American automaker Buick launched the Special in 1962 — the first American car with a standard V6 gasoline engine. Parent company General Motors called its newest V6 engine the "Fireball," a ...

Many of you reading this are familiar with the Buick 3800 V6. As a whole, the famed V6 has been hailed as one of the most reliable engines ever produced, and not just by Buick or General Motors, but ...

While eight cylinders like Chevy’s small-block or Chrysler’s HEMI, are often associated with American engineering excellence, many enthusiasts forget about Buick’s venerable V6. Less exciting in terms ...

Last month I marveled at the comfort of my fiancée's 1997 Oldsmobile LSS. It was old-school American luxury mixed with the kind of delightful hubris that led General Motors to believe that it would ...

The ancestor of the Buick V6 is the Buick 215 V8, an innovative lightweight V8 with aluminum block and heads that debuted in 1961. This engine turned into iron and gained much displacement with GM ...

I have a 2000 Monte Carlo SS. I believe the factory sold later models of this car with a supercharger. This would be my first attempt at putting on a supercharger. I'd prefer a complete donor car so I ...

Matt Nelson is an automotive journalist with nearly a decade of experience in all things cars. He's spent years working at dealerships in sales, finance, and service. He's since traded in his pens and ...