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The Buick Regal Grand National as we know it was produced from 1984 to 1987, the Grand National being little more than an appearance package prior to 1984. As the mid-size rear-wheel-drive platform was nearing its end, Buick wanted to send the Grand National off with a bang. Working with ASC/McLaren (yes, that McLaren), they created the King of the Grand Nationals, the 1987 Buick GNX (Grand National Experimental).
From the outside, a Buick GNX doesn’t look radically different from a standard Grand National. However, the GNX had plenty of secret sauce added to its mix. Heads that flowed more freely, improved engine management controls, less restrictive exhaust, and an upgraded turbo, all combined to boost output to 276 horsepower and 360 pound feet of torque. The Buick GNX laid down a zero-to-60 time of 4.6 seconds, and continued on through the quarter mile in the low 13-second range. Pretty heady stuff in 1987, crushing that year’s Corvette times.
Someone Totally Neglected This Buick Grand National For 34 Years And Now It Looks Brand New Again
Screenshot: AMMO NYC on YouTube
In the mid-to-late 1980s, Buick somehow persuaded hundreds of people to purchase and then never drive its most expensive model. Could you imagine anyone going down to the Buick dealer and buying a new Enclave Avenir today, then storing it in the garage undriven until 2054?
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It seems like every time a Grand National comes up for sale, it has less than 2,000 miles on the odometer. It’s a wild phenomenon that I’ll never understand.
Anyway, back in 1987 when I was but a bouncing baby boy, a couple in Columbus, Ohio, purchased a Buick Regal Grand National. They shoved it into their pole barn and apparently never looked at it again until 2020, when it was sold to a guy from the Big Apple. During those resting years, the car’s tires lost air pressure and the family dog jumped on the door and fender nonstop for what looks to have be