Buick ROADMASTER 1994 User manual

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Part No. 25609689 B First Edition
The 1994 Buick Roadmaster
Owner's Manual
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Walter Marr and Thomas Buick
Buick’s chief engineer, WalterL. Man (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 firstautoto
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
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Durant also created a racing team thatwon 500 racing
trophies in 1909and 19 10, including successes at
Indianapolis two years beforethe Indy
500 began.
The success of Buick engineswas visible not only on
the race track, but inendurancetests across the country
and aroundthe world. Buick was the only car
to
completea 1,000-mileChicago-to-New York race in
1906.And a hickwas the first carto travel across
South America, driven from Buenos Aires, Argentina,
over the Andes to Santiago, Chile in 19 14.
I9II Model 21 Touring Car on Buick’s Test Hill
Buick drew plentyof attention because it couldclimb
hills and run throughmud like no other car. Buick’s
enduranceand .reliability were world famous.
During World War
I, Buick built Liberty aircraftengines
as well as Red Cross ambulances so successful thatone
Buick ambulancewas awarded the Croixde Guewe by
the French government.
As a builderof premier automobiles, Buickwas hard hit
by the Great Depression. However, new General
M%nager, Harlow
H. Curtice created popular new
models including-theSpecial andthe Roadmaster. Buick
sales soon flourished.
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First Buick Factory
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InWorldWar II, Buickbuilt aircraftengines,tanks and A high-compression V-8 enginewas introduced in 1953.
othermilitaryhardware.Thispost-warperiodbrought AndBuick’sfamousverticalpillar “toothy”grille,
great stylingandengineeringchangeswhichresulted in (introduced
in 1942),became moremassive in the
increasedsales.Thetorqueconverterautomaticpost-warera.
transmission,Dynaflow, was introduced in the 1948
Roadmaster. Buick’sfamous“portholes” came along in
1949.
1953 Skylark
Motor Trend magazine namedthe 1962 Buick $pecial,
I949 Roadmaster
“Car of the Year”. The first production V-6 enginewas
used in the Special.
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1962 Buick Special Ed Mertz, GeneralManager,Buick Motor Division
Built insidethe walls of the old buildingsin Buick’s Our mission is simple:
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formerFlint complex,which formed the cornerstone of
General Motors,Buick City, is a state-of-the-art
assemblyfacility with more than
200 robots and other
high-tech equipment.
It was completed in the fallof
1985.
“Buick will provide Premium American Motorcars
backed withservices,thatexceed our customers’
expectations, throughout the purchase,ownership,
service andrepurchaseexperience.”
Buicks are, and will continueto be, premium American
motorcars with smooth power,high performance,rich
detail andcomfortableaccommodation.
Buicks are SUBSTANTIAL.
Buicks are DISTINCTIVE.
Buicks are
POWERFUL.
Buicksare MATURE.
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1923 Sport Roadster
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