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California

1948 Buick Special

$140,900 75 miles

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Hendersonville, TN

1949 Buick Special

$42,949 $47,949 61,865 miles

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1955 Buick Special

$31,995 $41,995 65,000 miles

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1952 Buick Special

$57,495 $63,995 200 miles

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1940 Buick Special

$21,495 $23,995 50,000 miles

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1961 Buick Special

$15,995 $18,995 8,000 miles

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1955 Buick Special

$6,495

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Vehicle	Last Asking Price	Ended
1948 Buick Special	$149,900	Nov 2026
1955 Buick Special	$9,500	Oct 2026
1963 Buick Special	$22,495	Oct 2026
1938 Buick Special	$15,495	Oct 2026
1939 Buick Special	$32,495	Oct 2026
1940 Buick Special	$21,995	Oct 2026

Frequently Asked Questions about the Buick Special

Buick sold the Special from the 1936 through 1958 model years and again from 1961 through 1969. It began as the division's lowest-priced full-size car, was dropped when the line was renamed for 1959, and returned for 1961 as a compact before growing into a mid-size car for 1964.

Series 40 was Buick's factory series number for the Special, the lowest-priced line in its range. Buick attached the Special name to the Series 40 for 1936 and kept using both labels into the 1950s, when the Super was Series 50 and the Roadmaster Series 70. A 1936 or later Buick described as a Series 40 is therefore a Special.

Every prewar Buick Special used an overhead-valve straight-eight. The 1936 car had a 233 cubic inch engine rated at 93 horsepower and rode a 118-inch wheelbase. For 1937 a longer stroke took the engine to 248 cubic inches, and that displacement was still listed for the Special in 1949. The Special kept a straight-eight through 1953, the last Buick to do so.

The Buick Special received its first V8 for the 1954 model year. Buick had introduced a 322 cubic inch V8 in the Super and Roadmaster for 1953 while the Special kept a 263 cubic inch straight-eight. The Special's 1954 engine was a smaller-bore, 264 cubic inch version of that V8. In 1955 the Special led Buick to third place in US sales, behind Ford and Chevrolet.

A Buick Special of the mid-1950s has three portholes, which Buick called VentiPorts, on each front fender. Buick introduced them on its 1949 models after they appeared on stylist Ned Nickles's own 1948 Roadmaster, and the 1949 Roadmaster wore four per side. In 1955 the Special carried three while the Century, Super and Roadmaster had four, so the count helps separate a Special from the costlier series.

Buick dropped the Special name when it renamed its whole lineup for the 1959 model year, and its lowest-priced full-size car became the LeSabre. The name returned for 1961 on a much smaller car, a unit-body compact built on GM's Y platform with a 112-inch wheelbase. No Buick was sold as a Special for 1959 or 1960.

Yes, the 1962 Buick Special was the first American passenger car to use a V6 in volume production, although GMC trucks already had one. Buick based the engine on the Special's 215 cubic inch V8, removing two cylinders and casting it in iron. Called the Fireball V6, it displaced 198 cubic inches and was rated at 135 horsepower. Motor Trend named the 1962 Special its Car of the Year.

The Buick Special became a mid-size car for the 1964 model year, when GM moved its compacts up to the intermediate A-body. The wheelbase grew from 112 to 115 inches, and a new 300 cubic inch V8 rated at 210 or 250 horsepower replaced the aluminum 215. The Skylark became a separate top-line series. After 1969 Buick dropped the Special name and the Skylark took its place.

The 26 Buick Special listings on Classic Cars Arena right now are priced from $6,495 to $140,900, with a median asking price of $22,745. These are the prices sellers are asking today, not sale prices, and the figures change as cars are listed and sold.

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