Buick 1993 Century Manual de usuario

The

1993

Buick Century

Owner’s

Manual

Litho

U.S.A.

Part

No.

25603822

First Edition @Copyright General Motors Corporation

1992

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was printed.We reserve the right to make changes in

the

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“General Motors

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Division whenever it appears in this manual.

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WalterMarr

and

Thomas

Buick

Buick’s chief engineer, Walter

Marr (left), and

Thomas D. Buick, son.of founder David Dunbar Buick,

drove the first Flint Buick in a successful Flint-Detroit

round trip in July 1904.

David Buick was building gasoline engines by 1899, and

Man,

his

engineer, apparently built the

first

auto to be

called a Buick in 1900. However, Buick traditionally

dates its beginnings to

1903.

That was the year the

company was reorganized, refinanced and moved from

Detroit to Flint. Buick has always been a product

innovator. Buick engineers developed the “valve-in-head”

engine, a light, powerful and reliable engine which- would

eventually influencethe entire automotive industry.

William

Durant was instrumental in promoting Buicks

across the country using his Durant-Dort Carriage

Co.

outlets and salespeople as the nucleusof a giant

distribution system. He knew

the

Buick as a “self-seller?

automobiles could be

this

good, he thought, maybe it

was time to switch from the horse and buggy business

automobiles.

William

(Billy)

Durant

At the 1905, New York

Auto Show, Durant took

orders for1,OOO Buicks

before the company had

built

40.

On Buick’s

success, Durant created a

holding company,

September 16,1908.He

called it General Motors.

Durant also created a racing team thatwon

500

racing

trophies in

1909

and

1910,

including successes at

Indianapolis

two

years before the

Indy

500

began.

The success

Buick engines was visible not only on the

race track, but

endurance tests across the country and

around the world. Buick was the only car to complete a

1,000-mile Chicago-to-New York race

1906.

And

Buick was the firstcar to travel across South America,

driven

from

Buenos Aires, Argentina, over the Andes to

Santiago, Chile in

1914.

I911

Model

Du?ing

Car

Buick .drew plenty

attention because it could climb

hills

and run through mud like no other car. Buick's

endurance and reliability were worldhmous.

During World War

Buick built Liberty aircraft engines

as well as

Red

Cross ambulances

successful that one

Buick ambulance was awarded the Croix de Guerreby

the French government.

a builder

premier automobiles, Buick was hard hit

by the Great Depression. However, new General

Manager Harlow H. Curtice created popularnew models

including the Special and the Roadmaster. Buick sales

soon flourished.

First

Buick

Factory

In World

War

II,

Buick built aircraft engines,

tanks

and

other

military

hardware.

This

post-war period brought

great styling and engineering changes which resulted in

increased sales. The torque converter automatic

transmission, Dynaflow, was introduced in the

1948

Roadmaster. Buick’s famous “portholes” came along in

1949.

high-compression

V-8

engine was introduced in

1953.

And Buick’s famous vertical pillar “toothy”grille

(introduced in

1942),

became more massive

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.

1962

Buick Special

Built inside the walls

the old buildings in Buick’s

former Flint complex, which formed the cornerstoneof

General Motors, Buick City is a state-of-the-art assembly

facility with more than

200

robots and other high-tech

equipment. It was completed in the fallof

1985.

Buicks are, and will continue to be, premium American

motorcars with smooth power, high performance, rich

detail and comfortable accommodation.

Mertz, General Manager, Buick

Motor

Division

Our mission is simple:

“Buick will provide Premium American Motorcars

backed with services that exceed our customers’

expectations, throughout

the

purchase, ownership,

serviceand repurchase experience?

Buicks are SUBSTANTIAL.

Buicks are DISTINCTIVE.

Buicks are POWERFUL.

Buicks are MATURE.

1923

Buick

Sport

Roadster

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