WORLD RECORD - 1987 Buick GNX Sale - BARRETT-JACKSON LAS VEGAS

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A national treasure, selling for $275,000! This 1987 Buick GNX with 8.7 miles is 480 of 547 created for the single model year, which is indicated on the plaque mounted to the passenger side of the dashboard. Ralph's Buick in Mena, AR, initially sold the vehicle in 1987, and it was then shown in the display area of a Texas business. It was put away it in an environment-controlled display area and has not been driven since. The GNX or Grand National Experimental was made in organization with McLaren Performance Technologies/ASC and highlights an overhauled powertrain, suspension and instrumentation. The turbocharged 3.8-liter 6-cylinder engine is mated to a 4-speed programmed automatic transmission. The interior features two-tone fabric, dark and dim material coordinating with dark covering and weaved logos on the headrests, floor mats stored in the storage compartment, and the processing plant protective plastic covers the front seats, entryway boards and around the instrument group. The GNX badging is unique to the front grille and trunk, the bumpers were furnished from the industrial facility with vents rather than the Grand National seals, and the 16-inch black mesh aluminum wheels are mounted with Goodyear Eagle VR50 tires. Included in the sale are the first Window Sticker, plant proprietor's manual and guarantee booklet, retail buyer's order, odometer statement and a customer satisfaction delivery form.
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  • @davidfarmer9017
    @davidfarmer90173 жыл бұрын

    I had one. Worked at an ad agency on Buick and bought the only one in texas at dealer cost. Dealership was mad as hell. Fastest car I ever owned. Wish I still had it.

  • @theHardyMonster1984
    @theHardyMonster19845 ай бұрын

    The corvette killer lives on! This is the ultimate drag car of the 1980s.

  • @williamfreeman6935

    @williamfreeman6935

    2 ай бұрын

    It was killing the Lambos too!

  • @bryanwolfe9350
    @bryanwolfe93502 жыл бұрын

    GM is not even paying attention. Image a well designed, amazing family sedan from 87 bring in $250k, yet GM doesnt even try to do anything like that today. Bring back the Buick team of the late 60's-80's GM!

  • @angelzamora2283

    @angelzamora2283

    2 жыл бұрын

    Sir, the majority of the team is probably deceased or deep into retirement.

  • @joescott701

    @joescott701

    2 жыл бұрын

    Gm lost me when they killed both Pontiac and the 3.8 engine. The 3800 engine was bulletproof as it gets.

  • @bluesky-ud9wg

    @bluesky-ud9wg

    8 ай бұрын

    GM would rather sell Quantity than Quality...

  • @jeremypilot1015

    @jeremypilot1015

    8 ай бұрын

    Yep and to use the 3.6 POS in it's place when they knew it had issue way back when it was a 3.1 liter in the Lumina goes to show they were worried about turning a quick profit by having the cars die sooner so you'd buy another one. This is not what the American taxpayer bailed them out for. @@joescott701

  • @hacob2004

    @hacob2004

    5 ай бұрын

    It’s not what the market wants. Sedans sell horribly these days

  • @VG-iq8xq
    @VG-iq8xq3 жыл бұрын

    Was curious $29,000 in ‘87 is approximately $69,000 today. That’s insane. What a gem this GNX is!

  • @Angelo-fo8de

    @Angelo-fo8de

    3 жыл бұрын

    29 k sticker price, the dealers we’re screwing people for premiums, actual street price around 50k. My brother owned 2 of them.

  • @joewearsadroolbib7347

    @joewearsadroolbib7347

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@Angelo-fo8de ... I call bullshit !

  • @raidersacdc4892

    @raidersacdc4892

    3 жыл бұрын

    Lester Glenn Buick in Toms River NJ was one of the few dealers that actually got 2 of these back in 87. They sold the most Grand Nationals in NJ I believe to be able to get 2. Apparently they sold for a lot more than the MSRP that was on the sticker

  • @gdb5448

    @gdb5448

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@joewearsadroolbib7347 ...nope, I personally witnessed one of these sell new for $49K in 1987 at a Buick dealer in Raleigh, NC.

  • @QkSilver04GTO

    @QkSilver04GTO

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@joewearsadroolbib7347 What is so hard to believe about a dealer mark up on a vehicle price? Yep, they were doing in the 80s and 90s on certain cars like they have done in the 2000s. Don't be so quick to call bullshit. The Grand Nationals, the GNXs, the ZR-1 Corvettes and even the 94-96 Impala SS were prone to mark ups. The 2004- 2006 Pontiac GTOs were marked up and people were dumb enough to pay it.

  • @wl8059
    @wl80593 жыл бұрын

    Some people are so rich these days that $250,000 might be one weeks pay check. They can justify spending what normal people call insane amount. Crazy world we live in.

  • @jasonengland2357

    @jasonengland2357

    3 жыл бұрын

    these days? been like this forever.

  • @lesterclaypool2194

    @lesterclaypool2194

    3 жыл бұрын

    It's probably PPP funds that were supposed to go to his employees

  • @richardcranium9663

    @richardcranium9663

    3 жыл бұрын

    Its not worth bill gates time to pick up 1,200 dollars on the ground because it would take to many seconds and he makes 1,300 a sec.

