1995 Buick Riviera Owner's Manual - Page 7

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