTO, it was over -- he was hooked.

Tony Mazzocco, a plumber with the Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority, works on replacing an aging water line with a copper one along Penn Avenue near 29th Street in the Strip District last month.

When John Watkins and his late father, Doug, drove a pair of 1958 convertibles to Buick's 100th anniversary celebrations in Flint, Michigan in 2003, the cars appeared to be as alike as the proverbial peas in a pod.

Driving the Buick LaCrosse through the Laurentians reminds me just how distinct Quebec really is - roads that are distinctly bad.

I never understood why the Chinese market was so crazy about Buicks. In that country a Buick sedan apparently has about as much cachet as an Audi.

Motor City's glory days live on in Dick Kughn's collection of vintage cars. Taken for a ride: Kughn and one set of his wheels.

Indiana Department of Environmental Management public information officer Barry Sneed has realized for a few years that his 1994 Buick Roadmaster with 173,000 miles had big problems.

Take any decade from the '40s to the '70s and there's at least one American car from that era I'd love to own, with so many classics to choose from: The '49 Buick Roadmaster, the '59 Caddy, the '61 Continental, the '71 GTO.

All vehicles will not get qualified for receiving the credit of 3500 or 4500 dollars through the Cash for Clunkers program.

Three years ago, Dan Avedikian of Westport bought a 1993 Buick Roadmaster station wagon with about 130,000 miles on it for just $100. Nine days ago, Avedikian, 41, traded in the aging wagon for 2010 Ford Fusion hybrid sedan and received a $4,500 rebate under the federal government's "Cash for Clunkers" program.

Jefferson Alcott loves the so-called "Cash for Clunkers" program that takes effect in late July because it will allow him to get top dollar for his gas-guzzling 1993 Buick Roadmaster.

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.