1984 Buick Riviera: Sequential Fuel Injection and a Convertible Engine Dispute

Riviera production for 1984 totaled 57,863, 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; sequential fuel injection, replacing the carbureted turbo setup, lifted the T Type's turbocharged 3.8-liter V-6 to 200 horsepower, this record's own engines section states. This record's own dek totals 1,153 T Types and 500 convertibles for the year, the convertible figure carrying its own engine-split dispute the production section spells out in full.^1,2

This record's own production section carries five separate convertible-engine rows drawn from two different Owners Association pages: the archived 2007-capture page and the Evolution article both give 11 turbo convertibles, while the current live page instead splits the 500 convertibles into 11 with the 4.1-litre V-6, 47 with the 3.8-litre turbo, and 442 with the 5.0-litre V-8, a three-way split this record's own note says the current page states sums to its own stated 500. The original 11-turbo-convertible row remains in this record's own production table, marked disputed rather than removed.^1,3,4

This record's own conflicts section restates that convertible-engine disagreement formally, its own treatment note saying both Owners Association versions are shown and that the existing turbo-convertible row stays marked disputed while the current page's three rows are noted as summing to its own stated total. A second conflict in the same section carries a price disagreement between two Owners Association pages: $15,976, $17,050 and $25,832 for the coupe, T-Type and convertible in the options-and-prices transcription, against $15,979, $17,062 and $25,884 in the Evolution article; this record's own treatment note for that second conflict says simply that both ROA pages are shown.^4,5,3

This record's own key facts section is empty for 1984; the production notes and conflicts section carry the year's narrative detail instead. This record's own options section itemizes 61 entries in total, opening with an Electric Seatback Recliner for the passenger side under code A81 at $139, each row priced individually by the Owners Association's own transcription of the 1984 order form and each carrying that transcription as its only cited source.⁵

This record's own paint table carries 15 colours from the Owners Association's 1984 chart, its own note adding that only two of them, White and Red Firemist, were available on the convertible, plus eight vinyl-top colour codes. Its interiors section carries 8 trims: a standard 45/45 Prima-cloth seat in Green, Blue, Sand Gray, Tan, Brown or Red, and an extra-cost 45/55 leather seat in Sand or Red, every row again sourced to this record's own 1984 color-and-trim chart.⁶

This record's own specifications section carries seven 1984 figures from the Owners Association's weights-and-measures table: a 3,697-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 72.8-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, leaving the production and conflicts sections as this record's own richest sources for 1984.⁷