  • @StrictlyService905

    @StrictlyService905

    3 жыл бұрын

    Meh, shallow envious statement. I invest in collector cars as it’s the only sure fire way to safely make small amounts of money while controlling snd enjoying your investment on a daily basis. I started with garbage and flipped my way into a small fleet. It’s not all rich yuppies.. some of us are just grinding blue collar grunts with nothing more than high school educations. The real twats are those who invest in art, falsely pump the value from juicing studios then donating snd selling the inflated piece for charity to negate paying millions in taxes for years to come.

  • @epicpeppy2977

    @epicpeppy2977

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@StrictlyService905 idk, art and cars are the the same, people pump the up the price of cars too. Two examples are the Ford GT and Skylines, Vipers and Plymoth Prowlers are on rise to. All it takes is a flashy showcase and a celebrity to build up some hype and boom goes the value.

  • @details78
    @details783 жыл бұрын

    My uncle had a regular Grand National. My dad use to race him in his 91 GT Mustang. Both stock. My dad would always get him off the line but my uncle would catch up and pass him once his GN got in to boost. Loved that car.

  • @matteogottie6772

    @matteogottie6772

    3 жыл бұрын

    the fbi would use the grand national because how fast they were

  • @csbartonorgan83

    @csbartonorgan83

    2 жыл бұрын

    I imagine your dad lost off the line because of the turbo lag?

  • @details78

    @details78

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@csbartonorgan83 well he won off the line with the GN turbo lag. but then would lose once the GN came into boost.

  • @FarAboveDaCloudz
    @FarAboveDaCloudz2 жыл бұрын

    This is such an engineering marvel. It's beautiful to look at yet sinister on the streets. Magical times gone by....

  • @antoniodagostino2291
    @antoniodagostino22913 жыл бұрын

    Man the temptation to drive it when they bought back in 87 must of been crazy... I would've failed

  • @hotrox2112

    @hotrox2112

    3 жыл бұрын

    Failed, sure...but regret, nope.

  • @sparkplug1018

    @sparkplug1018

    3 жыл бұрын

    From the sound of the description it was bought as a display piece, so guessing no love lost not driving it.

  • @scottriopelle4900

    @scottriopelle4900

    2 жыл бұрын

    I wanted to drive it when I brought it back to Denver so i feal ya

  • @CobraR1993

    @CobraR1993

    Жыл бұрын

    They probably bought a T type or a regular GN as a daily driver

  • @montestu5502
    @montestu55023 жыл бұрын

    Almost all of those miles are from going across the auction block over and over again….

  • @dogs4778

    @dogs4778

    2 жыл бұрын

    Sad life

  • @paulcorreggio4925

    @paulcorreggio4925

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@dogs4778 One mans lose is another mans treasure.

  • @anynonymous1585

    @anynonymous1585

    Жыл бұрын

    I know it's to preserve the value of the cars, but I find it sad how people will just buy cars to let them sit with the origional plastics in a vacuum chamber. It's probably what's happening with a lot of the new cars too. Most C8 ZO6's or Ford GT's are just gonna sit.

  • @jmcd3970
    @jmcd39702 жыл бұрын

    My brother and I had the original GNX number 547 at our dealership in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania Jerry Mcdonogh

  • @stevethomas760
    @stevethomas7605 ай бұрын

    In '96 I was working for a beer distributor here in Atlanta. The owner's daily driver was a GNX. While I was there he sent a couple of the mechanics to SC and picked up a very low mileage one for his collection. Great to see Steve Magnate giving some of the details of the car while on the blocks.

  • @Midnight_Wave_1989
    @Midnight_Wave_19892 жыл бұрын

    I would absolutely buy that beauty in a heartbeat! Doesn’t matter what the price. IMO that beauty is a priceless antique work of art. I would preserve it’s beauty too.

  • @JG-no3iz
    @JG-no3iz3 жыл бұрын

    Graduated HS in 87 and didn't have one GN in the parking lot. TONS of IROCS, Cutlass and Monte SS, a few 5.0 gts, oddly a bunch of 79 TAs and the gearheads with the "old" cars. Looking back....

  • @beezertwelvewashingbeard8703

    @beezertwelvewashingbeard8703

    3 жыл бұрын

    High school parking lots in the 80's would be a car show today.

  • @louofm1

    @louofm1

    2 жыл бұрын

    Same here. I graduated in 88, and drove a 77 cutlass, then a 83 regal. The Regal was a money pit but I wish I still had the Cutlass. my buddy drove a beautiful 75 cutlass, then traded it in for an iroc z. Our other friend had a 79 TA. One of my close friends bought a 84 grand national which isn't the fastest of the 4 years but was the rarest. We had a lot of fun in that car, turning out the tires. He still owns it today. All of us learned to turn wrenches with these cars.

  • @JG-no3iz

    @JG-no3iz

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@louofm1 Good times Lou. Wish I had a time machine..

  • @OBXLOVER
    @OBXLOVER3 жыл бұрын

    I had a 87 IROZ with the 350 Corvette engine and never could outrun a Grand National, they were fast.

  • @messageinmybottles3767

    @messageinmybottles3767

    3 жыл бұрын

    I have always heard that was the #1 reason that GM stopped making the GN and GNX... they didn't want to compete, lose sales, and put the corvette in 2nd place. Same thing happened with the GMC Typhoon and Cyclone.

