I know, I know; Broughams will never die in certain parts of the country. But here; well, that’s enough to get me to peel off a quick shot, but not enough to walk across the street. And when else am I going to use this shot, since today is a Regal sort of day? Now if only they’d taken half a minute and glued on the Brougham emblem straight:
Is that a recurring Regal problem? The Regal Coupe CC has an askew badge too:
The moniker “Regal” was always a bit optimistic. Maybe something like the “Buick Vapid Gran Malinger” would have been more appropriate.
Aw come on man, it’s not like the cars that were named for the last place you’d ever expect to find them, like Monte Carlo, Granada, Corsica, Edsel Bremuda, (late 90s) Malibu, I’m sure the list could go on…
Dan, How about the Lincoln Versailles or Dodge Aspen? I remember they were included in the Car & Driver 10 Best for “Dull Cars With Exciting Names” about 15 years ago.
Just to be a completest: Kaiser Manhattan, Mercury Monterey, Panhard Nice, Dodge Monaco, Pontiac LeMans; C/D, January 1994.
Did the line run too fast for the stoned people working there?
See comment on other Regal post.
I still really rather have a Buick, and I’ll even let Paul off easy for confusing the W-body Century with a contemporary Regal.
It’s a common mistake, but the Century was a Regal with a 3.1 V6 instead of a 3800 and chromier fascias.
Thanks; it’s been a busy morning and obviously recent Buicks are not as much of my specialty as old Peugeots. But if I fix it, that will screw the story up. Live (with it) and learn.
Paul, that Brougham emblem looks like it’s off of an early 90’s vintage Cadillac Brougham. Maybe it was added after the fact, or the dealer that installed the top had some NOS badges on hand. Also, in the picture, it looks like the badge is level with the car, but not the trim strip and lower window molding, which both curve up toward the rear deck.
Seeing how the car is from Florida, I am not surprised. If anything, I would have expected even more um, “embellishments” on it…
And hey, not all Broughams are bad, some can be rather Supreme…. 🙂
The last time the convertible or Carson tops looked good on a car was the 1950’s. When my wife and I were first married, we had a 77 Olds Delta 88 Holiday Coupe with a 1/4 padded vinyl roof. It was a scab on an otherwise nice looking car. Unfortunately, at the time we repainted the car, we couldn’t afford the extra $200 to remove it and all of it’s trim. Bummer.
Usually, this kind of roof (I know them as a ‘faux-convertible’ or a ‘convertible’ roof depending upon where you’re from) is a dealer-installed item. Which would explain why this monstrosity is on a low line Century sedan, and not a Regal or a Park Avenue. Frankly I didn’t think this kind of thing was popular beyond the Eastern side of the US.
Oh now I see it has Florida tags. OK, that explains a lot…
Florida cars, the land of a thousand stereotypes!
Yikes, they should’ve sprung for some wire wheels instead of that padded top.