1990 Buick Bolero

The Bolero concept, constructed in late 1989, took Buick into the future with a creative blend of sporty, expressive design, and practicality. Buick combined what their customers told them they have been looking for into the Bolero, presenting to the public where Buick was headed. The front-wheel-drive Bolero incorporates a supercharged 3300 V6 generating 206 horsepower. It has sequential-port electronic fuel-injection, and is coupled to a four-speed electronically-controlled automatic transmission with overdrive. The power under the hood is suggested by the car's aerodynamic shape, with a rear deck slightly higher than the hood and a steeply-raked windshield. The rhythmic Bolero features the famous Buick vertical bar grille, flanked by flush headlights. The rounded sections and the long wrap-around taillights also evoke images of Buick's heritage. Unique to the Bolero are fiber-optics used throughout the car; particularly in the taillights. One light panel extends the width of the rear, with bulbs on both ends. This was a break from the traditional use of taillight bulbs mounted in parabolas. Fiber optics are also used in the instrument panel, backlighting of controls, and in the doors. Inside the Bolero was a built-in cooler, dual cup holders, and portable radio headsets located in the rear of the front seats. All gauges in the instrument panel are analog, rather than digital, and controls for side-view mirrors, windows, and radio were push-button.

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This light blue mid-size car has a 3.3-liter V-6. It was considered a teaser for the 1992 Skylark. Its power is suggested by its aerodynamic shape, with a rear deck slightly higher than the hood. It has a steeply raked windshield, vertical-bar grille and smooth lines throughout. The car has a fiber optics light panel extended along the width of the rear, and other fiber optics are used in the instrument panel and doors. Designers had families in mind when they provided a built-in cooler in the rear package shelf, dual cupholders front and rear and portable radio headsets located in the rear of the front seats. Rear passengers could listen to their own music while in the car, and take the radios with them when they left.

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На данной машине обкатывались многие стилистические решения для серийного автомобиля Skylark 1992 модельного года. Серийная модель, за исключением решения передка, достаточно близко напоминает своего экспериментального предшественника.

Из того, что автомобиль Buick Bolero, 1990 года не дошел до серии, упомянем здесь только его особенности: волоконную оптику для задних габаритных огней и для освещения приборного щитка, смонтированный в полке под задним окном холодильник, а также пару радиоприемников, встроенных в подголовники передних сидений. Эти приемники предназначались для задних пассажиров; они даже могли, выходя из салона, прихватить свое радио с собою, благо каждый из приемников работал от автономного источника питания.

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