Your basic understanding is correct. Buick started using the name Riviera with the introduction of the 1949 Pillarless hardtop coupe in the Roadmaster line. They then used to describe any pillarless hardtoop 2dr or 4dr. In 1960 there was an Electra 225 4dr harttop that wasn't referred to as a Riviera, but there was another 4dr sedan that was refered to as a Riviera. ??????? In 63, the name was given to the new 4700 model and remained the name of that model through 1999.
The name has appeared on some concept models recently, most recently from China. Look through the Reference section in the tool bar and you can find each years production figures which include the Riviera models.
Isnt' it amazing that the less someone knows, the more adamant and rude he can be in spouting his ignorance. Someone once compared this to the speed of light and the speed of sound. "He looked bright until he opened his mouth."
Ed
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