1995 Buick Century Owner's Manual - Page 7

Durant also created racing team that won 500 racing a trophies in 1909 and 1910, including successes at Indianapolis two years before the 500 began. Indy : The successof Buick engineswas visible not only on in country the race track, but endurance tests across the and around theworld. Buick was the only car to complete a 1,000-mile Chicago-to-New York race in 1906. And a Buickwas the first car travel across to South America, driven from Buenos Aires, Argentina, over the Andes to Santiago, Chile 1914. in Buick drew plenty of attention because it could climb hills and run through mud like no other car. Buick's endurance and reliability were world famous. During World War I, Buick builtLiberty aircraft engines as well as Red Cross ambulances so successful that one Buick ambulance was awarded the Croix de Guerre by the French government. As a builderof premier automobiles, Buick was hard hit by the Great Depression. However, new General Manager, Harlow H. Curtice createdpopular new models including the Special the Roadmaster. Buick and sales soon flourished. 1911 Model 21 Touring Car on BuickS Test Hill First Buick Factory V