For 1964, the model year that shook up the industry with the arrival of the Pontiac GTO, GM stablemates Buick introduced a larger V8 for the Wildcat, turning the beautiful full-size model into a ...

In 1959, Buick unveiled the Wildcat—not the automobile (that came four years later), but a new V8 engine series bearing the same fierce moniker. Things were calm and measured until mid-1962, when ...