1948 Buick Special Sedanette, 46S 🇺🇸

The big news at Buick in 1948 was not the cars but the management. Harlow Curtis, who led Buick since 1933, became  General Motors Executive Vice-President and the job of Buick General Manager passed to Ivan Wiles. 

The 1948 model year cars would be the last of the pre-war, 1942 derived designs. Consequently, Buick was not looking to invest much in any model year refreshments. The cars were nearly identical to the 1947 cars with the exception of some additional badging and side mouldings.

Despite the lack of differences from the previous model years, the 1948 cars sold very well. The car buying public was still clamouring for new cars after the war years. Buick was offering them the right balance of value, engineering and good looks. The sales success would continue for Buick in the 1949 model year when the first completely redesigned cars of the post-war era would hit the market.