1997 Buick Skylark Owner's Manual - Page 7

In World War11, 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 A high-compression V-8 engine was introduced in 1953 And Buick's famous vertical pillar "toothy" grille (introduced in 1942)became more massive the in post-war era. i 1949. n 1953 Skylark 1949 Roadmaster Motor Trend magazine named the 1962 Buick Special "Car of the Year." The production first V-6 engine was used in the Special. vi