When I married my wife in 1983 I inherited her 1978 Buick, which she had bought new in 1978. It had the Turbocharged 3.8 V-6 which I think provided 165 HP. By today's standards, that is pathetic.
I think the '70's represents the beginning of the decline of the North American auto industry. The Turbo was fairly strong and smooth and the car handled reasonably well but the fit and finish was awful. It had no extras, just an AM radio.
We had this car a long time though, right up to 1999, 21 years in total! Believe it or not when we sold it, it had only been driven 65,000 miles. We always had more desirable cars to drive and it was parked a lot. We sold it for $500.
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