The Buick Park Avenue is a full-size sedan that was Buick's flagship car from 1990 to 2005. The Park Avenue nameplate was revived in 2016 on a crossover SUV. The original Park Avenue was introduced in 1975 as an upscale trim level of the Electra 225, and became a separate model line in 1979.
The Park Avenue was Buick's answer to the Cadillac DeVille and Oldsmobile 98, and offered more luxury features than the Electra. Standard features included leather seats, power windows and locks, cruise control, and tilt/telescoping steering wheel. Upper trim levels added such features as power seats, heated seats, memory seat settings, remote start, CD player, sunroof, traction control, and ABS brakes.
In its last few years of production (2003-2005), the Park Avenue was only available with a 3.8L V6 engine rated at 205 hp (153 kW). This made it one of the least powerful full-size cars on the market at the time. In 2004 all US models came standard with GM's OnStar system.
The vast majority of Park Avenues were built at GM's former Linden Assembly plant in New Jersey until 2002 when production moved to Hamtramck Assembly in Detroit Michigan alongside its platform mates; the Chevrolet Impala SS and Pontiac Bonneville GXP - both of which ceased production after the 2005 model year leaving the Park Avenue as GM's only W-body car still in production for 2006 (the last year for this generation). For 2007 however GM decided to finally discontinue the entire W-body line including both remaining models; thus ending over 30 years of continuous production for what had become America's best selling car platform since it debuted back in 1977 as an A-body platform shared by various Chevrolet Malibu/Chevelle/El Camino/Monte Carlo models along with their Pontiac LeMans/GTO counterparts followed by numerous other makes & models throughout its lifespan including but not limited to: Buick Regal/Grand National/GNX & Riviera; Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme & HurstOlds; Cadillac Seville SLS & STS; Chevrolet Lumina APV minivan & Monte Carlo SS; as well as numerous police interceptor packages used across North America by multiple law enforcement agencies up through present day due largely in part to their low cost of ownership & maintenance while providing adequate space &