  • @raidersacdc4892

    @raidersacdc4892

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@surfncnow No he couldn't but it was a close race... He'd a been better off getting the LB9 5.0 liter 5 speed IROC-Z.. The 5.7 had a few more HP but id rather have the 5 speed.. Either way it was a close race

  • @davidrivera414

    @davidrivera414

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@messageinmybottles3767 yes GM did everything to protect the image of the corvette thats why they axed the GNX and cycle typhoon and the 89 turbo ta

  • @nativenation3296
    @nativenation32963 жыл бұрын

    Best looking G-Body ever made...

  • @precisioncutsandtrimslawns6645

    @precisioncutsandtrimslawns6645

    3 жыл бұрын

    Correct

  • @jonnun7713

    @jonnun7713

    3 жыл бұрын

    True that

  • @jonnun7713

    @jonnun7713

    3 жыл бұрын

    If you've ever really drove 1 or at least ridden one, you never forget it

  • @edtorre771

    @edtorre771

    3 жыл бұрын

    In my opinion… best G body ever made is the 87/88 Monte Carlo ss. Interior dashboard body lines bumpers everything.. don’t get me wrong this gnx is one hella of a car. And the ugliest g body is the Grand Prix 2+2 aerocoupe.. I don’t know why in the hell they build that car.

  • @cgray5559
    @cgray55593 жыл бұрын

    I use to get picked up in one of these from middle school and still one of the funniest cars I've ever been in. It was the fastest production car on the planet in 87 . That's a hell of an accomplishment, especially for buick.

  • @sean7628

    @sean7628

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@obriantomlinson2776 “funnest” isn’t a word.. Funniest because you didn’t expect a car like this to be capable of what it was capable of. People only envy this car because of its legacy, which back in ‘87 it did not have. So Yes funniest, because it looked like a commuter car and could smoke almost anything of its time.

  • @sidefx996

    @sidefx996

    Жыл бұрын

    It was NOT the "fastest." It was the quickest 0-60. It was nowhere NEAR the fastest.

  • @cgray5559

    @cgray5559

    Жыл бұрын

    @@sidefx996 type in "fastest production car in 1987" on google and see what comes up

  • @michaelcrofton6548
    @michaelcrofton65483 жыл бұрын

    Incredible. I’ve haven’t seen a real GNX. Drove a Grand National once.. amazing performance for a G Body!

  • @dianecortis2047

    @dianecortis2047

    Жыл бұрын

    I have one, #069 out of 547.

  • @jasoncataldi2053
    @jasoncataldi20533 жыл бұрын

    Guess that’s why they call it a dream car…I can only dream that was me they were hammering for. Beautiful Buick. Drive it in good health my friend.

  • @larrypeeples614
    @larrypeeples614 Жыл бұрын

    That's right 87 the year I moved from Tampa Florida to Merced California, the southwest connection, and yes a Grand National! Need this one for sure!

  • @daveheimes241
    @daveheimes2413 жыл бұрын

    Car is only worth what somebody willing to pay for it. I love when people say well , kelly blue book says it's worth 8,000.00 . Kelly ain't buying it, you are. What's it worth to you?

  • @JcPack

    @JcPack

    3 жыл бұрын

    Kelley blue book is a joke,if i had a dollar every time i heard some one say that(kelley says its worth)

  • @rajnbull

    @rajnbull

    3 жыл бұрын

    it's not worth $275,000 in my opinion..next

  • @QkSilver04GTO

    @QkSilver04GTO

    3 жыл бұрын

    @Adam Baum Neither does what it sells for on these rich guys playgrounds either. I watched an auction on BaT get crazy because 2 bidders wanted it bad enough. It came down to who was willing to overpay more for it, and that is exactly what happened. KBB, NADA, nor Edmunds might not be buying your car, but the lenders and insurance companies use them to determine what to lend you and how to compensate you in a total loss. I went to my credit union to get arrange financing on a car and the lady spun her screen around and said we go by NADA and when she put everything in, NADAs bottom line was what they were willing to lend, no more. You can pay more for a car, but if you don't insure it right or can't get higher value coverage, you may find yourself on the wrong side of a bad deal.

  • @QkSilver04GTO

    @QkSilver04GTO

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@RG-no1ng How do you determine what a vehicle is worth?

  • @marksgoogle4360

    @marksgoogle4360

    3 жыл бұрын

    Bored people with too much money

  • @blkhemi3925
    @blkhemi39253 жыл бұрын

    80's baby's rejoice!

  • @jonathanjones1814

    @jonathanjones1814

    3 жыл бұрын

    Yes Sirrrrrr, Its slowly becoming our time for great classicsv and for sure BUCIK GNX is defintly one of the greats

  • @shanebigfella1636
    @shanebigfella16363 жыл бұрын

    What a beautiful machine! Damn that looks amazing

  • @sshza2143

    @sshza2143

    3 жыл бұрын

    😃👀💎🕺✌😎

  • @truantray

    @truantray

    3 жыл бұрын

    Wut.

  • @privateprivate1865

    @privateprivate1865

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@truantray exactly. That car is not amazing looking. It's boxy and boring. Cars havent been cool since the 70s and you can't beat he 50s and 60s.

