Does everyone in the U.S. (and beyond?) pronounce "Buick" with the Spanish B/V, or is this a regional thing?

There's a long and dry story to this, so I'll just get to the point and ask the question:

Does everyone in the U.S. (and beyond?) pronounce the beginnng of the word "Buick" with the "Spanish" combination B/V sound, or is this a regional thing?

That is, when I hear people mention this make of car, it sounds as if they begin the word with a sound that is a cross between the letters B and V, so that you could just as easily think the person were saying either "View-ick" or "Byoo- ick" but you're not sure which one they intend.

This is the only "English" (?) word I've ever noticed with its "B" being pronounced in the Spanish ("B = V = B", or "B = BV") fashion.

Is this a common anomaly (IOW, is it pronounced that way throughout the US or even the world)? If not, what is the usual way of pronouncing it? If what I've heard is a regionalism, how wide is that region (perhaps limited to northern California)?

Solution 1:

I've always heard it pronounced "Byoo-ick." Without exception. This also seems to agree: http://www.pronouncenames.com/pronounce/buick

Solution 2:

I am a Buick ... we are Scottish, originally so .. pronounced bue..ick, originating from Dundee, my relatives were obviously the car manufactures... but not that immediate family:) My parents are from Perthshire....I was born in the highlands and my history is from Viking to Jacobsen to present ... I have known a few Bewicks after the queen''s swans ... Everyone pronounces my name wrong.... I secretly appreciate having an unusual name . Imogen Buick