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Buick is the marquee brand of the General Motors Corporation, marketing its automobiles in China, Taiwan, The United States, and Israel. The demise of Oldsmobile made it the only surviving GM entry level luxury brand in North America. The Buick Lucerne is an automobile marketed by the Buick division of GM. It replaced the Park Avenue and also the LeSabre from 2006. GM did consider the rear wheel drive Zeta platform for the production model of the Lucerene which is actually the front wheel drive derivative of the G-body Buick LeSabre. The car exhibited strong initial sales, claiming almost 24% of the US sedan market. Like the 2005 Pontiac Bonneville, the Lucerne is powered by a Cadillac Northstar V8 engine; it was also available in the standard Buick 3800 V6. The Lucerene would become the first Buick car to be powered by the V8 after the demise of the Roadmaster in 1996.

Buick also released a Lucerne version which has been fitted with Corvette's Magnetic Ride control which is an acclaimed active suspension technology. The Lucerne's base price is actually lower than that of the LeSabre. However, adding the V8 caused the price to peak to Park Avenue levels. Thus the V6 version is considered to be the LeSabre replacement while the V8 version is considered a Park Avenue replacement. The Lucerne sticks to the Buick tradition and features the “Ventiports” on the fenders corresponding to the number of cylinders that the used Buick engine sports, three on one side for the V6 and four on one side for the V8 Northstar. There are some similarities between the Lucerne and the previous GM representative in the entry level luxury segment, the Oldsmobile Aurora. In 2001, the Aurora was revamped in order to replace the Eighty Eight and the Regency as the flagship Oldsmobile model. The revamped Aurora was offered in 3.5L V6 and 4.0L V8 used Buick engines

Like its sister division, General Motors, Buick went on to manufacture its own family of V8's in order to replace the straight-8 used Buick engines. The first generation of Buick V8 engines was manufactured from 1953 through 1956. The engine was an OHV/pushrod much like the Oldsmobile “Rocket V8” engine. The engine came to be referred to as “Nailhead” due to the quirky vertical position of the tiny valves which looked like nails. The Nailhead V8 came with a camshaft which has a higher lifer and longer duration in order to negate the loss in power due to smaller valves and restricted intake-and exhaust port areas.


Used Buick Engines