1996 Buick Park Avenue 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 andengineering changes which resulted in increased sales. The torque converter automatic transmission, Dynaflow, was introduced in the1948 Roadmaster. Buick's famous "portholes" came along in 1949. A high-compression V-8 engine was introduced in 1953. And Buick's famous vertical pillar "toothy" grille, (introduced in 1942)'became more massive in the post-war era. I953 Skylark 1949 Roadmaster Motor Trend magazine named the1962 Buick Special "Car of the Year." The first production V-6 engine was used in the Special. vi