1987 Buick GNX

[LTC8K6]

You'd have to be out of your f@cking mind to pay anywhere near that for this car.

Same for nearly every rare "collectable" item.

 

[Puddle Jumper]

I have to admit I never saw the appeal of these. Sure the specs were good back in the day but plenty of modern cars are faster in a strait line and aren't completely hideous.

 

[Pariah]

You'd have to be out of your f@cking mind to pay anywhere near that for this car.

Indeed. I love the GNX, but where are they getting $60-80k? Looking at buy it now prices on Ebay, you're getting ripped off if you spend over $20k.

 

[Insomniator]

OK let's compare it to this:

Why?!

What's legendary about it, it's literally a box, it looks like someone has drawn it using only a ruler and a pencil.

That car is beautiful, what does everyone have against straight lines? 80's supercars ftw.

That Buick... no...

 

[thedarkwolf]

Indeed. I love the GNX, but where are they getting $60-80k? Looking at buy it now prices on Ebay, you're getting ripped off if you spend over $20k.

Think you are looking at the regular GN

 

[OutHouse]

for only 547 of them made i swear i have seen crap load of them on the road.

 

[thedarkwolf]

again you have seen regular GNs or buick T-Types. The regular GNs aren't that rare. Use to see one of those driven by a little old lady at the grocery store fairly often.

 

[LTC8K6]

I have to admit I never saw the appeal of these. Sure the specs were good back in the day but plenty of modern cars are faster in a strait line and aren't completely hideous.

Why would you compare it to today?

The appeal was in 1987.

You had to be there. Just the sound of it launching is fantastic. There was nothing like it at the time. Or even close.

It was literally, an "axe wielding barbarian" in black, on the roll.

It was like a grenade in your campfire.

It didn't handle that well, but not much else did at the time, really.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uDyj_gGtoAg

 

[disappoint]

Someone just up the street from me owned one. I used to see it parked there for years. It disappeared recently and I are a sad panda. One of the great classic cars FTW.

 

[manimal]

Always lusted after that car like a supermodel.


Sometimes the stars align and a something special is created. This car was remarkable in its day and still is.

Styling was also underrated and actually works from street rod perspective.

Complaining about this car is like complaining about Dali because you have an underdeveloped aesthetic sense...

 

[nerp]

You'd have to be out of your f@cking mind to pay anywhere near that for this car.

When you sell it for even more on 2-3 years, yeah, sure buddy.

I personally think the Buick is nice looking. It speaks to a different era. Ferraris are so boring looking lately. Or stupid, like the enzo.

 

[96Firebird]

Indeed. I love the GNX, but where are they getting $60-80k? Looking at buy it now prices on Ebay, you're getting ripped off if you spend over $20k.

The only GNX I see on eBay is at $70k with reserve not met...

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1987...8248645?pt=US_Cars_Trucks&hash=item3a7141eb45

 

[HarryLui]

Here's a t-type.

http://dallas.craigslist.org/sdf/pts/2868973041.html

 

[LTC8K6]

Those Turbo Buick V6's ruled the Indy 500 for a time.

 

[HAL9000]

I said "even now would still trounce most cars at the lights.". This remains fact.

I said "so would lots of cars" that don't require you suffering the hideous looks of this on.

 

[Ketchup]

Thanks for the thread, a great car in its day, and I think they are still awesome. Apparently, some folks at SLP think so as well.

http://www.motorauthority.com/news/1073596_buick-gnx-set-for-comeback-via-slp-performance

 

[Zargon]

most common GN mod? a GNX badge

not that GN'd and T-Types arent also awesome

friend had one that ran 11's so it was pretty tame and he didnt have that much in it

 

[IcePickFreak]

Always wanted one of the T-types or GN's, never had one though. Had a buddy that had a few T-types back in the mid 90's though. Then I knew some twin brothers that had a pair of badass GN's in the late 90's that were far from stock, I always gawked at those.

I said "so would lots of cars" that don't require you suffering the hideous looks of this on.

This is like the 3rd thread that you had to tell us about your hate for the GN now, over and over again. We get it. For us state side though, it was one of the quickest things around (there weren't too many F40's on the streets here, sorry) back in the late 80's, there's a bit of nostalgia there. Telling us you think it's ugly 5 times in every thread that pops up about em isn't serving any purpose.

 

[AstroManLuca]

most common GN mod? a GNX badge

not that GN'd and T-Types arent also awesome

friend had one that ran 11's so it was pretty tame and he didnt have that much in it

That's what I was going to say; I bet the vast majority of "GNX" sightings are really just GNs with a GNX badge.

I mean, how many of us have actually seen a real Civic or Integra Type R? How many "Type R" Civics even have a body style and color that match a USDM Type R configuration? As I understand it, there were only a few sold in the US, and only in a few colors, but every riced Civic since the early 90s has that badge.

 

[LTC8K6]

I said "so would lots of cars" that don't require you suffering the hideous looks of this on.

Lots of cars could see nothing but it's rapidly disappearing tail lights in 1987. Very few cars could see anything else of it in a stoplight drag.

Saying it's hideous is meaningless. Looks are subjective. What you mean is that it's hideous to you.

It's boxy shape was common in the day. It did not look odd at all in 1987, save for the Darth Vader blackout treatment.

It looked menacing. It was menacing. It backed up the look.

If it showed up next to you in 1987, basically, you were already shut down.

By a V6 too, in the days when V8's ruled and anything else got no respect.

 

[LTC8K6]

To give an example, the 350 V8 in the 1987 Camaro IROC Z had a mere 225hp and 330tq.

 

[Zap]

Thanks for the thread

Welcome!

most common GN mod? a GNX badge

 

[arcenite]

I wouldn't mind one... and I doubt that was a real GNX. I think they only made like 1000.

Seeing a Grand National in the snow is one thing. Shows you that the owner just enjoys the fuck out of his car (like I and many other people who drive their babies daily).

Seeing a GNX in the snow tells me the owner is an idiot.

 

[exdeath]

Best way to tell a real GNX is look under it for the GNX only ladder bar setup.

 

[foghorn67]

I could have bought one in 97 for 20-25k. I couldn't come up with that kind of money then.
Now I am kicking myself for at least trying to mug people in the park to make payments on it.