1980 Buick Riviera: The S Type's Second Year

Riviera production for 1980 totaled 48,621, this record's own overview states, a figure the Riviera Owners Association's own table and Wikipedia's own reproduction of James Flammang's Standard Catalog of Buick table agree on; the turbocharged 3.8-liter V-6, standard on the S Type in its second year, was again rated 185 horsepower. This record's own overview adds that beforeblack.net's own production page lists 7,217 S Types for the year but says itself that it is unclear whether that count includes only turbo cars or all cars carrying the S Type trim.^1,2,3

This record's own conflicts section carries an S Type production disagreement it does not resolve: the Owners Association's own 1980 row gives 3,831 S Types while Wikipedia's own Production Figures table gives 7,217, a total that happens to match the figure beforeblack.net's own page separately reports; this record's own treatment note for that conflict says it is not clear whether each source counts only turbo cars or all cars carrying the S Type trim, and both figures are shown rather than reconciled. This record's own engines section lists just the one turbocharged 3.8-liter V-6, at 185 horsepower, standard on the S Type and sourced entirely to the Owners Association's own 1980 row.^1,2

This record's own conflicts section also carries a price disagreement between two Owners Association pages: its own options-and-prices transcription gives the higher figures, $11,923 for the coupe and $12,433 for the S-Type, while its own Evolution article gives the lower figures, $11,492 and $11,823; this record's own treatment note says both ROA pages are shown since neither carries a stated revision date. This record's own prices section repeats all four figures as separate rows rather than choosing between them.^4,5

This record's own key facts section, drawn from the Evolution article, states that vinyl roofs reached 64.2 percent of 1980 Rivieras and sunroofs 16.7 percent, and that the factory designations for the year were Z57 for the Riviera and Y57 for the S-Type. This record's own options section itemizes 62 entries in total, opening with an Electric Trunk Release under code A90 at $27, each row again priced individually by the Owners Association's own transcription of the 1980 order form.^5,4

This record's own paint table carries 17 colours from the Owners Association's 1980 chart, its own note describing two-tone treatments that include Dark Blue with Light Gray and Dark Red with Light Gray, plus seven vinyl-top colour codes. Its interiors section carries 17 trims, opening with a standard 45/55 cloth seat offered in Blue, Gray, Tan, Brown, Black and Burgundy, and continuing into an extra-cost 45/55 leather option that this record's own chart opens with an Oyster White colourway.⁶

This record's own specifications section carries seven 1980 figures from the Owners Association's weights-and-measures table: a 3,774-pound curb weight, a 114.0-inch wheelbase, front and rear track of 59.3 and 60.0 inches, a 206.0-inch overall length, a 70.7-inch width, a 54.3-inch height, and a P205/75-15 tire size. This record's own identification and unpublished-leads sections are both empty for the year, and its own performance and transmissions sections carry no entries either.⁷