Much of the J-car’s basic engineering appeared in the 1985 Somerset Regal, a notchback two-door heralding the arrival of GM’s new N-body. Buick wasn’t able to trade on the popular Regal name the way Olds did with Cutlass, so this car soon became just Somerset. Companion N-body four-doors arrived for ’86 under the Skylark, finishing off the last X-body models; Somersets became Skylarks two years later.
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