  • @Cbriggs502

    @Cbriggs502

    Жыл бұрын

    ​@@privateprivate1865 🤦‍♂️

  • @xdude2x
    @xdude2x3 жыл бұрын

    One of my all time faves

  • @o-o6355
    @o-o63553 жыл бұрын

    i can barely watch this video i love this car that much..it's completely untouchable.

  • @sidefx996

    @sidefx996

    Жыл бұрын

    It's not untouchable. You just watched someone buy it.

  • @TheTruthHurts732
    @TheTruthHurts7323 жыл бұрын

    Those cars were so damn fast.

  • @genxchas
    @genxchas2 жыл бұрын

    AKA the Corvette Eater Worth Every Penny

  • @DrothaBarber
    @DrothaBarber3 жыл бұрын

    My brothers friends dad passed away in an accident. And left his son one of these. It just sitting in his garage. Damn near mint condition. I've seen him drive it maybe 4-5 times in like 5 years I knew him. Said he was never selling it.

  • @holeeshietpyro4072
    @holeeshietpyro40723 жыл бұрын

    "THAT BELONGS! IN A MUSEEUMM!!!!"

  • @pamelathibault2891

    @pamelathibault2891

    2 жыл бұрын

    There is one in California that is still owned by original dealer. Never been sold.

  • @fitfogey
    @fitfogey3 жыл бұрын

    So beautiful.

  • @2007ghettonissanaltima
    @2007ghettonissanaltima3 жыл бұрын

    Gorgeous, just... Gorgeous 💖.

  • @jasons2562
    @jasons25622 жыл бұрын

    What a beautiful unique car

  • @turboman2019
    @turboman20193 жыл бұрын

    Crazy,crazy,crazy $250k,s few years ago you could buy a clean one of these for $50k-60k all day long,maybe not a zero mile one but a very nice one.

  • @sparkplug1018

    @sparkplug1018

    3 жыл бұрын

    Just get back to the late 90's early 2000's a lot of these $250K cars were almost worthless for a time.

  • @danmyers9372

    @danmyers9372

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@sparkplug1018 - Back turn they were seen and valued for what they truly are. Junky 1980’s American iron. What’s hilarious is that these are now “collectable” because they were quicker than any other American Iron at the time. Of course this was when a Corvette was lucky to break 15 seconds in the 1/4. Woo hoo my Buick can beat a smog dog Corvette! That certainly qualifies it as a $250K car. 🤣🤣🤣

  • @sparkplug1018

    @sparkplug1018

    3 жыл бұрын

    ​@@danmyers9372 Someone sounds a little salty they scraped some of these cars from the 80's. Just like the folks that scraped stuff from the 60's and 70's. That being said, you clearly don't understand what makes a car collectible or not.

  • @ciaranburke3243
    @ciaranburke32432 ай бұрын

    Everyone wants a slice of the past in whatever guise look at our present and future class car good luck to the new owner 👍

  • @gettinmoney216185
    @gettinmoney2161853 жыл бұрын

    Out of all muscle cars , this is one that should've hit millions , it's literally the unicorn of muscle cars

  • @mikeprice8307

    @mikeprice8307

    3 жыл бұрын

    No v6 is a unicorn of muscle cars.

  • @privateprivate1865

    @privateprivate1865

    3 жыл бұрын

    No. It's ugly. Rich dealerships are doing this on purpose, to make people think it makes sense to pay out the butt for ugly old cars.

  • @TuNnL

    @TuNnL

    Жыл бұрын

    @@privateprivate1865 that's just dumb. It's not the looks that make this car special, but the fact that it was arguably the fastest production car in 1987, beating out Porsche and Ferrari, at the time. The way the looks factored in is you would never assume that a Buick that looks like this was even a fast car, much less the fastest. The fact that there were less than 600 of these manufactured makes it that much more of a unicorn. 💁🏻‍♂️🦄🚘

  • @sidefx996

    @sidefx996

    Жыл бұрын

    It's "LiTeRaLLy" NOT the "unicorn" of muscle cars. There are MANY muscle cars that are way rarer and more special than this thing.

  • @gettinmoney216185

    @gettinmoney216185

    Жыл бұрын

    @@sidefx996 not really , nor are they faster .

  • @jasoncordill2658
    @jasoncordill26583 жыл бұрын

    These cars are just stupid fast. I drove an ‘86 T-type with a 3.8l turbocharged and it was hard not to keep my foot into it. Fun to drive.

  • @marleyboy7732
    @marleyboy77323 жыл бұрын

    Not a real Buick fan. But this one is pretty slick looking. Wished we could hear this start up.

  • @Idontlikethatshit.
    @Idontlikethatshit.3 жыл бұрын

    My favorite old school

  • @jeepbeefguyer
    @jeepbeefguyer2 жыл бұрын

    Love this car man

  • @chrismarr7962
    @chrismarr79622 жыл бұрын

    When they talk about the next generation of classic cars that will bring insane money like the yenkos and the Shelby mustangs or the super birds this is it and it’s finally getting the spotlight it deserves. I think it would be cool to see the grand national come back as an ev and dominate the competition just like it did when it became the first muscle car to have a turbo v6

  • @michaelc6126
    @michaelc61266 ай бұрын

    I remember when these babies came out and in '87 I bought a T-Type instead. If I knew how rare they would be wish I spent a little more on a GN or on the GNX when it was available at the time. My bad.

