Word: dynaflow
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...outside, they looked much the same as the old ones. But under the floorboards there was something to send rival automakers back to their drawing boards. Packard had come out with a new automatic shift-and those who had driven it gave it the edge on Buick's Dynaflow. The shift will be standard on the highest-priced line, the Custom 8s, optional on the lower-priced Supers...
...Like the Dynaflow, the Ultramatic uses oil-driven turbines to transmit the engine's power to the wheels without the use of gears. But it also eliminates Dynaflow's one drawback: a slight feeling of "mushiness" or power wastage during acceleration. The Ultramatic overcomes this by having, in addition to the hydraulic drive, an automatic clutch which puts the car into direct drive when a certain speed is reached, thus eliminating slipping. At any speed between 15 and 55 m.p.h., the motorist can also switch from hydraulic to direct mechanical drive by momentarily raising the accelerator...
BUICK is banking heavily on its "revolutionary" Dynaflow automatic transmission, which has eliminated the manual shift for normal driving. This year Dynaflow is standard on Buick's big 155-h.p. Roadmaster, extra ($200) on the 120-h.p. Super. Buick's circular "venti-ports" on its front fenders, partly a styling fillip and partly for engine cooling, have already earned the Super the nickname the "three-holer" and the Roadmaster the "four-holer...
...Knudsen saw one of Curtice's sales forecasts, he muttered: "Well, by Got, you can't shoot the moon unless you see it first, you know." Curtice not only made Buick one of G.M.'s most profitable divisions but kept its engineers hopping. (Buick's Dynaflow automatic transmission was the outstanding auto development...