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Motor vehicle

Buick Centurion
1973 Buick Centurion convertible
Overview
Manufacturer	General Motors
Model years	1971–1973
Body and chassis
Body style	ii-door coupe 4-door hardtop 2-door convertible
Layout	FR layout
Platform	GM B platform
Powertrain
Engine	455 cu in (vii.5 L) V8 350 cu in (5.vii Fifty) V8
Transmission	three-speed automated
Chronology
Predecessor	Buick Mutiny

The Buick Centurion is a full-size car built from the 1971 through 1973 model years. Replacing the Wildcat as the sporty iteration of Buick's three full-size car lines, information technology slotted between the LeSabre and Electra in the lineup. The Centurion name was inspired by a Buick concept car, the name coming from that of an officer in the Roman Army. The motorcar'south emblem was non the traditional Buick tri-shield, but a side profile of a centurion.

1956 GM Motorama showcar [edit]

The Centurion proper name was first used on a Buick concept car in the 1956 Motorama. It featured a crimson and white fiberglass trunk, airplane-like interior blueprint, a fully clear "bubble superlative" roof and the first backup camera in identify of a rear-view mirror, although it was never shown to exist functional. This car currently resides in the Sloan Museum at the Flint Cultural Centre in Flint, Michigan.

1971–1973 [edit]

First seen on a concept motorcar, the Centurion was nearly identical to the contemporaneous Buick LeSabre, differing in badging and grillework, minimal chrome trim, and an absenteeism of the VentiPorts plant on other full-size Buicks. Trunk styles included two-door and four-door hardtops and a convertible. There were no pillared sedans. The two-door hardtop shared the handsome semi-fastback roofline with the LeSabre and other GM B-torso cars (such every bit the Chevrolet Impala Sport Coupe and the Olds Delta 88) forth with a standard vinyl roof.

1971 [edit]

1971 convertible, rear view

Replacing the Wildcat as the mid-line full-sized Buick positioned between the lower-priced LeSabre and the larger and more than luxurious C-body Electra 225, the Centurion was promoted more as a mid-level luxury car than the Mutiny, which was marketed as a sporty/luxury performance car. The Centurion was offered initially with only the 455-cubic-inch (7.five L) big-block V8 in two power output ranges determined by the presence of either a single or dual exhaust. The 1971 Centurion produced 315 hp (235 kW) at 4400 rpm and 510 lb⋅ft (690 Due north⋅m) of torque at 2800 rpm with the base 455. The Centurion was also offered in the 455 Stage 1 and manual manual configuration as well during the early portion of the 1971 model year. This was known as the A9 and B6 Option when ordering the car. What also separated the automobile from the LeSabre was that when the car would be ordered or recognized as a Centurion it would be branded as a 4P as the starting time two letters of the Vehicle Identification Number.

Interior trim was upgraded from LeSabres with a notchback bench seat including eye armrest standard equipment along with more luxurious cloth-and-vinyl or all-vinyl upholstery.

In March 1971, the three-speed Turbo Hydra-matic transmission became standard on all Centurions as well as the lower-priced LeSabres. Variable-ratio power steering and power front end disc brakes were standard equipment during the entire model year.

Full sales were 29,398,^[1] exceeding the Wildcat by about 25%.^[2]

1972 [edit]

The 1972 Centurion featured small-scale appearance changes including a revised vertical bar grille and taillight lenses.

Under the hood, the standard and only available 455 cubic-inch V8 was rated at 250 internet horsepower, which represented an "on-paper" decrease from the 315 gross horsepower rating in 1971. This was due to an manufacture-wide modify in horsepower measurements from the gross method by a dynamometer outside a vehicle with no accessories installed to a SAE internet method in which horsepower was measured as installed in a vehicle with accessories and emission controls hooked up. Turbo Hydra-matic transmission, variable ratio power steering and power front disc brakes were again standard equipment.

Sales climbed over 20%, to 36,165 for the model year.^[3]

1973 [edit]

1973 convertible owned past the Royal house of Kingdom of denmark, used past Henrik, Prince Consort

The 1973 Centurion featured a larger 5 mph (8.0 km/h) front end bumper and new vertical grille shared with LeSabre models along with revised taillights. The two-door hardtop coupe no longer included a standard vinyl roof and the distinctive formal rear window was replaced by a backlight shared with LeSabre coupes.

Under the hood, the standard engine was downgraded to a four-barrel 350 V8 rated at 175 net horsepower. The 250-horsepower 455 four-butt was now optional.

With the LeSabre convertible temporarily dropped after 1972 and the intermediate-sized Buick lineup (renamed from Skylark to Century for 1973) losing its droptop permanently after the 1972 model year, the Centurion was Buick's merely convertible offering in 1973. This would also be the final yr for the Centurion series, which was replaced for 1974 by the new LeSabre Luxus, which included the convertible reinstated to that line for another two model years. GM would not see another Buick convertible until the Buick Riviera in 1982.

Total Centurion product was 110,539 units, including 10,296 convertibles. With just 3 years of production, the Centurion had ane of the shortest model runs in modern Buick history.

References [edit]

^ Flory, J. "Kelly", Jr. American Cars 1960-1972 (Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Coy, 2004), p.796.
^ Flory, pp. 793, 796.
^ Flory, p.874.

External links [edit]

Buick Centurion Registry