The Buick Starts Here

I'd always assumed that General Motors had bought Buick - the same way they bought Vauxhall, Chevrolet, Daewoo, Saab and all of the other marques that they've owned over the years.



But no.

They evolved from Buick - the first motor brand bought by The Durant-Dort Carriage Company out of Flint, Michigan.

Autoguide have the story here about how their original headquarters is now to be used as a "300 person events space with offices."

Should that be a Chrysler 300 person events space?

 

The founders were William C. Durant and J. Dallas Dort.

The J in J. Dallas Dort stands for Josiah but the only real reason that I'm sharing this only mildly interesting story is that the C in William C. Durant stands for Crapo.