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LaSalle was an American brand of luxury automobiles manufactured and marketed, as a separate brand, by General Motors' Cadillac division from 1927 through 1940. Alfred P. Sloan, GM's Chairman of the Board, developed the concept for four new GM marques - LaSalle, Marquette, Viking and Pontiac - paired with already established brands to fill price gaps he perceived in the General Motors product ...
After Buick sales had declined in the previous several years and following the successes of Pontiac and LaSalle, [32] Buick introduced Marquette to showrooms on June 1, 1929, for the 1930 model year. [c] [33] [20] Unlike Buick, which was noted for its overhead valve engine, the Marquette had a flathead six-cylinder engine based on Oldsmobile's ...
The GM B platform was introduced in 1926 with the Buick Master Six, and the Oldsmobile Model 30, and had at least 12 major re-engineering and restyling efforts, for the 1937, 1939, 1941, 1949, 1954, 1957, 1959, 1961, 1965, 1971, 1977, and 1991 model years; along with interim styling changes for 1942, 1969, and 1980 that included new sheetmetal and revised rooflines.
Buick 1936-1940, 1946-1958 LaSalle 1936 Cadillac 1938-1940 Opel 1936-1941, 1950-1975 Vauxhall 1936-1940, 1946-1971 Ranger 1970-1975: 1936: 1975: Run by General Motors Suisse AG. First car off the line was a Buick Model 41. Other prewar cars built include the Buick Series 90 & Opel P4. Closed August 14, 1975. Last car was an Opel Rekord D. A ...
Badged La Salle II, a brand that never existed, these cars were Earl’s tribute to La Salle, a lower luxury brand GM produced from 1927-40. Earl’s first job at GM was designing the 1927 La Salle.
The first automobile made by the Buick Company. Four: 1909 1915 1 Passenger car, the first model as a General Motors division. Six: 1914 1925 1 Senior model to the Four: Master Six: 1925 1928 B-body: 1 Standard Six: 1925 1929 A-body: 1 Limited: 1931: 1942: C-body: 2: Full-size car: Century: 1936 2005 B-body (1936–58) A-body (1973–96) W-body ...
1935–1948 Cadillac Series 60 (also used in the LaSalle) 1949–1980 Cadillac OHV V8; 1949–1990 Oldsmobile Rocket V8; 1953–1976 Buick Fireball V8 (also referred to as "Nailhead") & Buick Big-Block V8; 1955–2003 Chevrolet Small-Block V8 "Generation I" (originally "Turbo-Fire") 1955–1980 Pontiac V8 (also modified for GMC Truck models)
Buick Estate is a nameplate that was used by the Buick division of General Motors, denoting its luxury full-size station wagon from 1940 to 1964 and from 1970 to 1996. The Estate nameplate was derived from the term country estate in wealthy suburban areas and estate car, the British term for a station wagon.