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Topics: David Dunbar Buick
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The New York Times
6 August 1922
Company Organized by David Dunbar Buick Will Market It.
A new automobile, to be known as a Dunbar, will soon be put on the market by a company organized by David Dunbar Buick, it was announced yesterday. Mr. Buick was the inventor and perfector of the valve-in-the-head engine used in the first Buick car, which be brough out in 1903. He retired from the motor industry in 1909 on account of ill health.
The new Dunbar car will be ready for distribution next year. The factory location has not been determined, but negotiations are pending for the purchase of the old Fiat plant near Poughkeepsie. It is proposed to manufacture the Dunbar in five models—touring car, sedan, coupé, roadster and limousine. The company will be capitalized for $5,000,000. The engine of the Dunbar will be of the valve-in-head type.