This long-running motor started life as an afterthought and ended up as one of the most respected engines of the 20th century.

During the late 1960s, some Jeeps came with Buick V6 (aka The cut-down version of the Buick 215 appeared early in the going, with the "Fireball" 198-cubic-inch V6 available in 1962 Buick Specials.

Buick was one of the first American carmakers to utilize a V6 engine as standard across its lineup, and the 3800 was known for being especially bulletproof.

Extremely reliable, adequately powerful, fuel-efficient, and cheap to maintain, the Buick 3800 was a masterfully-designed V6 ...

The result displaced 198 cubes and made its debut (as the "Fireball V6") in the 1962 Buick Special.

After reviewing the successes of Chevrolet’s 1955 small block V8, Buick introduced an all-aluminum V8 in 1961. This engine would go on to become the Rover V8, powering everything from TVRs to ...

About that V6- it first appeared in 1961 aboard Buick's senior compact, the Special and Skylark. At 198 and 225 cubes, it saw duty as Buick's base engine offering through 1967.

Time is catching up with Buick's seemingly ageless V6 engine. The venerable workhorse, which set several industry benchmarks for quality, reliability, durability, performance, fuel economy and ...

An intensive engine development program at McLaren Engines in Livonia, Michigan, put the Buick V6 into the 850 hp range with intercooling and unlimited boost. Indy engines running at 57 inches of ...

DETROIT – The 2012 Buick LaCrosse, arriving in dealerships later this summer, will be available with a new, more powerful and fuel-efficient version of its direct-injected 3.6L V-6 engine.

We follow along as Jack Merkel Performance Engines works on a Stock-block Buick 3.8 turbo v6 in the July '02 issue of GM High-Tech Performance Magazine.