DAVID BUICK'S MARVELOUS MOTOR CAR - ... THAT LAUNCHED GENERAL MOTORS

The storied Buick Motor Company, which formed the foundation for General Motors, "had the management of stars," said legendary GM executive Alfred P. Sloan Jr. Indeed, early Buick leaders included the charismatic Billy Durant, founder of GM; Charles Nash, a founder of what became American Motors; Walter Chrysler, founder of Chrysler Corporation; Walter Marr, Buick's first chief engineer, who was interacting with Henry Ford before the turn of the last century; and Louis Chevrolet, a Buick racing star before lending his name to another Durant enterprise.