Buick LeSabre

Buick LeSabre
2000 - 2005 Buick LeSabre
Overview
Manufacturer	Buick (General Motors)
Model years	1959–2005
Assembly	Buick City, Flint, Michigan U.S. (through 1999 model year) Detroit/Hamtramck Assembly, Michigan, U.S. (2000-2005 model years)
Body and chassis
Class	Full-size car
Chronology
Predecessor	Buick Special
Successor	Buick Lucerne

First generation

Overview
Model years	1959–1960
Body and chassis
Body style	2-door convertible 2-door sedan 4-door sedan 4-door hardtop 2-door hardtop 4-door station wagon
Layout	FR layout
Platform	B-body
Related	Pontiac Catalina Chevrolet Impala Buick Invicta Chevrolet Biscayne Chevrolet Bel Air Oldsmobile Super 88 Oldsmobile Dynamic 88 Pontiac Bonneville Pontiac Parisienne (Canada Only) Pontiac Star Chief Pontiac Strato Chief (Canada Only) Pontiac Ventura
Powertrain
Engine	364 cu in (6.0 L) 250 hp (190 kW) V8
Transmission	3-speed manual 2-speed automatic

Second generation

Overview
Model years	1961–1964
Body and chassis
Body style	2-door sedan 2-door hardtop 2-door convertible 4-door sedan 4-door hardtop 4-door station wagon
Layout	FR layout
Platform	B-body
Powertrain
Engine	300 cu in (4.9 L) Small-Block V8 364 cu in (6.0 L) Nailhead V8 401 cu in (6.6 L) Nailhead V8
Transmission	3/4-speed manual 2/3-speed automatic

Third generation
1966 LeSabre sedan
Overview
Model years	1965–1970
Body and chassis
Body style	2-door convertible 2-door hardtop 4-door sedan 4-door hardtop sedan
Layout	FR layout
Platform	B-body
Related	Chevrolet Bel Air Chevrolet Impala Chevrolet Caprice Chevrolet Biscayne Pontiac Parisienne Pontiac Catalina/Laurentian Pontiac Bonneville
Powertrain
Engine	300 cu in (4.9 L) Buick V8 340 cu in (5.6 L) Buick V8 350 cu in (5.7 L) Buick V8 455 cu in (7.5 L) Buick V8
Transmission	2-speed ST-300 automatic 3-speed ST-400 automatic 3-speed TH-350 automatic

Fourth generation

Overview
Model years	1971–1976
Body and chassis
Body style	2-door convertible 2-door hardtop 4-door sedan 4-door hardtop
Layout	FR layout
Platform	B-body
Related	Chevrolet Bel Air Chevrolet Impala Chevrolet Caprice Pontiac Parisienne Pontiac Catalina/Laurentian Pontiac Bonneville Oldsmobile 88 Buick Centurion
Powertrain
Engine	231 cu in (3.8 L) Buick V6 350 cu in (5.7 L) Buick V8 455 cu in (7.5 L) Buick V8
Transmission	3-speed automatic

Fifth generation

Overview
Model years	1977–1985
Body and chassis
Body style	2-door coupe 4-door sedan 4-door station wagon
Layout	FR layout
Platform	B-body
Related	Chevrolet Caprice Chevrolet Impala Pontiac Bonneville Pontiac Catalina/Laurentian Pontiac Parisienne Pontiac Safari Oldsmobile Custom Cruiser Oldsmobile 88 Buick Estate
Powertrain
Engine	231 cu in (3.8 L) Buick V6 252 cu in (4.1 L) Buick V6 301 cu in (4.9 L) Pontiac V8 307 cu in (5.0 L) Oldsmobile V8 350 cu in (5.7 L) Buick V8 350 cu in (5.7 L) Oldsmobile Diesel V8 403 cu in (6.6 L) Oldsmobile V8
Transmission	3-speed Turbo-Hydramatic automatic 4-speed THM200-4R automatic

Sixth generation
1986 LeSabre sedan
Overview
Model years	1986–1991
Assembly	Flint, Michigan, United States
Body and chassis
Body style	2-door coupe 4-door sedan
Layout	Transverse front-engine, front-wheel drive
Platform	H-body
Related	Pontiac Bonneville Oldsmobile 88 Buick Electra
Powertrain
Engine	3.0 L LN7 V6 3.8 L LG2/LG3 V6 3.8 L LN3 V6
Transmission	4-speed 4T60 automatic
Dimensions
Wheelbase	110.8 in (2,814 mm)
Length	196.5 in (4,991 mm) 197.2 in (5,009 mm) (Limited)
Width	72.0 in (1,829 mm)
Height	55.4 in (1,407 mm)

