1993 BUICK RIVIERA Owners Manual

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Litho in U.S.A.
Part
No. 25604740 A First Edition
The 1993 Buick Riviera
Owner's Manual
@Copyright General Motors Corporation 1992 All Rights Reserved
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GENERAL MOTORS, GM and the GM Emblem,
BUICK, and the BUICK Emblem are registered
trademarks
of General Motors Corporation.
Please keepthis manual in your Buick,
so it will be there if
you ever need it when you're on the road.
If you sell the
vehicle, please leave this manual in it
so the new owner can
use
it.
VOLUNTARY TECHNICIAN WE SUPPORT
CERTIFEA~NTHROUOH
Nmoonal Instltute for
We support voluntary
technician certification.
For Canadian Owners Who Prefer
French Language Manual:
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Aux nronriCtaires canadiens: Vous pouvez vous procurer
un exemplaire de ce guide en franGais chez votre
concessionaire ou
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Bonhill Rd., Mississauga, Ontario L5T 1C7.
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Walter Murr and Thomas Buick
William
C. (Billy) Durant
At the 1905, New York
Auto Show, Durant took
orders for
1,000 Buicks '
before the company had
built
40. On Buick's
success, Durant created a
holding company,
September
16, 1908. He
called it General Motors.

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