It appears Buick may be preparing to abandon this styling cue for a new waterfall grille, as seen on the Buick Velite concept car from 2004 and the Buick Lucerne introduced for the 2006 model year. This waterfall grille bears some resemblance to grilles of Buicks from the 1980s, such as the Grand National. Article Directory : en.wikipedia.org

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The Buick styling cue (dating from the 1940s) that has most often reappeared, though, is for the grille to be a horizontal oval with many thin vertical chromed ribs bulging forward. This has sometimes been called the Buick "dollar grin" particularly on the early 1950s models, which had thick, highly-polished ribs that somewhat resembled teeth. The 1950 model took this tooth theme to its extreme as the teeth crossed over the bumper exposing the 1950 "grin". The 1951 model reined in the theme bringing the teeth back behind the bumper. Article Directory : en.wikipedia.org

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The 1958, rear assembly was same as prior years. In 1959, Buick had the aerodynamic Delta Fin. The fin made parking difficult and blocked the drivers line of vision. In 1960, the fin was snubbed down and disappeared in 1961. Article Directory : en.wikipedia.org

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Another styling cue from the 1940s through the 1970s was the "sweepspear", a curved line running the length of the car. In the earlier cars, this was a chrome-plated rub strip which, after it passed the front wheel, gently curved down nearly to the rocker panel just before the rear wheel, and then curved around the rear wheel in a quarter of a circle to go straight back to the tail-light. During the two-tone color craze of the 1950s, the sweepspear separated two different color areas. After that, the curved line was usually indicated either by a vinyl rub strip or simply a character line molded into the sheetmetal. Article Directory : en.wikipedia.org

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A traditional Buick styling cue dating to 1949 is a series of three or four portholes or vents on the front fender behind the front wheels. The source of this design feature was a custom car of Buick stylist Ned Nickles, which in addition had a flashing light within each hole each synchronized with a specific spark plug simulating the flames from the exhaust stack of a fighter airplane. Combined with the bombsight mascot (introduced in the 1940s), the ventiports put the driver at the controls of an imaginary fighter airplane. The flashing light feature was not used by Buick in production, but the portholes remained as nonfunctional ornamentation.
These were originally called "Ventiports" since the suggestion was made that they did allow air flow out of the engine bay (later just "portholes"). Air enters from the grill into the engine bay and is pressurized by the radiator fan, and exits through the ventiports. Ventiports have appeared sporadically on several models since.
Lower cost models were equipped with three portholes, while higher cost models came with four. Often, people would denote their cars as "Four-Holers" or "Three-Holers" to assert the car's class. When the number of portholes was standardized across the entire model line, buyers of the higher cost models complained bitterly that they felt shortchanged. In 2003 they were re-introduced on the Buick Park Avenue. After the Park Avenue was discontinued, Buick salvaged the portholes to appear on the new Lucerne. In a break with tradition, the Lucerne's portholes refer directly to engine configuration: V6 models have three on each side, while V8s have four on each side. Article Directory : en.wikipedia.org

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Buick's emblem consists of three shields, each bisected diagonally to the right by a straight line, the shields arranged touching each other in a left-diagonal pattern, inside a circle. If represented in color, the leftmost shield is red, the middle white, and the rightmost blue, although white is sometimes represented by light gray. This design, known as the Trishield, was adopted in 1959 for the 1960 models and represents the three models that comprised the lineup that year—LeSabre, Invicta, and Electra. The shields are adopted from the shield of the Buick family crest, which in modified form had been used on Buicks since the 1930s. A version of the traditional crest appeared on Electras through the 1980s.

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Introduction
The sleek Buick Lucerne is the flagship of the saloon, with a plush interior and good road manners. It offers a comfortable space for up to six passengers, with Premium and full safety equipment. The front wheel-Buick Lucerne is divided into eight variants: CX 2-CX, CXL, CXL Special Edition, CXL-3-4 CXL, CXL and Super-5th The CX and CXL versions with a 227 hp 3.9-liter V6, while the Super is a powerful 292 hp 4.6-liter Northstar V8, both engines, it is estimated that for a four-speed automatic. All CX and CXL are equipped with 17-inch alloy wheels, air conditioning and satellite radio, while other aspects of fitness standards in both areas includes automatic air conditioning, leather upholstery, heated front seats, with no connectivity Bluetooth wireless and a heated steering wheel The wheel is also Super sport adaptive chassis with a consultation with Magnetic Ride Control, 18-inch light alloy wheels and a 6-CD, as well as exclusive interior components. The security features, refer to each Buick Lucerne include traction control, 4-wheel anti-lock disc brakes, front page of airbags, overhead projector, curtain airbags for front and rear, a system for monitoring tire pressure and OnStar service. TRIM other specific security are Stabilitrak electronic stability control and rear ultrasonic parking and Lane Departure Warning and Side Blind Zone alarm systems. For the year 2010, the Buick Lucerne goes through a minimum change of standard and optional accessories. MIC fog all hours by default, and Super appearance, which may, the whole range, including a band page with color chrome grille and body-colored rocker panel pieces.

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