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Durant also created a racing team that won
500
racing
trophies in 1909 and 1910, including successes at
:
Indianapolis two years before the Indy
500
began.
The success of Buick engines was visible not only on
the race track, but
in endurance tests across the country
and around the world. Buick was the only car to
complete a
1,000-mile
Chicago-to-New York race in
1906. And a Buick was the first car to travel across
South America, driven from Buenos Aires, Argentina,
over the Andes to Santiago, Chile in 1914.
1911
Model
21
Touring Car
on
BuickS Test
Hill
Buick drew plenty of attention because it could climb
hills
and run through mud like no other car. Buick’s
endurance and reliability were world famous.
During World War
I,
Buick built Liberty aircraft engines
as
well
as Red Cross ambulances
so
successful that one
Buick ambulance was awarded the Croix de Guerre by
the French government.
As
a builder of premier automobiles, Buick was hard hit
by the Great Depression. However, new General
Manager, Harlow
H.
Curtice created popular new
models including the Special and the Roadmaster. Buick
sales
soon flourished.
First Buick Factory
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