Big Ol’ Buicks, Norwegian Dust & a Whole Lotta Trouble

 

 

 Now, let me tell y’all a little somethin’ about the Buick Century. Quite a few of them ol’ American beauties made their way over to Norway back in the ’90s. But wouldn’t ya know it, a whole heap of ’em wound up sittin’ around at dealerships, collectin’ dust and rustin’ away well past the year 2000. Ain’t that a cryin’ shame?

I remember seein’ several of them Buick Centurys just sittin’ there at dealerships around Bærum in the late ’90s and early 2000s, lookin’ like nobody in the whole dang country wanted to take ’em home.

And get this, partner! Not too long ago, I knew a fella who told me his family actually owned one of them Buicks when he was just a young buck growin’ up in Bærum. Yep, right there in Norway, back in the late ’90s and early 2000s. How ’bout that!

Now, the Buick LeSabre MK6 and MK7, those were a slightly different breed of cattle. A little more modern, sure, but still sportin’ that good ol’ ’80s styling all the way through 1995, before somebody at Buick finally hollered, “Boys, reckon it's time we freshened this ol’ gal up!” And along came the ’96 facelift.

But shoot, them LeSabres didn't fare much better. A whole mess of ’em wound up gatherin’ dust at Norwegian dealerships too, from the late ’90s right on into the early 2000s.

Now, both the LeSabre and the Century made themselves mighty familiar on the silver screen back in the ’90s. You could hardly watch a good ol’ American movie without one of them big Buicks rollin’ through the scene.

And then, partner, there was the Buick Riviera MK7.

Oh, lordy, now THAT was a whole different animal! That big ol’ boulevard cruiser had itself a reputation as a straight-up mafia wagon in quite a few flicks throughout the ’80s and ’90s. The kinda car you'd expect some fella named Tony to pull up in, roll down the window, and say, “Get in, pal. We gotta talk.”

Yessir, them old Buicks sure were somethin’ else.