The Buick LeSabre concept was the first vehicle to feature the all-aluminum Fireball engine, and was also supercharged. Related WATCH: GM 3800 V6 Engine Teardown Shows How Faulty Gaskets Can Spoil ...

Prototype aluminum block engines have been around for centuries. One of the very first was developed by Karl Benz, the father of the automobile.Nevertheless, metalworking limitations and high ...

GM’s third production overhead-valve V-8 engine in five years, the Buick “nailhead” was the warmup act for the small-block Chevy, and a classic in its own right.

It all started in 1961 when GM introduced both a new all-aluminum, 215-ci (3.5-liter) V8 and an iron-block V6 for its Buick, Oldsmobile, and Pontiac compact cars.

Parent company General Motors called its newest V6 engine the "Fireball," a derivative of Buick's 215 cubic-inch (3.5-liter) aluminum V8. The new V6 and V8 engines were mostly the same, apart from ...

The aluminum-block Buick was the basis for Jack Brabham's Repco-Brabham V8 which helped him win the World Driver's Championship in 1966, and Bruce McLaren used one in his early Group Seven car.

In the early 1960s, GM launched a small-displacement aluminum V8 engine for Buick, Oldsmobile and Pontiac compacts. But that 215-cubic-inch engine was expensive to build.

Here Is The First Buick Enclave On Bring A ... naturally aspirated 3.6L V6 engine, ... This Enclave also features 19-inch chrome-finished aluminum wheels wrapped in 255/60R19 Goodyear ...

2017 Buick LaCrosse: First Look. By Mike Hanley. November 18, 2015. ... 3.6-liter V-6 engine with an eight-speed automatic transmission; front- or all ... 18-inch aluminum wheels and a capless ...