History of Buick (1911 - 2010)

In 1911, Buick alien its aboriginal closed-body car,four years advanced of Ford.In 1929, Buick Motor Analysis launched the Marquette sister brand, advised to arch the amount gap amid Buick and Oldsmobile; however, Marquette was discontinued in 1930.
The archetypal name Century came about back Buick was designing its aboriginal assembly auto able of extensive a acceleration of 100mph. The analysis bare to appear up with a name. One of the Buick admiral had alternate from a contempo cruise to the British isles and told the added admiral that the British referred to activity 100mph as "doing the century". The admiral admired the Century name and it stuck.
Overall sales of the Buick cast ailing in the 1984 archetypal year, back falling oil prices and the prevailing bread-and-butter accretion buoyed the sales of acceptable full-sized automobiles, in aggregate with the acceptance of newer, abate offerings and achievement aggressive turbocharged models. Subsequently, sales fell as downsized exceptional affluence coupe, full-sized and mid-sized models were ailing accustomed by the accessible in the aeon amid 1985 and 1990. The cardinal of Buick models on action fell over time, with the bunched and achievement segments actuality alone altogether.
The ideal Buick chump is calmly able-bodied off, possibly not absolutely affluent abundant to allow a Cadillac, nor acquisitive the affectation of one, but absolutely in the bazaar for a car aloft the norm. Over time Buick has become a acceptable affluence cast in the GM accumulation admitting Cadillac has focused added on acid bend products.
Buick began accumulation its calendar in 2005, replacing the Century and Regal with the LaCrosse (known as the Buick Allure in Canada), and the LeSabre and Park Avenue with the Lucerne in 2006. Both of its SUVs, the Rendezvous and Rainier were discontinued in 2007 to accomplish way for the fresh and awful acknowledged 2008 Enclave, while the slow-selling Terraza minivan was additionally alone for 2008. This larboard the marque with aloof three models in the United States. In 2008, Buick sales slipped from an boilerplate of four cars per banker per ages to three, in accession to two trucks.
Speculation existed, however, as to whether GM would annihilate the Buick cast to cut costs. This followed the acting abeyance of GM's planned Zeta activity to advance fresh rear caster drive cars applicable the Buick bazaar niche. GM additionally has started accumulation of Buick, Pontiac, and GMC trucks into distinct banker franchises, which would accomplish it simple to annihilate the Buick cast after abrogation dealers bare of product. However, with the development of the Zeta belvedere still advancing (including the development of the 2006 VE Commodore and the fresh Chevrolet Camaro), it may be acceptable that Buick will survive. In January 2009, Buick apparent the fresh 2010 LaCrosse sedan, a abolitionist abandonment from the archetypal it will alter in mid-2009 and from Buicks of the contempo past. So far, the car has fatigued acclaim from critics and auto journalists and adds addition ablaze atom to Buick's stable. There accept been rumors on Edmund's and Motor Trend that Buick will accept a auto auto in 2010.
In the 2009 J.D. Power and Associates Vehicle Dependability Study, Buick angry with Jaguar as the best dependable cast in the United States.