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Buick is a US automotive company which is a division of General Motors. Founded by David Dunbar Buick, a businessman porcelain United States is known as rubbing method her porselein and introduced white bath tub in the world. In 1899 he sold his business up and running gasoline engines, as a forerunner to the Buick Manufacturing Company.
In 1903, David Buick managed to develop a head-in valve engine which was produced in 1904. In 2 months, 16 Buick was booked but the company suffered financial problems so that investors divert the Cranpo William Durant, owner of Durant-Dort Carriage Company.
Initially, Durant was not interested in the business horseless carriage (freight trains without horse) but agreed to try the plan Buick few weeks. His business was a huge success and within a year he was the Buick Motor Company capital increase even buy a Cadillac, Oldsmobile and Chevrolet (the forerunner of General Motors), as well as making Buick valve-in-head engine. Buick was considered an innovator in the matter of performance.
To promote its products, Durant formed a successful racing team, Win on Sunday, sell on Monday, so his philosophy, but later backfired so Buick changed hands to a consortium of financial institutions of New York, who then change the course of a race car into the car elite medium price.
In 1934 the series was introduced 40 berbodi Chevrolet Buick Fight mounted on the chassis. Series 40 is special in 1938, became the Super 50 series and 60 series became Century (the name is taken into a top speed of 100 mph) and a series of 90 to Limited and all of them use the 8-cylinder engine.
In 1936 the engine was changed to 320 CI until 1953 (including the History of Presidential Affairs Cars, Buick Limited-8 used Indonesian President Soekarno). The Super Series was renamed Roadster. With this change, the series became hotseller Century. The engine power is then changed to 120 hp in 1936 to 165 hp in 1941. This change makes the front-runner in his class Century until production ceased during World War II.
