Sharing the "E-Body" with the Toronado, what personal luxury car was the 1979 Car of the Year?

The Buick Riviera S was selected because it combined power with luxury at a lower price point. The 1979 model was the first front-drive production model in Buick history. It retained the traditional body-on-perimeter frame construction, but it contained a lot of fresh thinking, including a torsion bar front/coil spring rear suspension, and an available 185-hp turbocharged 3.8-liter/231-cu.in V-6 engine (or 160-hp 5.7-liter/350-cu.in. V-8),

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