  • @Martin750hp
    @Martin750hp7 ай бұрын

    I remember watching BJ a few yrs ago. Anyway it went for $100,000.... That's when I knew the GNX Model in future Would go up big time.....

  • @michaelgriger586
    @michaelgriger5862 жыл бұрын

    I had an 87 Cutlass Supreme all black shaved door handles with an 86 GN engine in it, with the GN interior, rims, and drive train with like only 36k miles on it! I bought it for 3k back in 2001...man that thing was so fast and so cool lookin, and it was definitely a sleeper, but because it wasn't original things kept braking and nickel and dimming me and I just didn't have the $$$ to fix it..i was just a teenager at the time! I think I sold it the same day I paid it off... Definitely wish I didn't!!

  • @YourBioDad
    @YourBioDad3 жыл бұрын

    My favorite car ever

  • @wing0291
    @wing02913 жыл бұрын

    The new generation of collectors cars

  • @ZacTexC
    @ZacTexC3 жыл бұрын

    Bud of mine in high school in the late 80’s to early 90’s had a Grand National.

  • @ericswires8534
    @ericswires85343 жыл бұрын

    It looks so Regal!

  • @quantumphaser
    @quantumphaser3 жыл бұрын

    $275K for a Buick? Sure, why not.

  • @soulcrusher0357

    @soulcrusher0357

    2 жыл бұрын

    It's not your grandma's Lesabre, this my friend was definitely not your typical Buick.

  • @rickym.5271
    @rickym.52713 жыл бұрын

    I seen only two gnx in person. The last one I saw was 15-20 years at a mom and pop's dealership. At the time they were asking $80k. Only 1200 miles. That's a bargain today lol.

  • @fabiolas4
    @fabiolas43 жыл бұрын

    I wish Barrett Jackson and Mecum were on Roku! Can't find them anywhere!

  • @HoustonRacewayKid

    @HoustonRacewayKid

    3 жыл бұрын

    Agreed

  • @kosmashionidis9676
    @kosmashionidis96763 жыл бұрын

    Insane numbers for a car that will never see the sun or the road.

  • @kawasakiwhiptwo5821

    @kawasakiwhiptwo5821

    3 жыл бұрын

    All depends on who bought it.

  • @ShooterSanoff
    @ShooterSanoff3 жыл бұрын

    I love this car and always have. If I had crazy money to blow I’d buy this one for sure. But my dream was to buy a regular grand national and strip it out and put a custom new interior in it and racing seats.. such a beautiful car

  • @RogueBurn
    @RogueBurn3 жыл бұрын

    I had a '87 GN lightly modified. Bought it for $7000 firm, put $5000 into it then some jackass plowed into me and totaled it. The insurance company gave me $12000 and I sold it for $5000 as is. That car was a bullet, even my 85+ old mom loved to drive it.

  • @joeishere500

    @joeishere500

    2 жыл бұрын

    ;; those DAMN Jackasses

  • @DrBIeed
    @DrBIeed3 жыл бұрын

    I got locked inside one of these in the showroom when I was 5 years old. My dad was actually there to buy his GN and they had a GNX in the show room. I remember I crawled in it and looked around and suddenly the doors locked from the inside and the horn started blaring. The sales people forgot to disable it and then they had misplaced the keys. 😂 Anyway don’t let them fool you on the GNX they are bad ass cars but most of what the ASC package brings to the table over the regular 86/87 GN is in the suspension, planting the power better and preventing the torque from pulling the back of the car one direction over the other so it’ll go in a straight line. Other than that if you were the average Joe and knew enough to know what these cars actually were at the time, other than the exclusivity of owning a GNX, you were still in the mid 13 second club back then out of the show room and a chip away from running a high 12 with a set of decent tires. Pretty big deal back then.

  • @shadhord9502

    @shadhord9502

    3 жыл бұрын

    I have an 89 TTA, #466 of the 1,555 built that year.

  • @jdgreen214

    @jdgreen214

    3 жыл бұрын

    These cars make so much power with minor bolt-ons. I have a Grandnational with a little bigger turbo, turbotweek chip, and a little methonal injection and I have 400 to the wheel horsepower. I could make more with head work and rocker roller and punch it 30 over but I'm good at the horsepower I have now. I also had to replace that God awful breaking system. Nothing like getting 20k of work done to a car then drove 20 miles and the brake light comes on. Spent another grand to do vacuum brakes and now everything is all good.

  • @shadhord9502

    @shadhord9502

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@jdgreen214 I have a TT chip with 60# injectors, alky, hot wire kit with a racetronix 340 pump, RJC power plate and cold air with a LS1 MAF and translator. I'm running around 20# of boost but haven't had my car on the dyno but it hauls ass! lol

  • @jdgreen214

    @jdgreen214

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@shadhord9502 I bet! Yours is more aerodynamic than the regals. I think of the 3.8 turbo cars the TTA was the fastest including the GNX. I also have a 92 gmc typhoon. Fast as hell for a "Truck" it's issue if they are modified is reliability. Unlike the 3.8 turbo engine the 4.3 is batch fired. The ecu is from a Pontiac sunbird or sunfire which are 4 cylinder engines. Since the injectors need to fire all at once any problem no starting. When the truck does perform it really performs. All wheel drive makes launches amazing. You have to put big money in them to make them super fast. That's why most people LS swap them. I'm trashing the ECU and going with the holley system which replaces the old wiring harness also. If I can get a reliable 13 second truck I will be good with that.

