Buick Lesabre Concept

The early 50 were times of recovery after the second world war so the car industry started to introduce new shapes and designs.

Buick lesabre concept. This car i believe is powered by a 215cid aluminum block v8. And its advanced styling details would influence the industry for the next 10 years. It was a two passenger convertible featuring styling cues evocative of its namesake the f 86 lesabre fighter jet. The name originated with the 1951 gm le sabre show car designed by harley earl.

The lesabre became a traveling ambassador for gm overseas and remains amongst the most famous motorama cars. That car is often mistakenly attributed to the buick division but in fact it was presented as a gm vehicle without reference to a specific gm division. V 8 engine 3 5 l with a buick dynaflow automatic transmission. Buick closely related their 1956 1957 models to the gm lesabre by replicating the top section of the re.

In 1951 the pair created two new dream cars lesabre and xp 300. R1 concepts is the leading manufacturer of braking systems for all vehicles. This is video i took at the 2007 buick club of america national meet hosted by the north cascades chapter in bellevue wa at the hilton. 1951 buick lesabre concept.

Prior to 1959 this position had been retained by the full size buick special model. Design elements include a front intake nose cone wraparound cockpit windshield tall tail fins and a barrel shaped trunk with glowing afterburner brake light. It was featured in car shows around the world and sports the jet airplane look that was so prevalent in the 1950 s. The 51 le sabre concept is based upon the real le sabre concept car designed by harley j.

The collaboration between earl and chayne on the buick y job soon produced other imaginative buick concept cars. Earl and built by gm in 1951. T he first post war dream car built by general motors was the lesabre introduced in december of 1950. The buick lesabre was a full size car made by general motors from 1959 to 2005.