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Word: venti (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1949-1949
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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...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AUTOS: The Forty-Niners | 1/24/1949 | See Source »

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