ever seen this before?

[beermonkey9417]

i saw this on craigslist and wonderd if it was anything special
http://chicago.craigslist.org/nch/car/723444035.html
its a regal somerset limited, kinda looks like a labaron/regal mix...

 

[srercrcr]

Not a G, and you're looking at about half the production run.

 

[85 Cutlass Brougham]

It's the Buick variant of the Grand Am/Olds Calais. These cars were built on a modified J car (Cavalier, etc.) chassis.

 

[joe_padavano]

It's the Buick variant of the Grand Am/Olds Calais. These cars were built on a modified J car (Cavalier, etc.) chassis.

These are the N-body cars. First released for the 1985 model year. FWD with engines ranging from the 2.5 liter Iron Duke Pontiac motor through various 60 degree and 90 degree V6s. During this period GM had the brilliant marketing plan of calling all of their car lines the same name. Olds, for example, had three different car lines called "Cutlass", the G-body Cutlass Supreme, the FWD A-body Cutlass Ciera, and the N-body Cutlass Calais. This was further confusing because in 1984 and earlier, the Cutlass Calais name was used for a RWD G-body.

 

[pennsburg mike]

Yeah, I worked for olds from 84 till they went bye-bye...those were fun/confusing times...excuse me Mr. 70 year old what kind of car do you have...an olds!...yes sir which model...a cutlass!....yes sir which one....what do you mean which one!!!! an 85!!!??....doooohhh! :?

 

[Geesie]

The Somerset was supposed to be the replacement for the Skylark but the Skylark was a popular nameplate and calling something that's more Skylark than Regal the "Somerset Regal" just confused everyone.

So it died.