 1940 Buick Coupé Straight 8 Special 4.3 L The Buick Special was an automobile produced by the Buick Motor Division of General Motors, Flint, Michigan (USA). 1940 Buick Coupé Straight 8 Special 4. ...
1940 Buick Coupé Straight 8 Special 4. ...
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Buick is a brand of automobile built in the United States, Canada, and China by General Motors Corporation. ...
General Motors Corporation (NYSE: GM), also known as GM, is an American automobile maker with worldwide operations and brands including Buick, Cadillac, Chevrolet, GMC, Holden, Hummer, Opel, Pontiac, Saturn, Saab and Vauxhall. ...
Nickname: The Vehicle City, Buick City, Flint Town, Bedrock, The 810 Location of Flint within Genesee County, Michigan. ...
From 1936 to 1958, Buick's Special model range represented the marque's entry level full-size automobile. By 1955, the Buick Special was one of America's best selling automotive series. Buick Specials are easily identified — the model range had three ventports while senior Buicks had four. 1936 (MCMXXXVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ...
1958 (MCMLVIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
2001 BMW 750iL A full-size car is a term used in North America for an automobile larger than a mid-size car, usually having a wheelbase greater than 2. ...
1955 (MCMLV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Buick suspended the Buick Special name badge at the end of the 1958 model year, with the name Buick LeSabre used in its place to denote Buicks least expensive full size car. The Buick LeSabre was a fullsize car made by the Buick division of General Motors. ...
1961
In 1961, the car returned after a short absence of 2 years, but this time it was on the brand new unibody intermediate GM A platform. The Special was powered by an innovative aluminum-block 215 in³ V8. In mid-year a Skylark option was released with special trim, optional bucket seats and a 4 barrel version of the 215. 1961 (MCMLXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1961 calendar). ...
A mid-size car, frequently referred to as an intermediate, is an automobile with a size between that of a compact and a full-size or standard-size car. ...
It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into List of GM platforms. ...
Chevrolets small-block V8 engines began with the 1955 265 in³ (4. ...
The Liberty V8 aircraft engine clearly shows the configuration A V8 engine is a V engine with eight cylinders. ...
1962 In 1962, the Special was the first American car to use a V6 engine. This 198 in³ Fireball was reverse-engineered from the 215 and used many of the same design parameters, but was cast in iron. Output was 135 hp (gross) at 4600 RPM and 205 ft·lbff at 2400 RPM. In their test that year, Road & Track was impressed with Buick's "practical" new V6, saying it "sounds and performs exactly like the aluminum V8 in most respects." 1962 (MCMLXII) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar). ...
This page lists superlatives of the automobile industry - that is, the smallest, largest, fastest, lightest, best-selling, and other such topics. ...
The Ford Essex V6 engine V6 and V-6 redirect here. ...
The Buick V6 engine family, sometimes called the Fireball, is a large V6 engine used by General Motors. ...
Road & Track is an automobile enthusiast magazine in the United States, founded by two friends in 1947. ...
The V6 Special was Motor Trend magazine's Car of the Year for 1962. Motor Trend is one of the oldest automotive magazines still publishing. ...
Car of the Year is a phrase usually considered to have been invented by Motor Trend magazine in the 1950s for their annual award for best automobile. ...
The Skylark also became a separate series for 1962. The Buick Skylark was a passenger car produced by the Buick division of General Motors. ...
1964-1972
 1965 Buick Special convertible The Special, along with the upscale Skylark, were redesigned for the 1964 model year with separate body-on-frame construction and marketed as an intermediate-sized car. The Skylark was expanded to a full top-line series that now included two- and four-door sedans, two-door hardtop coupe and convertible, along with a station wagon. The other series models included the base Special and the slightly fancier Special DeLuxe. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1024x768, 210 KB) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Buick Special Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera or scanner used to...
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The Buick Skylark was a passenger car produced by the Buick division of General Motors. ...
Also new for 1964 were engines. The V6 engine was punched out from 198 to 225 cubic inches while the 215 inch aluminum V8 was dropped altogether and replaced by a new 300 cubic inch V8 with a cast-iron block and aluminum heads (1964 only, later years switched to cast-iron heads).
The Special nameplate was used on lower-priced intermediate-sized Buicks through the 1969 model year.
1975
 1976/77 Buick Special emblem | | | The Special returned briefly to the GM A platform as an entry level subseries of the Buick Century as the Buick Century Special. Century Specials were usually powered by Buick's own 231 V6; a V8 (from either Buick, Olds, or Chevrolet) was rarely optioned. Image File history File linksMetadata IMG_2916. ...
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Buick Century is a model name used by the Buick division of General Motors for a line of fullsize performance vehicles from 1936 to 1942 and 1954 to 1958; Buick also used the Century name from 1973 to 2004 for its value-added midsize cars. ...
The Buick V6 engine family, sometimes called the Fireball, is a large V6 engine used by General Motors. ...
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