By Leftlane Staff
Thursday, Jul 27th, 2006 @ 1:54 pm

On this day in 1904, Dr. Herbert Hills of Flint, Michigan, purchased the first Buick automobile ever to be sold. The sale came only weeks after the first Buick made its initial test run. During that test, the Buick averaged 30mph on a trip around Flint, going so fast at one point that the driver “couldn’t see the village six-mile-an-hour sign.” Sixteen Buicks were sold in the next few months.

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