Buick 1994 LeSabre User manual

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Part No. 25609657 B First Edition
The 1994 Buick LeSabre
Owner's Manual
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Walter Marr and Thomas Buick
Buick’schief 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 Marr, 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 influence the 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 nucleus of a
giant distribution system. He knew the Buick as
a
“~elf-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 for 1,000Buicks
before the company had
built
40. On Buick’s
success, Durant created a
holding company,
September 16, 1908. He
called it General Motors.
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Durant also created a racingteam that won 500 racing
trophies in 1909and 19
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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 first car totravel across
South America, driven from Buenos Aires, Argentina,
over the Andes
to Santiago, Chile in 19 14.
1911 Model 21 Touring Car on Buick's Test Hill
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 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 popular new
models including the Special and the Roadmaster. Buick
sales soon flourished.
First Buick Factory

In World War 11, 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.
1949 Roadmaster
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.
19.53 Skylark
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 Flintcomplex, which formed the cornerstone of
General Motors, Buick City, is a state-of-the-art
assembly facilitywith more than
200 robots and other
high-tech equipment.
It was completed in the fallof
1985.
Buicks are, andwill continue to be,premium American
motorcars with smooth power, high performance, rich
detail and comfortable accommodation.
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,
service and repurchase experience.”
Buicks are SUBSTANTIAL.
Buicks are DISTINCTIVE.
Buicks are POWERFUL.
Buicks are MATURE.
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