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Kevin Murray (talk | contribs) The Century had 4-per-side ventiports (56 & 57) but Buick dropped these in 1958 and 1959 (including the first Invicta). The 1960 Buicks brought back ventiports, but the Invicta had only 3 per side. |
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The Invicta series was introduced as a full line of body styles for model year 1959. Sales never approached that of either the entry-level [[Buick LeSabre|LeSabre]] or top level [[Buick Electra|Electra]] models, but were consistent with the traditional sales penetration of Buick's sporty mid-priced models (the 1954 to 1958 Century and 1963 to 1970 Wildcat).
In a survey of 1959 Buick owners in the March, 1959 issue of [[Popular Mechanics]], 47.1% of owners like the ride comfort, though many (25.2%) said the drive shaft tunnel was too big.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vtsDAAAAMBAJ |title=Popular Mechanics. March 1959|access-date=24 June 2019 |work=Popular Mechanics|date=March 1959 }}</ref>
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