This Wildcat wore the signature triple VentiPorts shared with the LeSabre and Invicta for exactly one model year — Buick dropped them for 1964 and never brought them back to the Wildcat.
Lead trim: Wildcat 445 401 cu in Buick V8 (325 hp, 445 lb-ft) · up to 360 hp
Buick Wildcat1963–1964
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FactThis Wildcat wore the signature triple VentiPorts shared with the LeSabre and Invicta for exactly one model year — Buick dropped them for 1964 and never brought them back to the Wildcat.
The Buick Wildcat is a full-size car produced by Buick from 1963 to 1970, taking its name from a series of 1950s Buick concept cars and replacing the Invicta in the "junior" B-body Buick range as the higher-performance full-size Buick between the LeSabre and the larger C-body Electra; it was replaced by the Centurion for 1971. From 1963 the Wildcat was its own series, adding a convertible and four-door hardtop sedan to the original two-door hardtop coupe (a pillared four-door sedan was added in 1964, with standard and custom trims), on a 123 in wheelbase (the Electra 126 in), 215.7 in long, 3,871–3,961 lb. The 325 hp 401 cubic-inch Wildcat V8 was the standard engine through 1966, and from 1964 to 1966 a larger 425 cubic-inch Wildcat V8 was also available at 340 hp with a factory four-barrel or 360 hp with two four-barrels ("Super Wildcat", with finned cast aluminum valve covers); engine names referred to torque output ("Wildcat 445" for the 401's 445 lb-ft, "Wildcat 465" for the 425's 465 lb-ft), and a three-speed column manual became standard from 1964 (four-speed manual 1963–65 only, or the Super Turbine 400). Production was 35,725 in 1963 and 84,245 in 1964.
Collectors Spotted in the Buick Wildcat Lineage
No member has published a public street spot of the Buick Wildcat yet — the First · Worldwide stamp is wide open.
Trims & Figures
3 published trims in the catalogue. A blank is a figure not recorded, not zero.
| Trim | Years | Engine | Power | Torque | 0–60 | Drive | Gearbox | MSRP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Super Wildcat 425 cu in Buick V8 dual quads (360 hp, 1964) | 1964–1964 | 7.0 L V8 | 360 hp | 465 lb-ft | — | RWD | — | — |
| Wildcat 445 401 cu in Buick V8 (325 hp, 445 lb-ft) | 1963–1964 | 6.6 L V8 | 325 hp | 445 lb-ft | — | RWD | — | — |
| Wildcat 465 425 cu in Buick V8 four-barrel (340 hp, 465 lb-ft, 1964) | 1964–1964 | 7.0 L V8 | 340 hp | 465 lb-ft | — | RWD | — | — |
Owning one
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Owners’ builds
Nobody has claimed one yet.
Photographs
This one-year-only Gran Sport package was genuinely rare: Buick built just 1,244 Wildcat GSs for 1966, and only 22 were the dual-quad "Super Wildcat."
Buick's 1966 Wildcat GS package was a one-year-only option, and of the 1,244 built, only 22 got the rare dual-carb 'Super Wildcat' treatment.
This Wildcat wore the signature triple VentiPorts shared with the LeSabre and Invicta for exactly one model year — Buick dropped them for 1964 and never brought them back to the Wildcat.
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