On Friday, we provided a brief timeline of some of the important years in Buick’s early history. Today, your Buick auto dealers bring you some more important dates in the history of the Buick automotive company.
1926 – Buick began producing more than 260,000 cars each year.
1939 – Buick releases a car that uses the very first rear turn signal flashers. Unfortunately, people have forgotten how to use them in the last 50 years.
1942 – The “toothy grill” that has become synonymous with Buick cars was introduced, but it became even more popular during the postwar era.
1948 – The Buick Roadmaster becomes the first car to have a torque converter automatic transmission.
1951 – The Buick LeSabre makes its debut as a concept car.
1959 – The Buick logo, also known as the Trishield, was adopted in time to mount on the 1960 lineup. Each shield was supposed to represent each model of the lineup that year, including the Invicta, LeSabre and Electra.
1983 and 1984 – Buick breaks worldwide sales records with more than one million sales.
1985 – Buick-powered cars won the second qualifying spot for the Indianapolis 500.
2000 – The Buick LaCrosse makes its debut as a concept car. It goes into production soon after.
2004 – Buick lets go of the Oldsmobile brand.
And the rest, as they say, is history. Now that you may have a new appreciation for this automobile brand, why not visit your local Buick dealer and take one for a drive today?
