Masterfully Majestic

For 1926, Buick leapfrogged Dodge, Hudson, and Willys-Overland in the sales race, going from sixth place the year before to third. Ford and Chevrolet were still in their own league, battling it out for the common man on a previously unprecedented scale. But in that next tier, Buick led the pack, its near-luxury appointments bolstered by the company’s well-earned reputation for quality. The 1926 Master Six Coupe on these pages serves as a reminder of all that Buick did to earn its place on that ever-important sales chart.

For the 1925 model year, Buick did away with its four-cylinder line and introduced two different six-cylinder models, the Standard Six and the Master Six, each available in a variety of body styles, with the latter higher priced and laden with more distinctive features. The Master Six rode on a longer wheelbase than the Standard Six, at 120 or 128 inches