Buick 1994 Regal User manual

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The 1994 Buick Regal
Owner’s Manual
Litho in USA
@CopyrightGeneral Motors Corporation 1993
Part No, 25609786 A First Edition
All Rights Reserved
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Buick, and the Buick Emblem areregistered trademarks
of General Motors Corporation.
This manual includes the latest information at the time it
was printed. We reserve the right to make changes
in the
product after that time without further notice. For
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 in your 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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AUTOMOTIVE
SERVICE
EXCELLENCE
We support voluntary
technician certification.
For Canadian Owners Who Prefer a
French Language Manual:
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un exemplaire de ceguide en francais chez votre
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ou au DGN Marketing Services Ltd.,
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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 thefirst Flint Buick ina successful Flint-Detroit
round trip in July 1904.
David Buick wasbuilding 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 wouldeventually 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
“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 for
1,000 Buicks
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 racing team that won 500 racing
trophies
in 1909and 19 10, including successesat
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-NewYork race in
1906.And a Buick was the first car to travel across
South America, driven from Buenos Aires, Argentina,
over the Andes
to Santiago, Chile in 1914.
1911 Model 21 Touring Car 011 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 Guerre by
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
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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.
1953 Skylark
Motor Trend magazine named the 1962Buick Special,
“Car
of the Year”. The first production V-6 engine was
used in the Special.
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I962 Buick Special
Built inside the walls of the old buildings in Buick’s
former
Flint complex, which formed the cornerstone of
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 fall of
1985.
Buicks are, and will continue to be, premium American
motorcars with smooth power, high performance, rich
detail and comfortable accommodation.
Ed Mertz, General Munuger; 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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