1955 Buick – Pay-off on Progress
It takes a long-time Buick owner to really appreciate what tremendously advanced cars the 1955 Buicks are.
For when you compare these spanking-new beauties with the finest Buicks that could be built two, three, four and five years ago – you find an almost incredible difference. The new Variable Pitch Dynaflow of 1955 is one example. In immediate response and in gas-saving mileage, it is as far advanced over earlier Dynaflows as the first Dynaflow was advanced over manual transmissions.
Power is another example. The great strides made in the Buick engines of the past years result in the spectacular horsepower boost you get in all 1955 Buicks. And you get as much as 4.8 more miles per gallon in these new 55 Buicks than in Buicks of six years ago.
There are many other differences that pinpoint this constant Buick progress. You find it in the handling, the ride, the visibility, the modern décors, the quietness of the car’s interior. And, most definitely, you find it in the fresh and forward-looking styling that has made Buick the unquestioned trend-setter.
Come in and take the wheel of a new SPECIAL, CENTURY, SUPER or ROADMASTER. That’s the only way to know the thrilling pay-off that progress has brought to Buick for 1955.

18 models in 4 series for 55
- 1955 Buick Special Estate Wagon – Model 49Hometown Buick2017-03-01T19:26:57+00:00
1955 Buick Special Estate Wagon – Model 49
- 1955 Buick Special Riviera Sedan – Model 43Hometown Buick2017-03-01T19:26:57+00:00
1955 Buick Special Riviera Sedan – Model 43
- 1955 Buick Special Convertible – Model 46CHometown Buick2017-03-01T19:26:57+00:00
1955 Buick Special Convertible – Model 46C
- 1955 Buick Special 2-door Sedan – Model 48Hometown Buick2017-03-01T19:26:58+00:00
1955 Buick Special 2-door Sedan – Model 48
- 1955 Buick Special Riviera – Model 46RHometown Buick2017-03-01T19:26:58+00:00
1955 Buick Special Riviera – Model 46R
- 1955 Buick Special Sedan – Model 41Hometown Buick2017-03-01T19:27:09+00:00
1955 Buick Special Sedan – Model 41
- 1955 Buick Super Riviera – Model 56RHometown Buick2017-03-01T19:26:55+00:00
1955 Buick Super Riviera – Model 56R
- 1955 Buick Super Sedan – Model 52Hometown Buick2017-03-01T19:26:56+00:00
1955 Buick Super Sedan – Model 52
- 1955 Buick Super Convertible – Model 56CHometown Buick2017-03-01T19:26:56+00:00
1955 Buick Super Convertible – Model 56C
- 1955 Buick Century Riviera – Model 66RHometown Buick2017-03-01T19:26:56+00:00
1955 Buick Century Riviera – Model 66R
- 1955 Buick Century Riviera Sedan – Model 63Hometown Buick2023-12-23T18:48:34+00:00
1955 Buick Century Riviera Sedan – Model 63
- 1955 Buick Century Sedan – Model 61Hometown Buick2017-03-01T19:26:56+00:00
1955 Buick Century Sedan – Model 61
- 1955 Buick Century Estate Wagon – Model 69Hometown Buick2017-03-01T19:26:57+00:00
1955 Buick Century Estate Wagon – Model 69
- 1955 Buick Century Convertible – Model 66CHometown Buick2017-03-01T19:26:57+00:00
1955 Buick Century Convertible – Model 66C
- 1955 Buick Roadmaster Riviera – Model 76RHometown Buick2017-03-01T19:26:55+00:00
1955 Buick Roadmaster Riviera – Model 76R
- 1955 Buick Roadmaster Sedan – Model 72Hometown Buick2018-02-17T23:11:02+00:00
1955 Buick Roadmaster Sedan – Model 72
- 1955 Buick Roadmaster Convertible – Model 76CHometown Buick2017-03-01T19:26:55+00:00
1955 Buick Roadmaster Convertible – Model 76C

See the 1955 Buicks in Motion
Watch the original salesmen and mechanics training slidefilms!
