1996 Buick Riviera Owner's Manual - Page 6

Durant also created a racing that won 500 racing team trophies in 1909 and 1910, including successes at Indianapolis two years before Indy 500 began. the The success of Buick engines was visible not only on the the race track, butin ,endurance tests across country and aroundthe world. Buick was the only car to complete .a 1,000-mile Chicago-to-New York race i n 1906. And aBuick was the first car to travel across from Buenos Aires; Argentina, South America, driven over the Andes to Santiago?Chile in 1914. Buick drew plenty attention because could c h b of it hills and run throughmud like no othef car. Buick's endurance and reliability were world famous. During World WarI, Buick built Liberty aircraft engines as well'as Red Cross ambulancesso successfully that the one.Buick ambulance was awarded Croix de Guerre by the French government. As a builderof premier automobiles, Buick was hardhit by the Great Depression. However, new General populax new models Manager Harlow H. Curtice created 1911 Model 21 Touring Car on Buick's Test Hill