nighthawk355x
Disciple of speed
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I know they had some aluminum goodies and what-not, but were they all black? My main question is, what were the available options paint and interior wise?
I know they had some aluminum goodies and what-not, but were they all black? My main question is, what were the available options paint and interior wise?
As kirban put it -they were made to comply with federal manurfacturing weight restrictions-they were not supposed to go over a total weight restriction for the amount of cars that were manurfactured thus the light weight version Turbo T-WE-4.a lightweight GN.
huh? what kind of a weight restriction? this just sounds like one of those myths that became truth once it got around the interwebs.
lightweight versions of cars were made for one reason- because some people wanted lightweight versions of cars.
doesnt need to be in that spot though my we4 is in that column but at the bottom row color code is correct
This whole weight to cars built ratio thing sounds like a bunch of made up bs.
This whole weight to cars built ratio thing sounds like a bunch of made up bs. If it was that way they would have to know how many cars they were going to make, break down every one with option weight, and take order forms away from the dealers. Or if ass backwards they would stop GN production all together and say "alright, we are only making we4s now and this one will have this option package, this will have ttops, this will have mouse turds, and this one will have the factory rust weight reduction option due to the fact we put concert sound in with this moonroof car
Pretty much true, or what Dennis Kirban qouted. 87 was whole new ball game when compared to the 86 model year. Lots of politics being played by Buick as far as GM goes. Basically Buick didn't sell a whole lot of lighter 4 cylinder cars like Chevy did for example. So, as dumb as it sounds, they added weight to the GN to tilt the CAFE figure in their favor. In a way you are right that the numbers are BS. Buick could build all the Turbo Regals they wanted to but the non-GN models could only be 33% of total production. I've never been able to get the numbers to add up either. Now the WE4 Turbo-T was one of those gimmicks Buick came up with to sell more GNs......not Turbo Regals as one might think. Let's face it. The GN was the golden child. Any other Regal was just a sales dud. Just look at the figures. Twice as many GNs built compared to the other Turbo Regals combined. The WE4 was made a quasi GN for a reason. To sell more non GNs so Buick could sell more GNs. Confused yet?
Basically when a dealer checked off the WE4 box on the order form it created a list of fixed options...or should I say mandatory equipment. WE4 got you LC2,Y56,W02,VH6, Black paint and a gray bucket seat interior. Any option available on a W02 Regal was available on the WE4. More WE4s with either a T-top or Astroroof were made than solid roof models which ironically made them about equal in weight to your average solid roof GN. So much for the factory light weight myth.
by '86, i think Buick had switched over to the LeSabre as the Winston Cup body. the Buick Regal's dominance stopped when the Fox based Thunderbirds came out in the early 80's, and later when the Monte SS and later SS Aerocoupe and Pontiac 2+2 bodies started driving circles around everyone else.CAFE wasn’t based on the weight of each car; it was based on the platform (now you see why one car has multiple platforms); no myth, no BS. If you check back; GM and Buick were selling plenty of cars in 86 and 87. The two of the most popular cars at the time were the Regal and the Cutlass. I don’t know about the GN being the Golden Child; but Chevy sure didn’t like having their nose rubbed in Winston Cup.