The Buick Century and Oldsmobile Cutlass Aeroback coupe and 4 door sedans were some of the ugliest designs out of Detroit in the late 1970's. GM took a standard 2 or 4 door and slapped this abomination of a hatchback to a nice looking car, but to what purpose. Were people clamoring for a hatchback Cutlass or Regal? Did GM need a sleek design to go racing with? Whatever the case, the designers must have been on hallucinogenic minerals when these things were on the drawing board. If forced to drive one of these things, I would have only taken it out after dark, and would have considered getting a limo tint on the windows. Thankfully there are not many left on the streets in America. Do you think the designers of this car have it in their portfolio when looking for a new job?
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Just a weird car...
Weird is a nice word for this car.
Come on now, aren't you both being a bit harsh? It probably took the designer at least a couple of minutes to come up with such a complex shape. I wounder if this were a third grader's school art project?
These cars were NOT hatchbacks. They had regular trunk lids. On 4 door models and wagons the windows in the rear doors were fixed in place. The triangle window in the rear 1/4 opened out 1" Imagine that on a hot day with out A/C...
I have this car, and it's my pride and joy. Never breaks down and brings joy to everyone who crosses it's path. So fuck off!
Got one with the olds 260 ci never left me stranded and the style has grown on me. Not too bad at the track stock either.
They needed something even uglier to take attention away fro the butt ugly Cadillac ElDorado with the whacked of back end
The horror......the horror....
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Love that car. Very dependable.
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