Buick RIVIERA 1993 Manual page 8

In World War 11, Buick built aircraft engines, tanks and A high-compression V-8 engine was introduced in 1953.
other military hardware. This post-war period brought And Buick's famous vertical pillar "toothy" grille
great styling and engineering changes which resulted in (introduced
in
1942), became more massive in the
increased sales. The torque converter automatic post-war era.
transmission, Dynaflow, was introduced in the 1948
Roadmaster. Buick's famous "portholes" came along in
1949.
1949 Roadmaster
1953 Skylark