Seventh generation

Overview
Model years	1992–1999
Assembly	Flint, Michigan, United States
Designer	Bill Porter
Body and chassis
Body style	4-door sedan
Layout	Transverse front-engine, front-wheel drive
Platform	H-body
Related	Oldsmobile 88/Regency/LSS Pontiac Bonneville
Powertrain
Engine	3.8 L 3800 Series I V6 3.8 L 3800 Series II V6
Transmission	4-speed 4T60-E automatic 4-speed 4T65-E automatic
Dimensions
Wheelbase	110.8 in (2,814 mm)
Length	200.0 in (5,080 mm) (1992–96) 200.8 in (5,100 mm) (1997–99)
Width	74.9 in (1,902 mm) (1997–99) 74.9 in (1,902 mm) (1992–96)
Height	55.7 in (1,415 mm) (1992–96) 55.6 in (1,412 mm) (1997–99) 55.9 in (1,420 mm) (1997–99)

Eighth generation

Overview
Model years	2000–2005
Assembly	Lake Orion, Michigan, United States Hamtramck, Michigan, United States
Body and chassis
Body style	4-door sedan
Layout	Transverse front-engine, front-wheel drive
Platform	G platform
Related	Pontiac Bonneville Oldsmobile Aurora Buick Riviera
Powertrain
Engine	3.8 L Series II Buick 3800 V6
Transmission	4-speed 4T65-E automatic
Dimensions
Wheelbase	112.2 in (2,850 mm)
Length	200 in (5,080 mm)
Width	73.5 in (1,867 mm)
Height	57 in (1,448 mm)

Buick City, Flint, Michigan
U.S. (through 1999 model year)

The Buick LeSabre is a full-size car made by General Motors from 1959-2005. For many years, the LeSabre was considered as a full-size car, carrying the lowest base price in the Buick lineup. Prior to 1959, this position had been retained by the full-size Buick Special model (1936–58); in 1959 the LeSabre replaced the Special, a nameplate that was reintroduced in 1961 for Buick's line of compact cars. The name originated with the 1951 GM Le Sabre show car designed by Harley Earl; that car is often mistakenly attributed to the Buick division, but in fact it was presented as a GM vehicle without reference to a specific GM division. Buick closely related their 1956-1957 models to the GM LeSabre by replicating the top section of the rear wing into their design.. The word LeSabre is French for sabre.

The LeSabre nameplate made its first appearance on the 1951 Le Sabre show car, which introduced the world to aircraft-inspired design elements such as the wrap-around windshield and tail fins. There is a V12 for the Buick LeSabre (5.00L) which originated in 1953. In 1959 LeSabre became the new moniker for what had previously been known as the Buick Special. The Buick LeSabre was offered in a full line of body styles except between 1965-1969 when its station wagon variant was dropped from Buick's full-size offerings. In 1977, the LeSabre was downsized along with other GM full-size models, and was available only in pillared coupe, sedan and wagon body styles.

In addition to being Buick's entry level vehicle, the LeSabre was consistently Buick's best selling full-size car. Of the four nameplates introduced in 1959 (LeSabre, Invicta, Electra, Electra 225), the LeSabre nameplate lasted the longest.

From 1959 to 1961, the LeSabre was powered by a 364 cubic-inch V8, which was smaller than the 401 cubic-inch V8 used in the more expensive Invicta and Electra models. The 364, which was previously used in all Buicks in 1957 and 1958, was rated at 250 horsepower (190 kW) in standard form with an "economy" 235 horsepower (175 kW) version offered as a "no cost" option in 1960-61 and an optional power-pack version with four-barrel carburetor and dual exhausts that was rated at 300 horsepower (220 kW). For 1962-63, the LeSabre came standard with a two-barrel carbureted version of the 401 V8 rated at 280 horsepower (210 kW), or a no-cost "economy" low-compression version rated at 260 horsepower (190 kW). Starting in 1964, all LeSabre models except the Estate Wagon shared their drivetrains with the midsize Buick models by switching to those models' smaller-displacement V8s at least as standard equipment for the next few years with cubic-inch displacements of 300 (1964–65), 340 (1966–67) and 350 (1968–76). A large-displacement would not reappear in a LeSabre until 1970 when a 455 cubic-inch V8 was introduced as an option and was offered through 1976. Beginning with the downsized 1977 models and continuing through three subsequent generations of front-drive LeSabres introduced in 1986, 1992 and 2000, Buick's 3.8-liter (231 cubic-inch)V6 would become the standard engine for most LeSabre models and V8 engines were dropped (except in station wagons) after the last of the rear-drive LeSabre sedans and coupes came off the line in 1985.

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