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Rollet demands a good eye, timing, and teamwork, while penalizing both fumbling and trigger-happy play. ChiRunning on the other hand, is steeped in Eastern philosophies that, while may be perfectly valid, Western runners may have trouble applying.
The standard two-passenger coupe still sold for little more than $500, while the DeLuxe Fordor cost only $615. Styling changed little through the final '89 models save an optional hidden-headlamp nose from 1986. Coupes, turbos, and T Types were all dropped after '87 due to dwindling sales and the division's return to its more-traditional "Premium American Motorcars" thrust. By that point, the 2.8 V-6 had been enlarged to a 3.1 with 10 more bhp, and a praise-worthy Fortune Tiger Demo Grátis antilock braking system (ABS) was offered optionally on Limited and GS models. Extensive standard equipment limited options to just an electric sliding sunroof and a driver's seat with no fewer than 16 power adjustments. Pedicabs, or tricycles attached to a two-seat mini-carriage, also line the city's downtown streets, as do charming horse-drawn carriages; both are practical and even romantic options to get around downtown on the weekends. The Mobil Three-Star Hyatt Regency Austin (208 Barton Springs Rd) is a contemporary hotel located on the shores of Town Lake in downtown Austin.
As the purveyor of "Premium American Motorcars," it entered the '90s with one of Detroit's stronger "brand images," thanks to a well-established lineup of cars that made no apologies for being smooth, lush, and Detroit-traditional. GM was making money again just two years later, thanks to the efforts of new president John F. "Jack" Smith, who'd recently turned things around for GM Europe, and John Smale, the former CEO of Proctor & Gamble. By 2016, Mattel was aiming for an all-female ticket, releasing a pair of dolls running together for President and VP. The inevitable T Types arrived for '83 -- notchback two-doors first, then fasthatch coupes too. Much of the J-car's basic engineering appeared in the 1985 Somerset Regal, a notchback two-door heralding the arrival of GM's new N-body. Quite simply, they said, GM still had too many factories with too much capacity to build too many vehicles for too few customers. Skyhawk probably benefited as much from the Buick corporate badge as any design feature, but would surely have sold better without so much intramural competition.
GM remedied its mistake for 1991, and Buick added Regal sedans with the same trim levels and wheelbase as its W-body coupes. Significantly, wheelbase was cut just 0.6-inch from the previous Regal's, to the benefit of passenger space; base curb weight slimmed some 250 pounds and overall length by 8.4 inches, to the benefit of economy and handling. Though basically a Riviera cut down to a 98.5-inch wheelbase, Reatta was only 4.5 inches shorter overall and almost as heavy (at 3350 pounds). It was Flint's first production two-seater, named Reatta (derived from an American Indian word for lariat). Yet for all its appealing qualities, the Reatta was a fish out of water: conceived in the heady days of Buick sportiness but born to a division fast returning to "The great American Road." It did have the handcrafted aura of a genuine limited edition, built at a special new "Reatta Craft Centre" (though that was situated at Olds in Lansing, not at Flint).
The N-body Buick got off to a good start. Companion N-body four-doors arrived for '86 under the Skylark, finishing off the last X-body models; Somersets became Skylarks two years later. In its quest to strengthen its position in the 1990s, in 1991 Buick introduced the first Roadmaster in 35 years. Through 1987, Somerset/Skylark engines comprised the familiar 2.5 four (updated to "Generation II" specs that season) and extra-cost Buick 3.0 V-6. With all this, Reatta failed to meet even its minimum yearly sales goal of 10,000 units and was thus dropped after 1991. Total production was precisely 21,850, including a mere 2437 ragtops (only 305 of which were built to '91 specs). Buick took pains to note that Reatta was not a sports car but a "mature" two-seater emphasizing luxury, comfort, even practicality. Buick wasn't able to trade on the popular Regal name the way Olds did with Cutlass, so this car soon became just Somerset. Yet Riviera offered the same basic car for less money -- plus the bonus of a back seat. Worse, GM as a whole was losing money by the ton: $2 billion in 1990 alone, a massive $4.5 billion in '91. By 1993, GM's net losses over four years had reached a towering $18 billion.
