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March 18, 2008
Lunch With Buick in NYC
By John Coyle
Editor
This afternoon, Buick held a luncheon for journalist at Cipriani in Manhattan, and even though I’d basically come straight off my red-eye—stupid, stupid layover in DC—the event was still pretty cool. Initially, I was focused on getting shots of the Riviera and Velite Concepts, but the Y-Job parked right by the door stopped me in my tracks. Designed by the legendary Harley Earl, the Y-Job is widely regarded as the world’s first concept car, and in person, the machine is simply stunning—it’s nearly twenty feet long! Of course, I did make it back to check out the current concepts, and I was pretty impressed. Personally, I’d love to see either of these cars make it to production. Check out my walk-around videos of the Riviera and the Velite and make your own decision. More pics after the jump.
Comments
harley earl
Mar 23, 2008 at 6:18 pm
Buick/GM need to wake up my legacy of great car designs. Why do you think so many talented young people originally came to work in Detroit back when I was there? Cause I designed and brought to life motoramic masterpeices like the Y Job that basically insprired thosands of young artist/engineers to move to the Detroit area (the automotive design capital of the world)…which I basically founded… to do what I did: design “beauty for everyone” that came to life in GM’s car designs and other transportation products!
Harrison
Mar 19, 2008 at 11:08 pm
Both Concepts are nice, but I take the Y-Job any day.
GTwildfire
Mar 19, 2008 at 12:49 am
The first pic looks like its in a bank… was the luncheon held in a bank???? that’d be kinda strange.
A Bengals Fan
Mar 18, 2008 at 10:44 pm
These concepts look great. Its good to see that Buick has some life left… I would love to see a sportier Buick like the Riviera in the future.