Buick picks top 11 highlights from first 11 decades
#16
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Bad*** cars IMO. I could be wrong but I think they had the modular 4.6L V8 that pushed 300hp
I test-drove a Marauder, and, while I did like the general looks and interior, Its power-to-weight ratio and general throttle-response, for a car of this type, simply didn't impress me. One thing it did do, though, I noticed, during the test-drive, was get people to slow down in front of me and get out of my way.....its plain, black-out looks, and being a twin to the Crown-Vic, apparantly made some drivers (especially speeding ones) think it was an unmarked police car.
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#17
Dark red and silver were offered on later ones as options.
Good-looking, maybe, but not so bad-a** on the street. Yes, they had a Mustang-based 4.6L....in a car that was far bigger and heavier than any Mustang. Both the Buick GNX/Grand National and the large, RWD, full-sized 5.7L Impala SS could handily outrun it, though, by today's standards, none of these cars really handled well, despite their police-spec suspension and brakes.
I test-drove a Marauder, and, while I did like the general looks and interior, Its power-to-weight ratio and general throttle-response, for a car of this type, simply didn't impress me. One thing it did do, though, I noticed, during the test-drive, was get people to slow down in front of me and get out of my way.....its plain, black-out looks, and being a twin to the Crown-Vic, apparantly made some drivers (especially speeding ones) think it was an unmarked police car.
Good-looking, maybe, but not so bad-a** on the street. Yes, they had a Mustang-based 4.6L....in a car that was far bigger and heavier than any Mustang. Both the Buick GNX/Grand National and the large, RWD, full-sized 5.7L Impala SS could handily outrun it, though, by today's standards, none of these cars really handled well, despite their police-spec suspension and brakes.
I test-drove a Marauder, and, while I did like the general looks and interior, Its power-to-weight ratio and general throttle-response, for a car of this type, simply didn't impress me. One thing it did do, though, I noticed, during the test-drive, was get people to slow down in front of me and get out of my way.....its plain, black-out looks, and being a twin to the Crown-Vic, apparantly made some drivers (especially speeding ones) think it was an unmarked police car.
#18
While a Mustang GT had a SOHC 4.6L with 260 HP in '03, the Marauder had the DOHC version similar to the Mustang Cobra (but not supercharged) and one of my personal favorites, the Lincoln Mark VIII. The GM 5.7L had better torque down low, but the 4.6 cammer was smooth and strong up higher in the rev range. In general I'm a GM guy but I do have a soft spot for the last 2 gens of Lincoln coupes, having owned and loved an '89 Mark VII LSC, '91 LSC and '94 Mark VIII. The 7s had the Mustang 5.0L H.O. while 8s had the DOHC 4.6L modular. My last one looked exactly like this - Deep Jewel Green with the factory alloys chromed:
Last edited by MX5; 04-24-13 at 07:37 PM.
#21
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I didn't care for the later (early-70s) Centurion. Like the other full-sized Buicks (and other full-size GM cars) of that vintage, the assembly-solidness, fit/finish, and quality of materials inside and out was a big letdown from the nicely-done '69-70 models. This was back in the days before energy-absorbing bumpers were required (they were added in 1973), I remember that Consumer Reports, back then, in 5-MPH bumper-impact testing of the full-size GM cars, found an average 33% (one-third) increase in the amount of body damage from the '70 to the '71 models. Pathetic.
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