The words "sporty Buick " have never quite rolled off the tongue, but over the years, Buick has produced a surprising number of performance cars, from the speedy prewar Century to the turbocharged Grand ...
The Hydra-Matic, GM's first fully automatic transmission, was a great success, inspiring a host of rivals -- including some within General Motors itself. This week, we look at the origins of Dynaflow and ...
By any standard, the original Hydra-Matic transmission was one of the most important innovations in the history of the automobile. It wasn't the first automatic transmission, but it was the first one that ...
Although it's best known for building stodgy middle-class sedans, GM's Buick division has occasionally cultivated a rather racy image. The 1938-42 Buick Century was among the fastest cars in America before ...
When this car debuted in the fall of 1966, many Cadillac loyalists were no doubt puzzled. Not only was it the sportiest Cadillac in many a year, it was also the division's most technically daring effort ...
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When the Citroën DS debuted in 1955, it was indisputably the most advanced family sedan in the world. Naturally, the proud British auto industry was not about to take such a challenge lying down, but it ...
... Buick Skylark. Click to read more about the original, 1953-1954 Buick Skylark
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... earlier, though, it was not Pontiac, but Buick that set the pace -- and built the fastest production sedan in America: the Buick Century. Click here to read more about the 1936-1942 Buick Century
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From the "what tangled webs we weave" department comes this odd tale of how Buick 's efforts to build an economy car in the early 1960s gave birth to the premier British hot rod engine and a V6 that was ...
... 1971-1973 "Boattail" Buick Riviera
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... tenure -- and one of his personal favorites -- was the 1963 to 1965 Buick Riviera, a stylish coupe that finally put GM on the map in the lucrative personal luxury market. But if it had gone according ...
