1997 Buick Regal Owner's Manual - Page 10

In World War 1 , Buick built aircraft engines, tanks and 1 other military hardware. This post-war period brought great styling and engineering changeswhich resulted in increased sales. Thetorque converter automatic transmission, Dynaflow, was introduced in the 1948 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 the 1962 Buick Special "Car of the Year." The first production V-6 engine was used in the Special. vi