Buick Park Avenue - The Car Connection

The Buick Park Avenue was a full-size luxury sedan sold from 1991 through 2005, after which it was replaced by the 2006 Buick Lucerne. In 1991, with the old rear-wheel-drive Electra sedan eliminated from Buick's lineup, the front-wheel-drive Buick Park Avenue became its own model after more than a decade as a trim level and sub-model of the Electra. Read More Below » The Buick Park Avenue was a full-size luxury sedan sold from 1991 through 2005, after which it was replaced by the 2006 Buick Lucerne. In 1991, with the old rear-wheel-drive Electra sedan eliminated from Buick's lineup, the front-wheel-drive Buick Park Avenue became its own model after more than a decade as a trim level and sub-model of the Electra. The Park Avenue Ultra model, in addition to more standard luxury features, used a supercharged version of that engine producing 240 horsepower, while standard Park Avenue models made do with a 205-hp naturally aspirated version. Those features were added to the base Park Avenue for the model's final year in 2005. The final year also saw the deletion of the stand-up Buick hood ornament. After a series of 3,000 Park Avenue Special Edition models in 2005--300 of which had a subtle black-on-platinum two-tone paint job--both the Park Avenue and the slightly smaller. Source: www.thecarconnection.com