This is how the 1988 Buick Regal was more modern than the G-body | 1988-1996 Buick Regal 

Great video and thanks so much for posting. As a W body lover, (I own a 91 Cutlass Supreme International Series coupe and 1993 Grand Prix STE sedan), these cars are comfortable and have a very good build quality. A few things to add...the GS package didn't debut until 1989. For 1988, the Custom package was essentially a pre cursor to the GS package. The 1988 Custom coupes had 15 inch aluminum alloys, full digital gauge package, fog lights, body kit, and sport steering wheel. One thing that wasn't mentioned, rear buckets with console could be had on a first year 1988 Custom car. This would carry over as an option for the 1989 model year on the GS package as well and was offered until 1992. All rear buckets/console coupes had the script FOUR SEATER located at the bottom of the rear quarter window glass. For 1989, the GS package took over the Custom package and a few things were changed. No more 15 inch alloys and a 16 inch alloys were added. Starting sometime in mid to late 89, the 2.8 could still be offered but a new larger 3.1 V6 debuted. By 1990, the 2.8 was phased out and a very few 1990 coupes were optioned with the newly debuted 3800 V6. The 3.1 was the only other offering and most 1990 coupes got that engine. One more interesting thing that most people didn't know and was not mentioned here...the Regal sedan was the ONLY W body SEDAN to offer rear buckets/console. Yes...in a sedan! Only available from 1991-1992 and in Medium Slate Gray, Light Beige, Garnet Red, and Blue. I believe Gray is most common, followed by Red, then Blue, and Beige being the rarest. I can't remember the exact number for 1991 but at least a 1,000 or so sedans got rear buckets/console. For 1992, I am absolutely sure that only 525 sedans got rear buckets/console. Great review and hope this helps!

I have owned a 1993 Regal and a 1995 Regal. The 93 had the 3.1 and the 95 had the 3800. I am definitely a fan of the older interior. Something about that flat dash was cool. It was unique! The car also had a burgundy interior so that even added to it! P.S. I have since bought 3 more regals since I posted this comment. A 94(with old style burgundy interior), and a pair of twin 96 Buick Regal. I am currently daily driving one of those 96 Regal's. It has the 3800 series 2 and it has been reliable so far!

Nice video Rob I love the old school buick regals

I had 3 of them 1,91 gs coup 1,89 limited and 1, 90 cutlass Supreme international... I really loved my gs the all digital dash (though my kids would call it corny nowa days since it was lcd. I think the most unique feature was the bucket rear seats with the armrest in the center... yes it cut seating capacity to only 4 but wow it was so beautiful to look at

I bought a new 1988 Olds Cutlass Supreme on this platform. Hated it, and got rid of it after less than 2 years. Final straw was when the turn signal stalk fell off the steering wheel column. It was my first and last GM purchase.

We bought one of the first ones when they came out in the fall of '87. When the outside temperature fell in the single digits, the horn started honking intermittently by itself in the garage. The "wood" on the dashboard was Contact paper like you use to line your kitchen shelves. Around 60,000 miles they told us the transmission was starting to fail. It was basically garbage.

Another great vid! These were mildly entertaining to drive when they had the 3800 engine.

Very good! Well done! You covered all the points and aspects. I liked the footage as well and images. There are a few things you shared I wanted to comment on. The other W bodies eventually did get the 3800 V6 in the second generation. The Regal also got a supercharged 3800 V6 as well in the second generation. You had some info I knew that you did put in the video. Excellent! The updated instrumentation panel was shared with Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme. You can go check, but I remember when they did that. I thought that was odd, but it was to save money. It also happened to Oldsmobile Achieva and Buick Skylark as well for 1997 I believe. I also like how you discussed and shared the W bodies as a whole. I also like how you got the dimensions as well. The interesting thing is all the W Bodies grew in size in the second generation. I also think when they came out for 1988, all the W Bodies were underpowered. They corrected that over time. I also like the fact you discussed how GM got caught off guard by the Ford Taurus and Mercury Sable. It is as you said. If they had got them out first... things would have been different. I liked the photo of the design studio Regal. The coupe looked stripped when they updates in 1995. Thank you again.

My favorite car is my 92 regal GS 4 door. Drove it to 282,000 miles when I deemed it unsafe due to an accident and rust. Have had 4 regal GS in total. 90,92,98,18. The 98 regal is approaching 400,000 miles. I seriously doubt the 2018 will make it anywhere close to that miles. The 3800 was unstoppable.

I had a 1988 Buick Regal. I bought it from a friend whose daughter had trashed the car. I replaced suspension, brakes, tuned it up and cleaned it up. The white paint would never be white again (mildew stained). The blue fake convertible top was in terrible shape. The leather seats were cracked. But that car was bulletproof reliable. Drove like a dream. And I loved it. It was one of many cars I’ve wasted money on. Lol. In the end my wife said to junk it because it was a “third” car that wasn’t getting used. What a shame. 15 years later I still miss it. I do wish I’d a 1996 with a 3.8 though.

Love this generation of the Regal coupe, as well as the Oldsmobile. Would love to have either today.

I look forward to these!💪🏽

In my opinion, these W cars were underappreciated because GM decided to use a name that people would reject as a legitimate replacement. Same for Nova, Impala, Monte Carlo, or Malibu. Had they come up with all-new names, I think these would have been better off.

This was the only early generation W body cars worth buying,it was the only one that came with a 3800 V6 , the other cars weren't large enough to take a 90 degree engine

Nice one! I liked the GS design just not the weak interior. I had the 88 GP-SE with a manual that had a HORRIBLE clutch that only lasted about 12mo. Later I had the GTP with a HORRIBLE water pump. Buick was attempting to go RWD until the bean counters halted it. They had successfully converted the Regal and Reatta chassis' to RWD and let Motorweek drive them. They had turbo and supercharged 3.8s. I think I have the video saved. Motorweek said both were excellent.

Cool 🥰

Friend had a Regal GS. Had the usual GM problems like sticky EGR valve and crap door handles but it was badass until getting totalled at 150k.

The styling for the Regal coupe started out as a proposal for the Cadillac Allante that was not selected.

The GS mane the GRAND SPORT 👌 W BODY

I think this generation of Buick Rengal would be the last time that Buick competed in nascar, same thing with the Oldsmobile cutlass supreme that came a year later after this generation of Regal came out.

My first car was a 1991 buick regal limited that i affectionately called.."white lady"

In the 90s one of our neighbors had a Buick Regal and at the time I thought it was the ugliest car I ever seen but I was also like 7 or so when they moved in.

Buick makes nothing but garbage now but back in the day those engines were extremely comfortable and extremely reliable

Yeah it was more "modern" then the G-body and ugly as H compared to the G-body...inside and out.