1998 Buick Riviera: The Supercharger Becomes Standard

This record's own dek states that the supercharged 240-horsepower V-6 became standard for 1998, with production given directly as either 10,953 or 10,613 depending on which source is read; this record's own overview credits the eighth-generation car's construction to Orion Township, Michigan, on the G platform shared with the Oldsmobile Aurora. This record's own engines section carries only the one entry now, the supercharged 3800 Series II under code L67 at 240 horsepower and 280 pound-feet of torque, listed as standard rather than optional, its own displacement given as 231 cubic inches and its induction listed simply as supercharger.^1,2

This record's own production section carries a single engine row rather than a split: 10,953 Rivieras, the record's own note explains, since the supercharged engine was standard for 1998, meaning that figure equals the Owners Association's own production total rather than a partial count, since this record's own engines section lists only the one available engine for the year, sourced to Wikipedia's own engines table and its own 1998 paragraph together.³

This record's own conflicts section restates the year's production disagreement formally in its own topic entry, 10,953 from the Owners Association against 10,613 from Wikipedia's own eighth-generation production table, with its own treatment note adding that "Wikipedia prose also gives 18,036 (1996) and 10,953 (1998), matching ROA," a comparison this record's own text quotes verbatim from Wikipedia's own prose rather than deriving it from a separately read 1996 file's own figures.^1,2

This record's own key facts and prices sections are both entirely empty for 1998, with no MSRP figure carried anywhere in this record's own text for the year; the production, engines and conflicts sections carry the year's narrative detail instead. This record's own options section carries just a single entry for the year, 16-inch chrome-plated wheels under code PO5, its own note stating the wheels were available but carried no price on the Owners Association's chart, a gap this record's own text leaves unfilled rather than estimating a figure that was not itself printed.⁴

This record's own paint table carries 12 colours from the Owners Association's 1998 chart, led by Bright White, every entry sourced to the same 1998 color-and-trim page. Its interiors section carries 5 trims, all standard leather buckets rather than a cloth-and-leather split: Light Gray, Bordeaux Red and Taupe alongside two colours this record's own text calls new for 1998, Medium Blue and Light Autumn Green, a notably shorter list than the paint table for the same year, every row sourced to the same 1998 color-and-trim chart.⁴

This record's own specifications section carries seven 1998 figures from the Owners Association's weights-and-measures table: a 3,788-pound curb weight, a 113.8-inch wheelbase, front and rear track of 62.5 and 62.6 inches, a 207.0-inch overall length, a 75.0-inch width, a 55.2-inch height, and a P225/60R16 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, engines and conflicts sections as this record's own richest sources for 1998.⁵