The Skylark was produced for two years, it was based on the 1953 Roadmaster convertible, it was a sports car because of its large size and weight, Buick announced it as such, and the public accepted it because of the details it shared with the imported sports cars of the time, such as the wire wheels The engine was a 322 cubic inch V8, with 188 horsepower four-barrel carburetor, the transmission was a Dynaflow 2-speed automatic. Its top speed was 166 km/h, its acceleration from 0 to 100 in 14.4 seconds and it had an average fuel consumption of 7.6 km/l.