My dad traded in his 1972 Cadillac Sedan deVille for one of these and regretted it every second that he had it. I was actually quite fairly fond of it. I found it much easier to handle than that block long Caddy. Better on gas too although not as great as Dad thought it was going to be. Now, when, and I kid you not, you're getting THREE miles to the gallon anything is better but Dad thought the little car with a new fangled V-6 (actually not that new fangled) would get better than average 14 miles per gallon. Oh well. These little cars, built between 1978 and 1980 came with a wide variety of GM V-6 and V-8 engines. A 1981 redesign came with exclusive V-6 power. This included a turbo charged V-6 that would ultimately develop into the now legendary Buick Grand National and GNX.
These cars make GREAT hot rods. They're very light at approximately 3200 pounds which is about the same weight as today's Corvette. They have huge engine compartments that can swallow just about anything you want and (the best part!) they're rear wheel drive! Yeah! I've seen these things and the very similar Chevrolet Monte Carlo, Olds Cutlass and Pontiac Grand Prix with everything from a blown in line 4 to a big block Chevy 454 or Buick 455.
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