Buick used the name Century for a first series of cars between 1936 and 1942. “Century” reappeared in 1954 for only four years, then again from 1973 to 2005. This 1974 model year is a third-generation Century, manufactured from 1973 to 1977. The long bonnet houses either a 5.7-litre or a 7.5-litre V8.