Buick 1993 Century User manual

The 1993 Buick Century
Owner’s
Manual
Litho in U.S.A.
Part No. 25603822 B First Edition @Copyright General Motors Corporation
1992
All Rights Reserved
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was printed.We reserve the right to make changes in
the
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vehicles first sold in Canada, substitute the name
“General Motors
of Canada Limited” for Buick Motor
Division whenever it appears in this manual.
Please keep this manual inyour.Buick,
so it will be there
if
you ever need it when you’re on the road. If you sell
the vehicle, please leave this manual in it
so the new
owner can use it.
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WalterMarr and Thomas Buick
Buick’s chief engineer, Walter L. 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
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innovator. Buick engineers developed the “valve-in-head”
engine, a light, powerful and reliable engine which- would
eventually influencethe entire automotive industry.
William
C. 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? ,
If automobiles could be this good, he thought, maybe it
was time to switch from the horse and buggy business to
automobiles.
William C. (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
of Buick engines was visible not only on the
race track, but
in 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
in 1906. And a
Buick was the firstcar to travel across South America,
driven
from Buenos Aires, Argentina, over the Andes to
Santiago, Chile in
1914.
I911 Model 21 Du?ing Car
Buick .drew plenty of attention because it could climb
hills and run through mud like no other car. Buick's
endurance and reliability were worldhmous.
During World War
I, Buick built Liberty aircraft engines
as well as
Red Cross ambulances so successful that one
Buick ambulance was awarded the Croix de Guerreby
the French government.
As a builder of 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
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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.
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
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Motor Trend magazine named the 1962 Buick Special
“Car of the Year:’ The first production V-6 engine was
used in the Special.
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1962 Buick Special
Built inside the walls of 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.
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Ed 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.
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1923 Buick Sport Roadster
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