BUICK LESABRE 1993 Owners Manual

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LeSabre

Litho in U.S.A.
Part No. 25605118 B First Edition
The 1993 Buick LeSabre
Owner’s Manual
@Copyright General Motors Corporation 1992
All Rights Reserved

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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
For Canadian Owners Who Prefer a
first sold in Canada, substitute the name “General Motors
of Canada Limited” for Buick Motor Division whenever
it French Language h’hnual:
appears in this manual.
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un exemplaire de ce guide en francais chez votre
Please keep this manual in your Buick,
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YOU ever need it when you’re On the road. If YOU Sell the Bonhill Rd., Mississauga, Ontario L~T 1~7.
vehicle, please leave this manual in it so the new owner can
use it.
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Walter Marr 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 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
“self-seller”. If automobiles could be this good, he
thought, maybe it was time to switch from the horse and
buggy business to automobiles.
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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William C. (Billy) Durant
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Durant also created a racing team that won 500 racing
trophies in 1909 and 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 to travel across
South America, driven
from Buenos Aires, Argentina,
over the Andes to Santiago, Chile in 19 14.
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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.
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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.
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1953 Skylark
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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 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 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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