Buick was on a roll in 1949. With nearly 350,000 Buicks built, some 85,000 of them being the top-of-the-line Roadmaster, new body designs like ...
Since 1930 Buick‘s lineup was entirely “valve-in-head” straight-eight powered, and Buick was quick to adopt the design and styling trends coming from Harley Earl’s ...
General Motors dazzled the automotive world in 1953 with the unveiling of three special convertible models to highlight GM’s industry-leading design under the leadership of ...
1933 was the low point in Buick production during the Great Depression with only 40,620 cars built, but under the leadership of energetic and efficient ...
The 1949 Buick Super combined the new body design of the Roadmaster with the shorter wheelbase of the Special to create a highly regarded ...
Buick formed the core of General Motors during the early years of Alfred P. Sloan, Jr.’s long and successful administration. Profitable and firmly established ...
In the late 30’s Harlow Curtice was running Buick and he had it on a collision course with Cadillac. From the Series 40 Specials ...
David Buick’s company was one of America’s most successful automobile companies in 1907, effectively doubling its sales each year from 1906 through 1908. Buick was ...
Buick entered the postwar years in better shape than many of its counterparts, having embarked on an ambitious redesign for the short-lived 1942 model year ...
With newfound energy and optimism in the aftermath of World War II, American car companies were rushing to produce fresh new designs for this new ...
In contemporary terms Buick slipped in 1958, dropping to fifth in Detroit’s production race behind Chevy, Ford, Plymouth and GM rival Oldsmobile. Among collectors, however, ...
The Buick Riviera was one of the first designs created entirely under Bill Mitchell’s leadership of GM Styling and it was dramatically different, emphasizing ...