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To ensure ride quality on par with European personal luxury coupes, the Reatta had a fully independent suspension, unlike the Grand National - which still used a solid rear axle. It was paired with an electronically controlled four-speed automatic. In the Reatta, the 3.8 V6 made less power than the version used in the GN - which was turbocharged - and served as a midway point between the Fiero’s smaller (and optional) 2.8-liter V6 and the larger - and more expensive - V8 that powered the Allante. Which came in black only and evoked funerals … for any who dared to challenge one to a drag race. Under the hood, a transversely mounted version of Buick’s 3.8-liter overhead valve V6, styled the “3800.” This was essentially the same engine that Buick was using to power the rear wheels in its other hoped-for demographic-changer, the Regal Grand National.

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The Reatta was also one of the first GM cars to integrate previously separate controls for things like the power windows with the rest of the car’s systems through Body Control Modules (common today). Keyless entry - another unusual feature during the late Reagan Era - was available, and four-wheel disc brakes were standard, with wheel-lock during panic braking eliminated by ABS - which was then a very new technology and available in only about 25 percent of new cars.

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This was called the Electronic Control Center (ECC), and, among other things, the driver could use it to visually access and scroll through diagnostic information about the drivetrain and other vehicle operating parameters, as well as operate the car’s climate control system and stereo - something common in 2020s cars but extremely uncommon in mid-to-late 1980s cars, some of which still had carburetors. It would tout style and sophistication, manifested in the graceful, unadorned bodywork penned by GM’s Advanced Design Studio 2 and (initially) an all-digital dashboard, including one of the very first LCD touchscreens installed in the center stack of an American or any other production car. It would be front-wheel-drive, like the Allante - but not as flashy or as costly. It would be small, low, and sleek, with just two seats - like the Fiero - but without the commuter car taint or the engine behind its seats. Enter the Reatta - named to suggest yachting rather than rest homes.

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