BUICK PARK AVENUE 1993 Owners Manual

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The 1993 Buick Park Avenue
Owner's Manual
Litho in U.S.A.
Part No. 25603705 B First Edition @Copyright
General Motors Corporation 1992 All Rights Reserved
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GENERAL MOTORS, GM and the GM Emblem,
BUICK, and the BUICK Emblem are registered
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.
VOLUNTARY TECHNKIAN WE SUPPORT
CERTIFICAT’WN THROUGH
Nabonal lnstttute for AUTOMOTIVE
SERVICE
EXCELLENCE
We support voluntary
technician certification.
For Canadian Owners Who Prefer a
French Language Manual:
Aux propri6taires canadiens: Vous pouvez vous procurer
un exemplaire de ce guide en fraqais chez votre
concessionaire ou
B DGN Marketing Services Ltd., 1500
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Walter Marr and Thomas Buick
Buick’s chief engineer, Walter L. 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 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
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Durant also created a racing team that won 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 fist car to travel across
South America, driven from Buenos Aires, Argentina,
over the Andes to Santiago, Chile in 19 14.
1911 Model 21 Touring 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 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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A high=cornpression V-X 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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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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