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In 1907, the "McLaughlin Motor Car Company" was founded in Ontario by Samuel McLaughlin. [5] The first year saw the sale of 154 McLaughlin cars. [6]McLaughlin and William C. Durant, respectively the biggest carriage builders in Canada and the United States, contracted for Durant's Buick to supply McLaughlin with power trains for 15 years.
Final assembly plant was located on N. Glenwood Ave. Complex also known as Pontiac North to distinguish from GMC's multiple plants in Pontiac, MI. Final Assembly was Plant 8 of Pontiac's Assembly complex in Pontiac, Michigan. Idled in 1982 but reopened in January 1985. Closed in December 1987. Last vehicle built was a Buick Regal Grand National.
Acadians were sold alongside the rest of the Pontiac lineup at Pontiac-Buick-GMC dealerships until 1971. When the mid-sized Chevrolet Chevelle was introduced in 1964 it was sold in Canada as the Acadian Beaumont ('Beaumont' was formerly the top-level trim of Chevy II-based Acadian), and in 1966 Beaumont became its own marque. The Beaumont ...
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 ...
District Road 5 (Muskoka Road / Port Severn Road North) – Port Severn, Honey Harbour: Location of Petro Canada service campus: 143.5: 89.2: 162 District Road 34 east (White's Falls Road) – Severn Falls District Road 48 west (South Bay Road) 148.8: 92.5 — Hidden Glen Road: Semi-private road with southbound right-in/right-out interchange ...
General Motors (GM) was founded in 1908 by William C. Durant as a holding company for Buick, which had been founded by David Dunbar Buick in 1903 and controlled by Durant since 1904. [4] Durant intended for GM to replicate his business model as a horse-drawn coachbuilder , where he had found success by quickly acquiring outside companies in ...
Casa Loma is located on Austin Terrace at Spadina Road, on an escarpment (Davenport Hill) above Davenport Road. Davenport runs along the bottom of the escarpment, which was the shoreline of Lake Iroquois , the predecessor of Lake Ontario (coordinates 43°40′41″N 79°24′33″W / 43.678°N 79.4093°W / 43.678; -79.
Beaumonts were sold at Pontiac-Buick Dealers primarily for the Canadian market, but were also made and sold in some countries outside of North America. In 1962, the Acadian was offered in two models with either base Invader or deluxe Beaumont series. The Beaumont provided extra quality trim, identifications, and luxury.