1958 Buick Century
1958 Buick Century-Luxury classic car
The name Buick Century was the model name utilized by the Buick division of GM for their line of full-size performance cars from 1936 until 1942, from 1954 until 158 and from 1973 until 2005 for a mid-size vehicle. For the 1936 model year Buick renamed its entire model lineup in celebration of the engineering modifications and design advancements over their 1935 models.
1958 Buick Century American retro car
From 1936 until 1942 the Buick Century was created by joining sorter wheelbase Buick Special bodies to Buick’s strongest eight-cylinder engine. The Special was driven by Buick‘s 233in? that was rated at 93hp at 3,200 rpm, while Buick Centuries that were produced from 1936 until 1942 were powered by Buick‘s inline 320.2in? at 120 hp. Both of these capacities made them the fastest Buicks of the era and both were capable of producing speeds of 95 mph plus. They earned the Century nickname ‘the banker’s hot rod.’ At the end of the 1942 model year the Century was discontinued and the total model production only ended up counting for 10% of Buick‘s entire output.
1958 Buick Century Luxury black car
TheCentury continued to remain in Buick‘s performance lineup with the engine power rising from 200 in 1954 to 236 in 1955, jumping to 255 in 1956 and in 1957 and 1958 it topped out at 300 from a bored-out 364 cubic inch engine. These were the final model years for the full-sized Century line.
1958 Buick Century American classic car
From 1957 until 1958 the Century received GM’s only hardtop station wagon, the Century Caballero, and this was because the Century was considered the senior ‘small Buick’. Unfortunately the Caballero was not very popular to consumer, and the tolling was too expensive, and this caused GM to drop the hardtop station wagon body style. It resumed it 1959 divisional-wide new design program. TheCentury was renamed the Invicta for 1959.
