page_title: Buick Reatta
section_title: Convertible
hierarchical_section_title: Buick Reatta / Convertible
caption_attribution_description: 1990 Buick Reatta photographed in Ste. Anne De Bellevue, Quebec, Canada at Cruisin' At The Boardwalk 2010.
context_page_description: The Buick Reatta is a low-volume transverse front-engine, front-wheel drive, two-door, two-seater grand tourer/sports car manufactured and marketed by Buick as a coupe and convertible — both featuring a 3.8 liter V6 engine and shortened version of the GM E platform, the same one that underpinned the Buick Riviera.
  As Buick's first two-seater and its first convertible since the 1985 Riviera, the Reatta was manufactured in a highly specialized assembly program at the Reatta Craft Center in Lansing, Michigan—achieving production of over 21,000 units in four years.
  The presence of the Chevrolet Corvette, Pontiac Fiero, Cadillac Allanté and Oldsmobile Toronado at the time of the Reatta's introduction meant that all of GM's passenger-car divisions offered a sporty coupe during the late 1980s and early 1990s.
context_section_description: After a delayed introduction due to design difficulties, Buick introduced the convertible Reatta in 1990 with a manually-operated top designed by ASC, available in vinyl or cloth with a glass rear window and electric defroster.  When retracted, the top was protected by a rigid tonneau cover.  The 1991 models featured power pull-down motors to assist in tightening the rear bow of the top to the tonneau cover.
  A Buick convertible would not be offered again until the four-seat Buick Cascada debuted in 2016.
caption: 1990 Buick Reatta convertible
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