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Durant also created a racing team that won
500
racing
trophies
in
1909
and
19
10,
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
first 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
on
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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