1993 Buick Riviera: The Abbreviated Final Year

This record's own dek calls 1993 an abbreviated final year for the seventh generation, giving either 4,440 or 4,555 built; this record's own key facts section, drawn from the Evolution article, states that 1993 production was brief and ended in December 1992 ahead of the new 1995 Riviera, and gives 4,555 as the built total. This record's own production row is set to 4,555, its own note explaining that the Owners Association's current production page and Evolution article both now read 4,555, matching Wikipedia and Flammang independently, while only the 2007-captured snapshot of the same Owners Association table still shows 4,440.^1,2,3,4

This record's own production note describes that 4,555 figure as resolved this pass but not verified, since no primary factory record was found and the Owners Association's own lineages are not fully independent of one another; the superseded 4,440 figure is kept in the conflicts section rather than deleted. This record's own conflicts section restates the same production disagreement formally, both 4,440 and 4,555 shown, and separately notes that the current Owners Association production page now agrees with the Evolution figure of 4,555 while the 2007 capture still shows 4,440.^4,2,1

This record's own conflicts section also carries a price disagreement: the Owners Association's own options-and-prices page gives $26,830, while its own Evolution article instead gives a sticker price of $26,230; both figures are shown rather than resolved. This record's own options section prices two white-leather seat choices for the year, code 72 for white leather seats at $700 and code 74 for 14-way white leather seats at $1,045, alongside a $945 14-way driver's adjustable seat in leather and vinyl under code 96.^5,1

This record's own options section itemizes 20 entries in total, including a $695 heavily padded Landau roof under code C04 offered across eleven listed colours, a $250 Sapphire Blue Firemist paint choice and a $250 Pearlescent White Diamond paint choice both without order codes in this record's own transcription, and a $190 Lower Accent Paint option under code D84 requiring one of six specific body colours.⁵

This record's own paint table carries 13 colours from the Owners Association's 1993 chart. Its interiors section carries 21 trims across standard and extra-cost seating choices, a notably richer list than the paint table for the same year, opening with a standard cloth bucket seat in Blue and Graphite among its listed colours; its own note adds that the Owners Association's own chart prints the 74-series white-leather codes twice, as 74-2, a transcription quirk this record's own text preserves rather than silently correcting.⁶

This record's own specifications section carries eight 1993 figures from the Owners Association's own sources: a 3,497-pound curb weight, a 108.0-inch wheelbase, front and rear track of 59.9 and 59.9 inches, a 198.3-inch overall length, a 71.6-inch width, a 53.5-inch height, a dual P205/70R15 standard and P215/65R15 optional tire size, and a 3.06:1 rear axle ratio sourced to the options-and-prices page's own standard-equipment listing rather than the weights-and-measures table. This record's own identification and unpublished-leads sections are both empty for the year, and its own engines, performance and transmissions sections carry no entries either.^7,5