1996 Buick LeSabre Owner's Manual - Page 8

In World War 11, 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 in 1949. A high-compression V-8engine was introduced in 1953. And Buick's famous vertical pillar "toothy" grille, (introduced in 1942),became more massive in the 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