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Mail From: Jan Eyerman <(email redacted)>

I know the Buick Apollo well.... I worked at GM at the time. the Apollo,
Pontiac Phoenix and Olds Omega were trim variations of the Chevy Nova. All
were built at the same GMAD assembly plants. The Cadillac Seville was a
stretched version of this same car. Around 1970 GM decided to effectively
close down all of the divisions and turn them into marketing organizations,
everything else-design, assembly etc. was to be centralized. Cars were to be
as identiacl as possible so that they could assembled in the same plants. The
first target was engines-in 1970 GM built 4 entirely different 350 cubic inch
V-8's... Chevy, Pontiac, Olds and Buick each had their own. The Chevy engine
won (probably because it was the cheapest to build).

The result of this disasterous move was that GM went from nearly 60% of the US
market to about 30%.

However, the Apollo sports car was built in the early sixties... in 1962-63
there was the Apollo 3500GT (which used the Buick aluminum V8) and then the
later 5000GT (I don't remember whose engine it used).

Jan Eyerman







"O.K. Welty" <(email redacted)> wrote:
I know Buick made an Apollo in 73 and 74. It was based on a Nova and looked
very similar. There are several for sale on collector car trader online if
anyone is interested in seeing one.

O.K. Welty III


>From: Carl R Berghult <(email redacted)>
>Reply-To: Carl R Berghult <(email redacted)>
>To: (email redacted), (email redacted)
>Subject: Re: New Question Non Tiger/Alpine (Apollo)
>Date: Mon, 15 Apr 2002 19:32:40 -0400
>
>Buick had a car named Apollo, I think.
>
>Bob Berghult
>Series IV, B9405637 LRX 39 (mine)Looks nice
>Series 3 GT, B9203825 GT LRX 39 (son's)Looks GREAT, ugly dash
>Series II, B9119501 LRX 30 (wife's)Should by out of paint shop next week
>
>On Mon, 15 Apr 2002 15:24:29 EDT (email redacted) writes:
> > About 10 years ago, a car was parked near my Dad's house in Anaheim,
> >
> > California. The car had the name Apollo, does anyone have
> > information on this
> > make of car or know the location of one or web site?
> >
> > Alvin (TopDogRover) Its not a Buick!
> >
>
>
>Bob Berghult
>Series IV, B9405637 LRX 39 (mine)Looks nice
>Series 3 GT, B9203825 GT LRX 39 (son's)Looks GREAT, ugly dash
>Series II, B9119501 LRX 30 (wife's)Should by out of paint shop next week




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