Buick 1994 Roadmaster - Page 8

In World War II, Buick built aircraft engines, tanks and A high-compression V-8 engine was introduced in 1953.
other military hardware. This post-war period brought And Buick’s famous vertical pillar “toothy” grille,
great styling and engineering changes which resulted in (introduced
in 1942), became more massive in the
increased sales. The torque converter automatic post-war era.
transmission, Dynaflow, was introduced in the 1948
Roadmaster. Buick’s famous “portholes” came along in
1949.
1953 Skylark
Motor Trend magazine named the 1962 Buick $pecial,
I949 Roadmaster
“Car of the Year”. The first production V-6 engine was
used
in the Special.
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