1996 Buick Skylark Owner's Manual - Page 6

Durant also created racing team that won racing a 500 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 race track, but in endurance tests acrosscountry the and aroundthe world. Buick was only. car the to complete a 1,000-mile Chicago-to-New race in York 1906. And a Buick was first car to travel across the South America, driven from Buenos Aires,krgentina, over the Andes to Santiago,Chile in 1914. Buick drew plenty attention because could climb of it hills and run through mud no other car. Buick's like endurance and reliability were world famous. During World WarI, Buick built Liberty aircraft engines so as well as Red Cross ambulancessuccessfully that one Buick ambulance was awarded the Croix de Guerr by the French government. As a builder premier automobiles, Buick hard hit of was by the Great Depression. However, new General Manager HarlowH. Curtice created popular new models including the Special andthe Roadmaster. Buick sales soon flourished. 1911 Model 21 Touring Car on Bulck's Hill Test I First Buick Factory V