  • @shadhord9502

    @shadhord9502

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@jdgreen214 I remember the Typhoon and Syclone. Used to be guys running the Syclone's back in the early 90"s when I had a stock cloth TTA and it couldn't hang with that all wheel drive in the light ass truck! lol

  • @chrisbeauvais7499
    @chrisbeauvais749911 ай бұрын

    And the Buick turbo is getting better and more expensive

  • @NVRAMboi
    @NVRAMboi2 жыл бұрын

    "It's fast." "We need faster." "Get McLaren on the phone."

  • @TheCybertiger9
    @TheCybertiger93 ай бұрын

    Jay Leno had one on his website program, if you want to know more about this car. Not sure if it was the same car, but it was one the dealer never sold

  • @manbearpig2164
    @manbearpig21643 жыл бұрын

    Sickest car ever made

  • @mrveritas700
    @mrveritas7005 ай бұрын

    simply the best!

  • @hunterslawnsmichaelhunter1568
    @hunterslawnsmichaelhunter15683 жыл бұрын

    That's my dream car. Some day some day

  • @kari53
    @kari533 жыл бұрын

    I wonder what my neighbours is worth. He still has a the window sticker on it.

  • @Viper-rf7qu
    @Viper-rf7qu3 жыл бұрын

    Great car. One of the best cars to come out of the 80’s and probably the best Buick ever made. However it has no business being that expensive

  • @jonathanjones1814

    @jonathanjones1814

    3 жыл бұрын

    Its just a matter of time, Those 80's babbies are getting old and these are our classics just like our pops and grandads pay hundreds of thousands for 50's 60's & 70,s corvettes and fords etc...Its our time now to get what we believe was classics as kids and this BUICK GNX is one of them.

  • @longboardguy

    @longboardguy

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@jonathanjones1814 that’s well said I was born in 88 so a little late but I agree now cars are becoming classics from the ones we remember as kids and wanted. Not so much 50/60 era anymore.

  • @axe2grind772

    @axe2grind772

    3 жыл бұрын

    Well…….$250k homes have no business being $500k homes but that’s the way it is now I guess. Def the best Buick ever.

  • @sickstuff7624

    @sickstuff7624

    3 жыл бұрын

    It’s has 8 miles on it and it’s rare. Of course some collector is going to spend big.

  • @JT-sl3ui

    @JT-sl3ui

    3 жыл бұрын

    Oh that is where you’re wrong young grasshopper. The GNX has all the business on planet Earth being that expensive. Best GM muscle car ever assembled.

  • @toraja04
    @toraja04 Жыл бұрын

    I remember always using this car when I was playing the original Forza on XBOX

  • @vassa1972
    @vassa19723 жыл бұрын

    Awesome

  • @gdiamondp6607
    @gdiamondp6607 Жыл бұрын

    Wooow 250k!!! Damn... its a nice car

  • @cjcoleman7372
    @cjcoleman73723 жыл бұрын

    I remember when these came out and at that time there wasn't a lot of hype about them. People just didn't realize how good of a car it really was. I think it had to do with the fact it didn't have a V8 in it. $250k is insane!

  • @vandersgarage4682

    @vandersgarage4682

    3 жыл бұрын

    Trust me, people knew how good it was. The fact that there is one rolling across the block with only 8 miles on it should prove that. Someone knew they needed to snatch one up and hold onto it. Not only that, but there wasn't an American car released that year that could touch it and they used that fact in ad campaigns. It was hyped up from the get go.

  • @dougg4633

    @dougg4633

    3 жыл бұрын

    I simply thought they were ugly. Fast yes but no style

  • @vandersgarage4682

    @vandersgarage4682

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@dougg4633 Just proof that style is subjective. I think they are one of the best looking cars ever made, right up there with the 70 Cuda.

  • @dougg4633

    @dougg4633

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@vandersgarage4682 Agreed, I'm more of a European style guy But I now have new appreciation for the American styles of the 80's . But at the time I just didn't

  • @vandersgarage4682

    @vandersgarage4682

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@dougg4633 I'm more of a drag racing type of car guy, so most of my favorites are cars that do well at the drag strip. G-Body GM's from the 80's are great at the track if you put a beefy anti-roll bar on the rear to get rid of the "G-Body Shuffle". I'd love to have the money to piss off the purists. I'd buy this car then strip that V6 out and drop a twin turbo LS in it. They would absolutely lose their shit. I would probably get actual death threats....lol

  • @jeniferwashingtontherealto6449
    @jeniferwashingtontherealto6449 Жыл бұрын

    GNX crazy powerful 8.7 miles on the speedometer rarebreed ❤

  • @GNXperimental
    @GNXperimental3 жыл бұрын

    My favorite car of all time. But I've never had the money to buy one. A friend of mines could have bought one in 2002 with 1600 miles for $29,000. But decided to buy a Supra instead.

  • @axe2grind772

    @axe2grind772

    3 жыл бұрын

    If that’s a TT Supra with a manual he still made a very solid decision.

  • @GNXperimental

    @GNXperimental

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@axe2grind772 Yes it's a 93 Turbo 6 speed.

