The Riviera is a passenger car from Buick, with rear wheel drive, a front located engine and a Bill Mitchell / Ned Nickles-designed 2 door coupé body style.
It forms part of Buick's Series 4700 range of cars.
Power is supplied by an overhead valve, 7 litre naturally aspirated 8 cylinder motor, with 2 valves per cylinder that provides power and torque figures of 340 bhp (345 PS/254 kW) at 4400 rpm and 630 N·m (465 lb·ft/64.2 kgm) at 2800 rpm respectively.
A continuously variable transmission transmits the power to the wheels.
Full specs
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| bodywork | |||
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| Body type | 2+2 seater fixed-head coupé | ||
| Number of doors | 2 | ||
| Designer | Bill Mitchell / Ned Nickles | ||
| dimensions & weights | |||
| Wheelbase | 2972 mm | 117 inches | |
| Track/tread (front) | 1524 mm | 60 inches | |
| Track/tread (rear) | 1499 mm | 59 inches | |
| Length | 5283 mm | 208 inches | |
| Width | 1938 mm | 76.3 inches | |
| Height | 1346 mm | 53 inches | |
| Ground clearance | 140 mm | 5.5 inches | |
| length:wheelbase ratio | 1.78 | ||
| Kerb weight | |||
| Weight distribution | |||
| fuel tank capacity | 75 litres | 16.5 [19.8] UK [US] gal. | |
| aerodynamics | |||
| Drag coefficient | |||
| Frontal area | |||
| CdA | |||
| Powertrain | |||
| engine type | naturally aspirated petrol | ||
| Engine manufacturer | GM | ||
| Engine code | Wildcat 465 | ||
| Cylinders | V 8 in 90° vee | ||
| Capacity | 7 litre 6969 cc (425.274 cu in) |
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| Bore × Stroke | 109.5 × 92.5 mm
4.31 × 3.64 in |
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| Bore/stroke ratio | 1.18 | ||
| Valve gear | overhead valve (OHV)
2 valves per cylinder 16 valves in total |
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| maximum power output (Gross) |
345 PS (340 bhp) (254 kW) at 4400 rpm |
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| maximum torque (Gross) |
630 Nm (465 ft·lb) (64.2 kgm) at 2800 rpm |
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| Specific output (Gross) |
36.4 kW/litre 49.5 ps/litre 48.8 bhp/litre 0.8 bhp/cu in |
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| Specific torque (Gross) |
90.4 Nm/litre
1.09 ft·lb/cu3 |
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| Engine construction | cast iron block & head | ||
| Lubrication | wet sumped | ||
| compression ratio | |||
| Fuel system | 1 carburettor | ||
| bmep (brake mean effective pressure) | 1136 kPa (164.8 psi) | ||
| Maximum RPM | |||
| crankshaft bearings | 5 | ||
| Engine coolant | Water | ||
| Unitary capacity | 871.13 cc | ||
| Aspiration | Normal | ||
| Compressor | N/A | ||
| Intercooler | None | ||
| Catalytic converter | N | ||
| performance | |||
| Acceleration 0-80km/h (50mph) | |||
| Acceleration 0-60mph | 7.7 s | ||
| Acceleration 0-100km/h | |||
| Acceleration 0-160km/h (100mph) | |||
| Standing quarter-mile | |||
| Standing kilometre | |||
| Maximum speed | |||
| Power-to-weight ratio | |||
| Weight-to-power ratio | |||
| fuel consumption | |||
| Fuel consumption | |||
| universal fuel consumption (calculated from the above) | |||
| litres/100km | |||
| km/litre | |||
| UK MPG | |||
| US MPG | |||
| Carbon dioxide emissions | |||
| Carfolio Calculated CO2 ? | |||
| VED band (UK) | |||
| CO2 Effizienz (DE) | |||
| chassis | |||
| Engine position | front | ||
| Engine layout | longitudinal | ||
| Drive wheels | rear wheel drive | ||
| Torque split | N/A | ||
| Steering | |||
| turns lock-to-lock | 5.000 | ||
| Turning circle | |||
| Front suspension | I.CS. | ||
| Rear suspension | LA.CS. | ||
| Wheel size front | 5.5K x 15 | ||
| Wheel size rear | 5.5K x 15 | ||
| Tyres front | 7.10 x 15 | ||
| Tyres rear | 7.10 x 15 | ||
| Brakes F/R | Dr/Dr-S | ||
| Front brake diameter | 305 mm | ||
| Rear brake diameter | 305 mm | ||
| Braked area | |||
| Gearbox | continuously variable transmission | ||
| Top gear ratio | 1 | ||
| Final drive ratio | 3.23 | ||
| general | |||
| Carfolio.com ID | 157157 | ||
| Production total | 2601 | ||
| Model code | 4747 | ||
| Model family | Series 4700 | ||
| RAC rating | 59.5 | ||
| Insurance classification | No information available | ||
| Tax band | No information available | ||
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1962 Buick Riviera (1963) added 2007-05-14. Last modified 2013-02-28. |
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