Buick · 1959–present
Buick Electra
The Buick Electra is a full-size luxury car manufactured and marketed by Buick from 1959 to 1990, over six generations. Introduced as the replacement for the Roadmaster lines, the Electra served as the flagship Buick sedan line through its entire production, and was offered as a two-door sedan, two-door convertible, four-door sedan, and five-door station wagon. The Electra initially used General Motors' rear-drive C Platform, undergoing a significant downsizing for 1977. For its sixth generation, introduced for the 1985 model year, the Electra underwent another significant downsizing, and adopted unibody construction as well as GM's new front wheel drive C Platform. Along with its rebadged variants, the Oldsmobile 98 and Cadillac Deville and Fleetwood, the Electra became GM's first full-size, unibody, transverse engine, front-drive car. For 1991, Buick retired the Electra nameplate, migrating its front-drive premium sedan to the Buick Park Avenue nameplate, previously used as an upper trim level of the Electra itself. The Electra Estate was redesigned, becoming the Roadmaster Estate for 1991. In late 2022, Buick announced plans to revive the Electra nameplate for its forthcoming 2024 electric models.
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UK vehicles on the road
30 licensed and 9 SORN (39 total) at 2025 Q4.
| Year (latest quarter) | Vehicles |
|---|---|
| 2014 | 27 |
| 2015 | 29 |
| 2016 | 34 |
| 2017 | 39 |
| 2018 | 38 |
| 2019 | 39 |
| 2020 | 39 |
| 2021 | 37 |
| 2022 | 35 |
| 2023 | 37 |
| 2024 | 36 |
| 2025 | 39 |
DfT/DVLA VEH0120 vehicle licensing statistics, source ↗, Open Government Licence v3.0. Small counts are rounded or suppressed at source.
Sources
- Wikidata / Wikipedia profiles — https://models.autoculturesociety.com/cars/Q1002748CC0 / CC BY-SA 4.0
- Wikipedia — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buick_ElectraCC BY-SA 4.0 · Intro text © Wikipedia contributors; revision 1372580290 · retrieved 2026-10-03
- DfT/DVLA VEH0120 licensing statistics — https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/vehicle-licensing-statistics-data-tablesOpen Government Licence v3.0
- Car Model Index — https://models.autoculturesociety.com/Compiled record. Sources that do not permit reuse are not copied; this index is credited instead.