1991 Buick Reatta User Reviews

The Best American Car Of Its Time — This is the last American car hand made from scratch. This vehicle was produced when the foreign competition was laying waste to the American automobile industry. In cooperation with the UAW and GM, these cars were hand crafted masterpieces that are easy to work on and have all the performance & quality all American cars should have. These cars were 20 years ahead of their time with electronic everything. The only past technology on these cars is the cruise control. Otherwise, everything on this car is still very current for 21st Century automobiles. The suspension on this car is relevent to a Corvette and even has a smoothness on the touring side. Advanced rear suspension includes a variable air pressure shocks and upper & lower control arms. The tow (that's fancy suspension talk) in this car is very heavy for a sports car, yet is easy for a cruiser. These cars are only just starting to catch their second wind at 200K miles. If one services the car regularly, these cars can last. Mine has over 150K miles on it and it still burns out in second gear! I reccoment reprograming the ECU for the electric cooling fans to come on sooner, and also a fuel stabilizer for the ethanol blended gasolines. This car was built before such a calamity was introduced to gasoline. The 3800 GM V6 is also a great engine. Very durrable and with the TPI, fuel efficient fun. Altyhough the HP could be a bit more, that's nothing a modern electric supercharger can't easily fix. I wish all American cars were built to this specification.

Primary Use: Commuting to work

"black Beauty" Is The Epitomy Of Personal Luxury/exotic Style, Buick's Only Exotic Roadster. — The 1991 Buick Reatta convertible is the only exotic roadster Buick produced. With only 197 cars released, it remains the most rare line of US production cars since the 1959 Cadillac ElDorado Brougham convertible, when only 101 cars rolled-out. Hand crafted at the Lansing, MI Reatta Craft Centre, (built expressly for Reatta production line), the 1991 convertibles were endowed with many enhancements over thier predecessors. Our 1991 Buick Reatta convertible, "Black Beauty" is the last of the original "Seven Sisters" built with jet-black skin and flame red interior left on the road. Her only survivng "Little sister" is the last of the 1991 Reatta convertibles hand-crafted at the Craft Centre. Black Beauty has attended many Buick Club of America shows, including the 2008 BCA Nationals, held in Flint, MI to coincide with GM's 100th celebration. She also appears on videos in the "100 years of GM cars" parade thru downtown Flint, and in local news coverage of the "Reatta procession" thru Flint, to the show grounds, where Reattae overwhelmed the event with the most Buicks of any class. Originally purchased by then Mayor of Dallas, TX, Black Beauty still wears her "Texas Moustache" proudly, which has been recognized as her unique trademark. You can find her at Jay Leno's Garage website, where she is the only Reatta in attendance. Jay Leno does'nt even have one of these super-rare examples of automotive artistry. The Reatta is NOT your father's Buick, but "Hand-crafted luxury built for two."

Primary Use: Sport/fun (spirited driving, track racing, off-roading, etc.)