  • @marcusrhodes5732
    @marcusrhodes57323 жыл бұрын

    amazing

  • @ruthlessreid9172
    @ruthlessreid91722 жыл бұрын

    A buddy had one 500 plus hp super fun.

  • @jimciancio9005
    @jimciancio90052 жыл бұрын

    What A Mint example of how a little push rodded boosted V-6 made the entire car community shamed itself, when the GNX was christened the fastest car of 87 made in America and most of the European market as well. SMFH! Sad day in history for everything else when grandmas grocery getter blows your twin turbo porch away or your newer corvette. The car was the first car I've ever lost a street race to growing up, no wonder why? It was the perfect sleeper and when you said it was only a 3.8V6 a whole 229 cubic inches VS a 406 Chevy small block with roller cam and aluminum Cantfield head's in a 86 Old's Cutlass 442 the match was on. I had almost double the cubes and about the same weight overall with the aluminum top ended V8 opposed to the V6. I thought there's no way I could lose? LMFAO! Yes what a dumb thing to think?! I was thinking to myself I have this from Start to Finish until I heard him power braking the engine and the 2 step system he had plus the stall converter. I had no clue what I was in for? He was on 9" street slicks and I was on 11 in radials aired down a little BF Goodrich TAs at the time. Let's just say when that light turned green we launched, and immediately I knew it was over! Cuz all I saw was those Buick regal taillights just a head of me where I could almost reach out my drivers window to touch the damn thing's. I trailed that car all the way to the next light a 1/4 mile away but with a bit of a traction issue there was just no way of catching up, let alone pulling ahead..... I learned something that night, don't mess around with Buick Grand National's especially when the drivers are a little bit cocky! I know I had the numbers on the track to beat a stock GNX, but ones that have been heavily modified??? I found out afterwards I was up against a high 9 second car which blew my mind. He had all kinds of internal work done to the little 3.8 from heads to cam and pistons to the GNX Turbo being replaced by an even bigger Garrett to a custom single 3+ inch exhaust, the trans was done, and a 2800 stall converter he said along with a ton of computer mapping. She left a trial of black smoke so she was a little on the richer side and still it was fast as hell! A bigger intercooler also I recall as well as injectors. So yeah a mid 10 second G body is still no answer for a nicely built Buick Grand National! That night we found out that there is a replacement for displacement! It's called a Turbo Charger. I guess when you can ram in more than double it's displacement in volumetric pressure that's your replacement for displacement, keeping it together is the next biggest problem, but it is clearly apparent Buick bottom ends could handle it!

  • @dzdhandzcan816
    @dzdhandzcan8163 жыл бұрын

    I cloned my 1987 Buick Grand National into a GNX & boy did I accomplish EVERYONE LOVED IT & It looked exactly like this..... NICE

  • @BassManBobBassCovers
    @BassManBobBassCovers3 жыл бұрын

    Holy shit! 1/4 million for a GNX?

  • @furious4620
    @furious46203 жыл бұрын

    SHE IS SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO BEAUTIFUL!!!! WHAT A BEAUTIFUL BUICK!!!

  • @jeshicks9947
    @jeshicks99473 жыл бұрын

    I owned 3 GNs and 2 T-types looking to get back into my sixth one right now.

  • @ma.higiniablancoblanco1380

    @ma.higiniablancoblanco1380

    3 жыл бұрын

    Whats the difference ? Which ones better

  • @jeshicks9947

    @jeshicks9947

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@ma.higiniablancoblanco1380 GNX is the best then the Grand national,T-type and Limited T-type all run the same but look different

  • @ShooterSanoff

    @ShooterSanoff

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@jeshicks9947 gotta have the grand national for the all black tho

  • @jeshicks9947

    @jeshicks9947

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@ShooterSanoff I hear ya. 👂

  • @Long-nd8bq

    @Long-nd8bq

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@ShooterSanoff or a T-Type WE4... all black, just has solid color seats not the black and gray. T-Types also had aluminum wheels which were lighter, technically they were just a little bit lighter and faster then the GN.

  • @SL-vi4tk
    @SL-vi4tk5 ай бұрын

    I always wondered with such low mileage, what is the condition of the gaskets, internal hoses and any moving components?

  • @knowel7138
    @knowel71383 жыл бұрын

    Now everybody with a rust bucket grand national thinks they’re holding onto gold. 😂😂😂

  • @daveunknown01

    @daveunknown01

    2 жыл бұрын

    It's always been that way

  • @joeishere500

    @joeishere500

    2 жыл бұрын

    RUSTED GOLD

  • @MrScoopage
    @MrScoopage3 жыл бұрын

    Crazy!

  • @matthewbaquero
    @matthewbaquero2 жыл бұрын

    My dream car

  • @fromaggiovagiola9128
    @fromaggiovagiola91283 жыл бұрын

    I saw one on the 110N in 2019

  • @StangQuest94
    @StangQuest943 жыл бұрын

    It's time...drive the beast! Let her run!!! It was built to hit the road!

  • @Rick-ne9os
    @Rick-ne9os3 жыл бұрын

    I liked my 85 GT with t-tops that ran in the 12's and would bury the 155 mile an hour speedometer, it wasn't stock but man was it fast and fun to drive....driving these cars is the fun part, 250K to garage it and never drive it is a little insane or you just like wasting money

  • @19GTO67

    @19GTO67

    Жыл бұрын

    GT? Do you mean GN?

