Buick. Its most notable attributes are in its soft, comfortable interior and it’s very refined road manners. Up to six full grown adult passengers can enjoy a versatile list of standard luxurious amenities - and feel safely confident knowing that the Lucerne has once again earned 5-star crash test ratings from the NHTSA. The Honda Accord, Hyundai Azera, Mercury Grand Marquis and Toyota Camry are all doing their best to act unaffected

David Dunbar Buick incorporated the Buick Motor Company in 1903, and the car maker has upheld its history of innovation very well since then. In fact, the success of this company began with the overhead valve engine, which was later advertised as the valve-in-head engine, and it continued from there, with Buick eventually becoming not only the largest car manufacturer in the US, but also the base for the General Motors Corporation.

Both before and after the creation of GM, Buick was a pioneer in the automobile industry, bringing its use sweepspears, hardtops, portholes and muscle cars into commonality, and becoming an integral part of American culture.

The has a sophisticated, upscale look. Its clean lines are fluent and it handles all driving situations encountered with confident, precise responsiveness. On the inside, all occupants are wrapped in luxury. Soft materials, beautiful design strategy, noticeable elegance and easy-to-understand controls make driving - or riding - a sheer pleasure.

The 2010 Buick Lucerne is a very impressive luxury sedan that is still able to be afforded by the masses. You can take it for granted that Buick durability, dependability, styling and performance are all well in place.

The LaCrosse has an insanely fussed-over interior. Example: The dash material is synthetic leather but it’s French stitched with real thread.

In the cabin, the two-tone materials are bisected by a lyric bow of ambient lighting and wood grain that plays into the doors, looks great, especially at night.

No corners are gracelessly cut here — no ugly cover plates, no exposed fastener buttons and the barest minimum of seams.

Every trim level of the 2010 Lucerne is delivered with standard safety features including the Stabilitrak system for electronic stability control, electronic traction control, Lane Departure Warning, 4-wheel ABS, an ultrasonic system for rear parking assistance, tire pressure monitoring, Side Blind Zone Alert, loads of airbags - and OnStar roadside assistance. Umm, did you read that part where all of those are standard?

Buick Lucerne continues building Buick’s fine reputation for handsome styling, unmatched dependability and loads of standard features for luxury - all at very affordable pricing. The Lucerne is the elegant flagship model sedan for Buick. Its most notable attributes are in its soft, comfortable interior and it’s very refined road manners. Up to six full grown adult passengers can enjoy a versatile list of standard luxurious amenities - and feel safely confident knowing that the Lucerne has once again earned 5-star crash test ratings from the NHTSA.

The hood ornament was different from all other Buick models for the 1954 model year. However, this same hood ornament, although unique in size to this one model in 1954, was to portend the design of the 1955 Buick hood ornament used on all models of that year.
The cost of the Skylark, mixed with the public’s dislike for the restyle and its perceived step down in rank to the Special/Century series versus the 1953 rank with the Super/Roadmaster series, resulted in poor sales and the car’s demise at the end of the 1954 model year.

The model designation for the 1954 Buick Skylark was “100″, which was unique to that model. The short wheelbase cars were the Buick Special, series 40; the Buick Century, series 60; and the Buick Skylark, series 100 (a “series” of just one model). All production Buick Skylarks were built as two-door convertibles and had the same luxury equipment as the 1953 Buick Skylarks.
Like its 1953 counterpart, the 1954 Skylark had a number of unique sheetmetal stampings, but without the hand labor that went into 1953 Skylark production. In addition to unique front and rear fenders with the elongated wheel cutouts, the 1954 Skylark had a unique trunk with its semi-barrel shape and huge, rounded chrome fins.

Skylark four-door sedan became available for the first time. Skylarks, however, would continue to have higher levels of exterior and interior trim compared to the Special and Special Deluxe from which they were derived. All-vinyl bucket seats would be standard on the convertible and optional on the hardtop coupe. The sedan would come with cloth-and-vinyl seats standard, and an all-vinyl interior would be optional. The Sylark Coupe had a lower profile, sitting lower to the road then the Buick Special models.

This engine was introduced in 1964, very similar to the earlier V6 beginning with the 1962 model year which had a smaller displacement of 196 cubic-inch. This engine was basically a Buick V8 300 CID engine with two cylinders sawed-off. The optional engine was a 300 cubic inch cast iron block and heads V8 with a Rochester 2-barrel carburetor that generated 210 horsepower (160 kW) at 4600 rpm. An optional V8 version of the 300 CID engine was offered with aluminium heads with a 11:1 compression and a 4-barrel carburetor generating 250 hp (190 kW). A long throw 4 speed Hurst shifter was available.

Would move to a new intermediate-size chassis that was shared with the Oldsmobile F-85, Pontiac Tempest, and the new Chevrolet Chevelle. The new chassis had a wheelbase of 115 in and the Buick Special and Skylark had a length of 203.5 in. (The similarities between the Skylark and the Pontiac Tempest would play a key role in the plotline of the film My Cousin Vinny.)

The 215 cubic-inch-displacement aluminum block V8 engine was discontinued, and the associated tooling eventually was sold to the British manufacturer, Rover. That company would produce the engine in several versions for use in its sedans and Land Rover sport utility vehicles and trucks.