1983 Buick Skylark Reviews, Pricing & Specs

Decent beater. I have some whips and a cb in it. Pretty ghetto looking. Not fast, but what ever. I get like 19 mpg city in sumer but in winter its like 15-17. Highway milage is low 20s. havent had much engine or tranny problems with it. I got it from some realtives who had some sort of carburator problems with it. they parked it for 3 yrs then gave it to me for free. poured a little gas in the carb and it started right up. ran ever since.Jul 08, 2008

my family used to own one, and i loved the car as a kid. so when i needed a new winter car and the opportunity came up to buy one, i did. $500 got me the car you see in the picture. what a steal! these x-body cars from general motors are solid reliable little cars, that for 1980's econo-boxes, arent too bad to look at, at least i think so. this skylark is a lot of fun to drive as it is a front wheel drive car witha potent 2.8 liter v-6 engine. and with that engine in this little car, it really moves out. the build quality is very good, considering mine in particular has survived over twenty years of living in chicago-land and has hardly any rust issues to speak of. its even comfy for a big, tall guy like me and it is a nice departure from the big boats that i am used to driving.Jan 25, 2008