1982 Buick Regal

1982 Buick Regal in Magnum, P.I., TV Series, 1980-1988 Ep. 5.11

Class: Cars, Sedan — Model origin:

Minor action vehicle or used in only a short scene

Author	Message
Drujon ◊ 2008-03-20 20:44	That's a 1980 Buick Regal Sedan.
Ddey65 ◊ 2008-03-20 22:53	I thought it was an Oldsmobile Cutlass at first, but now I see you're right, drujon.
philr ◊ 2008-03-21 09:49	It's not a 1980. In 1980, there was no Regal sedan. The Regal sedan replaced the RWD Century in 1982 when the new generation FWD Century was introduced. One easy way to distinguish both models from the rear, the Regal had a small script in it's passenger side taillight and the rear flasher lenses were red (except on some export models). The 1980-81 Century had amber rear flasher lenses. Thsi car is a 1982 or newer Regal sedan.
cko ◊ 2011-10-19 12:48	This has amber lenses, though they arent easy to notice on here. The grainy film quality partially distorts the coloring.
philr ◊ 2011-11-09 08:06	cko wrote This has amber lenses, though they arent easy to notice on here. The grainy film quality partially distorts the coloring. Why do you say that? They are red! The only Regal sedans with amber flashers at the rear were those that had their taillights replaced by older Century taillights or those were sold in Europe (I've seen one in Europe that did use the previous Century taillights as amber lenses are mandatory in some European countries).
cko ◊ 2012-01-01 18:40	I say that because thats certaintly how it looks on my screen but as I said, the picture quality isnt tops.