Buick Series D-Four

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Buick D-Four, E-Four, 22-Four, 23-Four, 24-Four
Production period: 1916-1924
Class : Lower middle class
Body versions : Touring car , roadster , sedan , coupé
Successor: Buick Standard Six

The Buick Series D-Four was a series of passenger cars with a four-cylinder engine that was only manufactured by Buick in the USA in the 1917 model year . The following year it was replaced by the E-Four series . In 1922, after a break of three years, a four-cylinder model was offered again, the 22-Four series . Series 23-Four and Series 24-Four followed in 1923 and 1924 .

Year by year

Series D-Four and E-Four (1917–1918)

Models D-34 / D-35 (1917)
Models E-34 / E-35 / E-37 (1918)

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Production period: 1917-1918
Body versions : Touring car , roadster , limousine
Engines: Petrol engine :
2.8 liters (25.7 kW)
Length:
Width:
Height:
Wheelbase : 2692 mm
Empty weight : 861-1096 kg

The new four-cylinder models had an overhead engine with a displacement of 2,786 cm³ and an output of 35 bhp (25.7 kW). The wheelbase of the cars available as roadsters (D-34) and touring cars (D-35) was a uniform 2,692 mm. Their appearance was similar to that of the larger D-54 and D-55 models of this year. The roadster had two seats and the touring car had five.

In the following year, the four-cylinder units continued to be built as the E-Four series without any major changes. Another model was a five-seat sedan with 2 doors (E-37).

Of all three models, 56,740 units were built in two years, of which the touring car was by far the most frequently ordered with 49,538 units. In 1919 the four-cylinder models were no longer offered.

Series 22-Four, 23-Four and 24-Four (1922–1924)

Models 22-34 / 22-35 / 22-36 / 22-37 (1922)
Models 23-34 / 23-35 / 23-36 / 23-37 / 23-38 / 23-39 (1923)
Models 24-33 / 24-34 / 24-35 / 24-37 (1924)
Buick Model 23-35 (1923)

Buick Model 23-35 (1923)
Production period: 1922-1924
Body versions : Touring car , roadster , sedan , coupé
Engines: Petrol engine :
2.8 liters (25.7 kW)
Length:
Width:
Height:
Wheelbase : 2769 mm
Empty weight : 1046-1302 kg
Buick Model 22-34 (1922)

From 1922, after a three-year break, there was again a four-cylinder model. The bodies had become a little rounder and lower. In addition to the known three models, there was a three-seater coupé with 2 doors (22-36). The four-cylinder engine from 1918 was taken over unchanged.

In 1923 the new models were a five-seat sports tourer with 2 doors (23-38) and a two-seat sports roadster with 2 doors (23-39). As with the six-cylinder models, the bodies have been slightly redesigned. So the front fenders were turned inwards and the bowl-shaped headlights gave way to cylindrical specimens.

In 1924 the sports models and the two-seater coupé were discontinued. What was new was a three-seater coupé with 2 doors (24-33). There were no technical or stylistic changes.

33,481 four-cylinder Buick were produced in 1922, and 66,604 in 1923. In 1924 38,195 copies were made. From 1925, the Standard Six replaced this model series with a small six-cylinder engine.

Web links

Commons : Buick Series 22  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files
Commons : Buick Series 23  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

source

  • Kimes, Beverly R. & Clark, Henry A. Jun .: Standard Catalog of American Cars 1805-1942. Krause Publications, Iola 1985, ISBN 0-87341-045-9