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Why Sports Cars Illustrated made the Buick Special blush?

''Buick built a better engine''
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''THE MOST WIDELY COPIED ENGINE IN THE NEXT TEN YEARS WILL BE BUICK'S SUPERB NEW ALUMINUM
''When a better engine was
built, Buick built it'' Sports N00,0,10,1960
''There's never been a major component failure during the whole testing program!''

Why Sports Cars Illustrated made Buick blush

We knew our new Buick Special had a beau t under its bonnet, but were happy so many other people think so, tdo. In fact, Sports Cars Illustrated, one of the world's leading car magazines, raves so over Buick's new aluminum V'S in its November issue, were blushing. Not only do they devote an entire 6-page story to this spirited V-8, but they picture it in full color on their cover. Shown above are just a few quotes. Sports Cars Illustrated hails Buick's V-8 as a revolutionary advance in go-power, and they predict it will be ''in furious demand among enthusiasts for all
kinds of sporting uses, most especially for engine swaps . . Actually this new V-8, together with the Special's new aluminum transmission, give the Special the power that would normally have meant adding over 500 pounds more weight. It has twice as much pow per pound as the engine of most compacts .. : more even than many full-size sines and V-8's! Yet, in gas savings; it's right there with the compacts ... and in price, tool See the new-s,. Buick Special at your Dealer's today—see why '61 is Buick's Year, Buick Motor Division — General Motors Corporation.
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