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1910 Buick Model 10 Surrey

Buick Cars By Year

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1925 1927 1928 1930 1932 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1946 1947 1948 1949

1950 1951 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973

1977 1982 1983 1986 1987 1990 1991 1996

2000

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Buick History

Buick Motor Division
General Motors Corporation
1051 E. Hamilton Avenue
Flint, Michigan 48550
Website: www.Buick.com

The Buick Motor Car Company of Flint, Michigan was the automobile company on which William Durant built the General Motors Corporation.

David Dunbar Buick built a small plumbing business in Detriot, Michigan, and developed a method of annealing porcelain to iron, making white bathtubs possible. In 1900 he started experimenting with gasoline engines and developed the valve-in-head engine that became a Buick hallmark

Buick formed the Buick Motor Car Company and began automobile manufacturing in 1903. A year later Buick was joined by William C. Durant. In 1907, Buick left the Buick Motor Car Company due to differences with Durant.

In 1908, Durant formed General Motors Corp, making the Buick Motor Company a division of the new company, and by buying the Oldsmobile, Cadillac, and Oakland car companies.

The original Buick cars built in 1903 had a flat-twin engine mounted amidship under the floor, a common design in early cars. What made the Buick engines different were that they were mechanically operated by full overhead valves, a feature of all cars bearing the Buick name. The transmission was two-speed planetary with final drive by chain.

Four-cylinder engines were introduced in 1907. In 1909 Bob Burman drove a Buick to victory in the first race ever held at the Indianapolis Speedway.

Electric starting and lighting were added in 1914.

In 1915 the American Red Cross chose Buick for its ambulances.

In 1930, the Buick Division of General Motors creates a new brand, "Marquette", to build a smaller, less expensive car. The brand lasted only one year even though over 35,000 were sold.

Buick Annual Production

1909	14,606
1916	126,000
1929	196,104
1930	181,743
1940	311,000