  • @marshalllapenta7656
    @marshalllapenta76568 ай бұрын

    Nice!

  • @booboobear6490
    @booboobear64908 ай бұрын

    I am sure that this is the GNX from Jay Leno's show. It has about 20 miles on the odometer.

  • @CarlosRamirez-we8zi
    @CarlosRamirez-we8zi2 жыл бұрын

    My dream cars, GN, Bandit T/A

  • @stevieray6216
    @stevieray62163 жыл бұрын

    While people’s taste for most classic cars seems to be more or less the same across the globe, the GNX is a model that is absolutely slept on in Europe. 🇪🇺 Despite its appearance in the F&F franchise most people wouldn’t even recognize it, let alone pay 6-digit numbers for it. It’s never been sold here when new, but the same goes for most other muscle cars that are highly sought after nowadays. Maybe that edgy notchback plays a role which is regarded a somewhat weird design cue here in the Old World. 🤔

  • @chadhelget8724
    @chadhelget87243 жыл бұрын

    Buick was the garage that GM had. Ever.

  • @49inxs
    @49inxs3 жыл бұрын

    i have always thought they were way over rated but holy crap this is insane mind you i am a true muscle car guy having had 1969 roadrunner 1970 boss 302 and a 70.5 split bumper z28 damn i wish i had kept all of them whats the cousin of this worth then the typhoon

  • @bryduhbikeguy

    @bryduhbikeguy

    3 жыл бұрын

    I saw 1 go for $75k.

  • @Kruelltin
    @Kruelltin3 жыл бұрын

    Grand National's have never been my thing. But, I definitely appreciate them. And, I am sure this very rare example will fill some GN fan's with a ton of happiness. Also, so crazy to think that a car, that's basically 35 years old, has less than 10 miles on it!

  • @tp5776
    @tp57763 жыл бұрын

    My grandmother in law boyfriend was an old Oil Wildcat. While visiting once he ask would I go to his house and drive his Buick because he getting too old and couldn't handle it. We got there and it was a black Buick GNX. I drove the hell out of that car with him in passenger seat grinning ear to ear. I said the law was going to get us. He said don't worry I got ya covered. The fuel? He was an oil man.....high octane!

  • @Molitoth
    @Molitoth3 жыл бұрын

    8.7 miles.... what a shame, can't even drive it.

  • @VG-iq8xq

    @VG-iq8xq

    3 жыл бұрын

    I know it’s ridiculous. 8.7 miles is sorta cool being it’s an ‘87. I’d sure be tempted to drive it up to 87 miles.

  • @stephenneville7841

    @stephenneville7841

    3 жыл бұрын

    I bought a gn off a collector few years ago, had 40k on it, he said at that point just drive it around lol.

  • @davidarmstrong3989

    @davidarmstrong3989

    3 жыл бұрын

    Disconnect Speedo cable and have some fun.

  • @stephenneville7841

    @stephenneville7841

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@davidarmstrong3989 🤔

  • @allenthomas182
    @allenthomas1823 жыл бұрын

    What I never understood is why they never put that HURST Lightning Rods In the GN like they did the Hurst Olds, it’s that same body style if I remember

  • @davidrivera414

    @davidrivera414

    3 жыл бұрын

    I agree if hust had installed the lighting rod shifter like the 83 84 hurst olds it would have been a epic sweet combination for the GNX

  • @Dooguy
    @Dooguy2 жыл бұрын

    Gawd I owned 4 of these cars. Only Gn's but all low mileage and I sold em all but one for well under 20k :(

  • @jad1079
    @jad1079Ай бұрын

    Should they be driving the car onto the auction floor? Maybe push it instead so the car doesn't have to be started? Or is that to prove that the car is functional?

  • @sixpgaming5462
    @sixpgaming54623 жыл бұрын

    Funny how I've been looking for a gnx and can't find one I guess I need to to the auctions

  • @fredlardieri6879
    @fredlardieri68793 жыл бұрын

    To think you could by a nice used one in the 90's for about 35k!!!

  • @wileecoyote5749
    @wileecoyote57493 жыл бұрын

    And I scrapped 3 new ones I had in garage 4 years ago

  • @abduljalil7623

    @abduljalil7623

    2 жыл бұрын

    Scrapped? Not selling it to a Scrap metal yard I hope.

  • @nicholasturner5159
    @nicholasturner51593 жыл бұрын

    I loved driving this car in Forza horizon 3

  • @TheEclecticHandyman
    @TheEclecticHandyman2 жыл бұрын

    If I could afford that car, I'd make it my daily no joke. I don't want to look at a car, that thing would be awesome to have out on the road.

  • @dianecortis2047

    @dianecortis2047

    2 жыл бұрын

    I just happen to have a 1987 GNX #069 with 1000 miles on it.

  • @sidefx996

    @sidefx996

    Жыл бұрын

    That's assinine. Just buy a GN and lightly mod it and it'll blow the doors off this thing for a fraction of the price.

  • @markhellman-pn3hn
    @markhellman-pn3hn5 ай бұрын

    "triple black" is a term from the 70s ... it means ... 1) black paint ... 2) black interior ... 3) A BLACK VINYL TOP !!

  • @Isaac-is7pj
    @Isaac-is7pj10 ай бұрын

    Bring back the cutlas supreme

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