Buick Centurion
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Buick Centurion Cabriolet (1971)
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Centurion LeSabre Centurion |
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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.
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source
- John Gunnell (Editor): Standard Catalog of American Cars 1946–1975. Krause Publications Inc., Iola 2002, ISBN 0-87349-461-X .