Olds Toronado

[sonarrat]

Originally Posted by Mike from back east

The old boat-tailed Rivs were a thing of beauty too, had great lines, so did the early Monte Carlos.

The original Riviera from '63-65 was one of the flat-out best cars of the day. It was like a Ferrari and Rolls Royce rolled into one beautiful, classy package. It was never quite as amazing after that.

[The Continental]

The first gen Riviera is cool, but a boat tail trumps it.

[straight shooter]

Originally Posted by sonarrat

The original Riviera from '63-65 was one of the flat-out best cars of the day. It was like a Ferrari and Rolls Royce rolled into one beautiful, classy package. It was never quite as amazing after that.

Definitely one of my favorite american classic cars.

[duster1979]

Originally Posted by The Continental

The first gen Riviera is cool, but a boat tail trumps it.

I like both, but I'm partial to the second generation style probably because a friend had one in high school. An old guy I worked with a few years ago had a really nice boat-tail model which was cool but not as stylish as the second generation, IMHO.

Fourth generation looks to me like a slightly restyled century, a nice enough car but without the appeal of the earlier models. Fifth generation is pretty much the same as every other GM full-size two-door of the era with a slightly different back end, I've never been a fan of this style. Sixth generation (first FWD) I like a lot as I mentioned before. Seventh generation was a farce as a "personal luxury" vehicle, it was really just a fancy Regal. The touchscreen was cool, though. The upsized eighth-generation model is pretty nice, I'm actually thinking of trying to find one of those next time around.

[rlrl]

its been decades since i've seen the 71. the back looks like half 73 Ford LTD and half 73 Dodge Monaco. these old boats look more like each other these days than decades ago