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1971 Buick GS hardtop

Buick facilitated the creation of the budget muscle car market segment with its 1967 GS 340. For 1968, Plymouth blew the lid off the new niche with the low-buck, high-profile 383 Road Runner, wearing the Warner Brothers cartoon character. Other automakers quickly countered with their own variations on the theme.

The GS 350 replaced

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