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Lately, they seem to be paying more attention to profit than to quality. Take, for example, the plastic intake manifold on the 3100cc (3800?) that breaks after 80,000 miles, causing a bunch of damage.
The engine in my '97 Buick Century is the 3100 with the aluminum manifold. It's unrefined, lacks low-end torque, and produces less power than it should be producing for the fuel economy it gets. The automatic transmission shifts sluggishly, and the gearing drops the engine to well below the torque band on upshifts.
I think that they could work this out fairly easily, and without costing them much, so I dont' think they're really doing what they should as a car manufacturer. I also suppose my complaints come from the fact that I'm one of three poepl in the country who is under age 60 and drives a Buick Century, but I think they could do better.
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