The 1963 Buick Wildcat arrived at a moment when American buyers wanted prestige as much as horsepower, and Buick was tired of watching them defect to flashier showrooms. Instead of building a fragile ...

In 1959, Buick unveiled the Wildcat—not the automobile (that came four years later), but a new V8 engine series bearing the same fierce moniker. Things were calm and measured until mid-1962, when ...

For 1964, the model year that shook up the industry with the arrival of the Pontiac GTO, GM stablemates Buick introduced a larger V8 for the Wildcat, turning the beautiful full-size model into a ...