In hindsight, it’s easy to criticize General Motors for taking so long to recognize the shift in customer tastes signaled by the runaway success of the groundbreaking 1958 Ford Thunderbird. But there’s no faulting the General’s response once it put its considerable resources into creating its own premium four-seaters that married Jet Age style with high performance.
At Buick, the entry was the Wildcat Sport Coupe, launched in 1962 as part
