1997 Buick Skylark Owner's Manual - Page 6

Durant also created a racing team that won racing 500 trophies i 1909 and1910, including successes at n Indianapolis two years before the Indy began. 500 The success of Buick engines was visible not only on the race track, butin 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 car to travel across first South America, driven from Buenos Aires, Argentina, over the Andes to Santiago, Chilen 1914. i Buick drew plentyof attention becauseit could climb hills and run through mud likeno other car. Buick's endurance and reliability were world famous. During WorldWar I, Buick built Liberty aircraft engines as well as Red Cross ambulances successfully that so one Buick ambulance was awarded the Croix de Guerre by the French government. As a builder premier automobiles, Buick was hard of hit by the Great Depression. However, new General Manager Harlow H. Curtice created popular new models including the Special andthe Roadmaster. Buicksales soon flourished. 1911 Model 21 Touring Car on Buick's TestHill First Buick Factory V