- 1955 Buick – Selling 1955 Buick over DodgeHometown Buick2017-03-01T19:26:14+00:00
1955 Buick – Selling 1955 Buick over Dodge
- 1955 Buick – Selling 1955 Buick over MercuryHometown Buick2017-03-01T19:27:25+00:00
1955 Buick – Selling 1955 Buick over Mercury
- 1955 Buick – Servicing the Carter 2-Barrel CarburetorHometown Buick2017-03-01T19:27:27+00:00
1955 Buick – Servicing the Carter 2-Barrel Carburetor
- 1955 Buick – How’s Your Heart?Hometown Buick2017-03-01T19:27:27+00:00
1955 Buick – How’s Your Heart?
- 1955 Buick – Servicing the Rochester 4-Barrel CarburetorHometown Buick2017-03-01T19:27:28+00:00
1955 Buick – Servicing the Rochester 4-Barrel Carburetor
- 1955 Buick – Explosion at 5:13Hometown Buick2017-03-01T19:27:28+00:00
1955 Buick – Explosion at 5:13
- 1955 Buick – Selling 1955 Buick over ChryslerHometown Buick2017-03-01T19:27:28+00:00
1955 Buick – Selling 1955 Buick over Chrysler
- 1955 Buick – Let’s Talk Price!Hometown Buick2017-03-01T19:27:28+00:00
1955 Buick – Let’s Talk Price!
- 1955 Buick – The Why and How of Brake AdjustmentHometown Buick2017-03-01T19:27:28+00:00
1955 Buick – The Why and How of Brake Adjustment
- 1955 Buick – The Thrill of the YearHometown Buick2017-03-01T19:27:28+00:00
1955 Buick – The Thrill of the Year
- 1955 Buick – Buick Sky Raiders CampaignHometown Buick2017-03-01T19:27:28+00:00
1955 Buick – Buick Sky Raiders Campaign
- 1955 Buick – Servicing the Stromberg 2-Barrel CarburetorHometown Buick2017-03-01T19:27:35+00:00
1955 Buick – Servicing the Stromberg 2-Barrel Carburetor
Free repair & owner manuals for your 1955 Buick!
- 1955 Buick Product Service Bulletins AEHometown Buick2017-03-01T19:27:21+00:00
1955 Buick Product Service Bulletins AE
- 1955 Buick Product School ManualHometown Buick2017-03-01T19:27:21+00:00
1955 Buick Product School Manual
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1955 Trivia
What else happened in 1955?
- January 6 – Birth of Rowan Atkinson, English comedian and actor.
- January 7 – Marian Anderson is the first African-American singer to perform at the Metropolitan Opera in New York City.
- February 8 – Birth of John Grisham, American novelist.
- February 24 – Birth of Steve Jobs, American businessman and founder of Apple Inc. (d. 2011)
- March – A young Jim Henson builds the first version of Kermit the Frog.
- March 5 – Elvis Presley makes his television debut on “Louisiana Hayride” carried by KSLA-TV Shreveport (although audio recordings exists, there is no known video footage of this appearance).
- March 19 – Birth of Bruce Willis, American actor.
- April 5 – Winston Churchill resigns as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom due to ill-health at the age of 80.
- April 18 – Death of Albert Einstein, German-born physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1879).
- July 18 – Disneyland opens to the public in Anaheim, California.
- August 27 – First edition of the Guinness Book of Records is published, in London.
- September 30 – Actor James Dean is killed when his automobile collides with another car at a highway junction near Cholame, California.
- October 2 – Alfred Hitchcock Presents debuts on the CBS TV network in the United States.
- October 28 – Birth of Bill Gates, American businessman and founder of Microsoft.
- November 1 – The Vietnam War begins between the South Vietnam Army and the North Vietnam Army in which the latter is allied with the Viet Cong.
- December 31 – General Motors becomes the first American corporation to make a profit of over one billion dollars in one year.