He chose to power the Beetle with a Buick-sourced, 215-cubic-inch (3.5-liter) V8 because it’s an engine that’s relatively compact and light ⁠— these attributes also explain why evolutions ...

This 1956 Buick Century has been featured in the August 2023 Hot Rod Magazine, was displayed at the Meguiar’s hangar at the 2022 Orange County, ... Not crazy about the engine and trans chosen.

Although Oldsmobile claimed bragging rights to the first practical automatic transmission, with the 1940 availability of the Hydramatic, Buick's two-speed Dynaflow transmission, introduced in 1947 ...

Apart from the radically different intake, the V8 is the standard Buick engine for 1956, with 255 horses and 341 lb-ft of torque (258 PS, 462 Nm), coupled with the automatic Dynaflow transmission.

FLINT, MI -- A Flushing man brought an old Buick back to its original home of Flint to give his father a piece of his youth. Mike Tabaszewski's 1956 Buick Special was one of about 35 Buicks that ...

The 1956 Buicks had a 322 cubic-inch eight-cylinder engine tuned to two specifications. In the Special, the V8 punched out 220 horsepower and 319 lb-ft of torque (223 PS / 433 Nm).