A side-impact airbag for the driverÂ’s seat is included with leather upholstery, which is standard on the Limited and optional on the special edition version of the Custom. Under the Hood A 175-horsepower 3. In 1934, the appearance was changed to a more rounded appearance, with a new 278. It is decidedly old-fashioned--but surely not unwise--to offer an affordable family car for six passengers in this Brave New Age. Note: all capacities are approximate. When adding, be sure to fill to the appropriate level, as recommended in user manual for your Buick Century 2001. The engine was a 350 V8, as opposed to the 455 V8 used on the Indy Pace Car.
After the 1998 discontinuation of the Skylark, the Century became Buick's entry-level car for the first time. The console even has functional, un-fancy cupholders and rectangular cutouts for holding items like cell phones and pagers, plus a covered, leather-upholstered bin under the driver's right forearm. It would surely have been different with five more bodies wedged in, of course, but my cruising speeds were — well, let's just say that I overtook far more traffic than overtook me. It's Gramps and Grams, after all, whose own parents tooled them around in the great Buick family sedans of the postwar period. In Mexico, it was sold as the Century Limited with no brand, although it wears the Buick logos.
Changes were relatively few over the Century's nine-year run. The Buick Century was produced in China as the New Century from 1998 to 2000 and ran on the 3. OnStar is now a factory-installed option for the base Custom model. A Century coupe was added to the lineup, using the fastback roofline. Since the Century was lower-priced than the Regal, it was also the lower-powered and plainer of the two, offering only a 3. The Century took the place of the Series 60. In later seasons, he drove a four-door Century, like his real-life counterparts in the California Highway Patrol.
For 1980, the fastback four-door sedan was dropped in favor of a conventional notchback four-door sedan. Dual exhaust increased output of the four-barrel 350 to 190 hp 140 kW. Standard Catalog of Buick, 1903—2004 3rd ed. It is based on the same design as the Regal, also a midsize sedan, but caters to an older crowd with more conservative styling and a front bench seat that gives it six-passenger capacity. However, it failed to compete with them and was instead widely viewed as a car designed for an elderly target audience, an image not helped by the Century's assortment of senior citizen-friendly features such as extra-large dashboard buttons and an extremely soft suspension. It takes some nerve to buck this trend, I suggest. The Century vies with the full-size LeSabre in a race to be Buick’s most popular model.
Interior Only the bench seats separate the six-passenger CenturyÂ’s design from that of the sportier Regal, which is available with front buckets. Note: not all air conditioning refrigerants are the same. All sedan models were easily distinguished by their distinctive full-width taillights, a somewhat extravagant flourish on a smaller sedan, but one that carried on a Buick tradition of big taillights. The four-door sedan was the only body style offered the station wagon was dropped due to decreasing sales , and was still a front-wheel drive, V6-powered configuration. For 1994, the slow-selling coupe model was dropped 603 sold for 1993, or 0. The console even has functional, un-fancy cupholders and rectangular cutouts for holding items like cell phones and pagers, plus a covered, leather-upholstered bin under the driver's right forearm. Granted, we're all fallible; but is it that unfair to suggest that Gramps and Grams are the usual suspects when it comes to attempting a restart while the motor's already running? The similar Regal comes with a 3.
The coupe was added at the top of the model range, and later became a separate series, dropping the Century name. The all-new replaced both the Century and Regal. Safety In addition to the federally required dual front airbags, the Century also comes with standard antilock brakes and traction control. For interstate driving in particular, I found the Century an especially competent cruiser. This feature never appeared on its sibling the Oldsmobile Ciera, which retained the inline switch bank mounted flush with the door panel, the rear switch being the drivers door window.
This is the factor that cracks the whip in passing mode, so to speak. Performance versions of several Buick models, including the Century coupe, were offered in the mid-1980s under the T-Type name. It was available with two- and four-barrel versions of the , putting out 150 and 175 hp 112 and 130 kW , respectively. In 1931, the running board was reduced and a new straight-eight 272. The driver and front passenger could enter and exit the vehicle while the seat belt was still fastened. The Century windows switches were not backlit, but lit by a small bulb in the door panel trim above the switch bank. A push button, Ã la Ford, sure would be nice.
Safety In addition to the federally required dual front airbags, the Century also comes with standard antilock brakes and traction control. All models come with a three-place front bench seat with a folding center storage armrest. At this interesting crease of the calendar, it appears that Buick's century is more of a come-and-gone affair rather than an up-and-coming prospect. Both ride a 109-inch wheelbase and come in four-door body styles. At this interesting crease of the calendar, it appears that Buick's century is more of a come-and-gone affair rather than an up-and-coming prospect. In contrast, the 1940 Series 50 combined the larger Roadmaster body with the smaller Special engine. But sometimes traffic conditions favor the more responsive behavior of third gear, and it takes a sort of half-nelson maneuver to crank the column shifter repeatedly into and out of third and fourth.