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In World
War
11,
Buick built aircraft engines, tanks
and
other military hardware. This post-war period brought
great styling and engineering changes which resulted
in increased sales. The torque converter automatic
transmission, Dynaflow, was introduced
in
the
1948
Roadmaster. Buick’s famous “portholes” came
along
in
1949.
1949
Roadmaster
A
high-compression
V-8
engine was introduced
in
1953,
And Buick’s famous vertical pillar
“toothy”
grille,
(introduced
in
1942),
became more massive
in
the
post-war era.
I953
Shylurk
Motor Trend magazine named the
1962
Buick Special,
“Car
of
the Year”. The first production
V-6
engine was
used
in
the Special.
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