For the battery electric crossover SUVs, see Buick Electra E4 and Buick Electra E5.
Motor vehicle
Buick Electra
1970 Electra 225 4-door Hardtop
Overview
Manufacturer
Buick (General Motors)
Also called
Buick Electra 225
Production
1959–1990
Body and chassis
Class
Full-size luxury car
Chronology
Predecessor
Buick Roadmaster
Buick Limited
Successor
Sedan – Buick Park Avenue
Wagon – Buick Roadmaster (1991–1996)
The Buick Electra is a full-size luxury car manufactured and marketed by Buick from 1959 to 1990, over six generations. Introduced as the replacement for the Roadmaster lines, the Electra served as the flagship Buick sedan line through its entire production and was offered as a six-passenger four-door sedan with two-door sedan, two-door convertible, and five-door station wagon variants.
The Electra initially used GM's rear-drive C Platform, undergoing a significant downsizing for 1977.
For its sixth generation, introduced for model year 1985, the Electra underwent another significant downsizing, and adopted unibody construction as well as GM's new front-drive C Platform — becoming along with its rebadged variants, the Oldsmobile 98 and Cadillac Deville and Fleetwood, the company's first full-size, unibody, transverse engine, front-drive cars.
For 1991, Buick retired the Electra nameplate, migrating its front-drive premium sedan to the Buick Park Avenue nameplate, previously used as an upper trim level of the Electra itself. The Electra Estate was redesigned, becoming the Roadmaster Estate for 1991.
In late 2022, Buick announced plans to revive the Electra nameplate for its forthcoming 2024 electric models.[1]
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