Buick Centurion

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Buick Centurion Cabriolet (1971)
Buick Centurion Cabriolet (1971)
Centurion
LeSabre Centurion
Production period: 1971-1973
Class : upper middle class
Body versions : Sedan , coupe , convertible
Engines:
Gasoline engines : 5.7–7.5 liters
(129–232 kW)
Length: 5605-5799 mm
Width: 2025 mm
Height: 1380 mm
Wheelbase : 3150-3226 mm
Empty weight : 1900-2150 kg
Previous model Buick Wildcat
successor Buick LeSabre

The Buick Centurion was an upper-middle-class sporty car that Buick produced from 1971 to 1973 as the successor to the Wildcat . The name Centurion is derived from Century, which was built from 1937 to 1958 .

GM concept vehicle

The name Centurion first appeared on a concept vehicle that was exhibited at Motorama in 1956 . It had a red and white body made of glass fiber reinforced plastic , an airplane-like interior and a completely transparent glass dome as a roof.

Centurion (1971–1973)

Visually, the Centurion almost matched its sister model LeSabre, but had different emblems and a different grille, only a little chrome trim and no ventilation openings on the sides of the front fenders, as they were common on the big Buick. There was a four-door hardtop sedan, a two-door hardtop coupe, and a two-door convertible. There were no sedans with B-pillars.

The Centurion was initially offered with a big-block V8 with a displacement of 7456 cm³ in two power levels - depending on whether it was connected to a single or double exhaust. In 1973 there was a small-block V8 with 5735 cm³ as the basic engine, with the 7.5 l V8 in both power levels being installed on request.

The 1971 Centurion-developed 315 hp (232 kW) at 4400 min -1 and 450 ft.lbs. (610 Nm) torque at 2800 min −1 . From 1972 only SAE-PS (nhp) were given. 1972 and 1973 with the power output of 225 hp (165 kW) at 4000 min -1 and the torque with 360 ft.lbs. (490 nm) at 2600 min -1 indicated. The 5.7 liter V8 made 195 hp (129 kW) at 4000 min -1 and had a torque of 290 ft.lbs. (390 nm) at 2800 min -1 . In 1973 the Centurion was a sub-series of the Buick LeSabre.

A total of 110,539 Centurions were produced, of which 10,296 were convertibles. At just three years old, the Centurion had one of the shortest production times in modern Buick history. From 1974 it was replaced by the LeSabre Luxus , as market interest turned away from large, sporty cars.

Web links

Commons : Buick Centurion  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

source

  • John Gunnell (Editor): Standard Catalog of American Cars 1946–1975. Krause Publications Inc., Iola 2002, ISBN 0-87349-461-X .