Looks like.... Uhhh.... A lot of fun! Me needs it! (Horrible name)
@sahilhiramanlakhraj7508
Ай бұрын
I have 8 of this cars
@markhellman-pn3hn
Ай бұрын
politics before profit !!
@markhellman-pn3hn
Ай бұрын
once upon a time ago - a manufacturer only purpose was to MAKE A PROFIT !! ..... there was no such thing as "limited production cars" ..... 3,000,000 of these things could have been built if politics didn't get in the way !! .....sad this is the world we live in
@niazpetkar53
2 ай бұрын
The Infamous 40 RA
@jamesziegler2763
2 ай бұрын
😮😮
@bluebeastsrt
2 ай бұрын
WTF? This video is a failure!
@emersonmayeaux2482
2 ай бұрын
Poor marketing. GM didn't want to unseat the Corvette flagship which the Grand National did handily.
@aerocynix
2 ай бұрын
Hey man! How do i contact you.
@gracien2008
2 ай бұрын
The HELLCAT of the 80s pretty much sums that up.
@HWolfeIII
2 ай бұрын
The GNX could smoke a twin turbo Calloway Corette. GM didn't want the old man division to upstage it's halo car. Good documentary, especially about the development of the 3.8 turbo V6.
@lutomson3496
2 ай бұрын
Laughing at these youngster twits yapping about some kind of facts, and what lies they tell, those of us around long enough to own these cars new and older know better, this sounds like some kind of AI propaganda
@cdubs9918
2 ай бұрын
In the late 80's it was all about IROC's and Mustang 5.0's. But everyone knew the true GOAT was GN or GNX. They were Unicorns. Although...I was always told that the Regal T Type was faster because it was lighter.
@Saint-Christopher
2 ай бұрын
The GNX didn't or wasn't a fail. At the time, it was more going out with a bang as everyone knew starting in 1988, the Rwd G body was no more.
@joshscallorn6104
2 ай бұрын
Tim Szabo. Detroit power.
@trnlft
2 ай бұрын
These cars are 6 figure cars now.
@richardpare3538
2 ай бұрын
They failed simple because they were a Buick.
@trnlft
2 ай бұрын
Nothing about them was a fail.
@guidosarducci3047
2 ай бұрын
Speaking as someone who grew up in 70's 80's 90's. The late 70's and early 80's being my formative years. All of these so-called muscle cars from 71-72 through early 90's were real dogs. Even the corvettes sucked. A few rare examples in early 71 being the exception. My High School buddy got his dads old 70' work truck as a gift for 16th B-day. So, that would make it 15 years old in 1985. Ya gotta understand that back then, a 15 year old vehicle was considered to be an ancient relic. But it consistently ran 12's in the 1/4 mile. High 12's, but 12's none the less. and it was bone stock except for the headers and a Holley double pumper. It would've beat the Buick GNX easily. We would take brand new Corvettes with that old Chevy all the time. The look on their faces was priceless.
@AdamWaffen
2 ай бұрын
Today on "Internet Revisionism For Clickbait.."
@donwrinkles717
2 ай бұрын
My absolute DREAM RIDE.
@MichaelCoughlanmusic
2 ай бұрын
#THING #OF #BEAUTY
@trnlft
2 ай бұрын
The GNX was anything but a failure. WTF!
@TomatoFettuccini
2 ай бұрын
So, not as much as a failure as an execution from GM brass. The Grand National was beating up the Camaro, taking the Corvette's lunch money, and banging the Firebird's mom.
@RUfromthe40s
2 ай бұрын
not usually talked about either than the corvette and trans am was and is the more refered car from the 80´s not by the same reasons as the fiero that i liked it and had a ford ...like in the early 60´s convertible, the....hum! THUNDERBIRD what a car big powerfull and bad on turns but nothing related with the ancient model
@RUfromthe40s
2 ай бұрын
ahahahah!!!even with a 2cv from citroen i would win a race in any circuit it´s called 2 cv but as 4 cv or h.p., it´s fast but doesn´t turn
@bruceallen6016
2 ай бұрын
I've always been an Oldsmobile/Pontiac performance guy but these Buicks caught my attention. Never bought one though. 😒
@geraldscott4302
2 ай бұрын
It is no longer being made because everybody wanted TRASH technology. Front wheel drive is part of that TRASH technology. As a mechanic I have worked on thousands of those things. They are many times harder and more expensive to work on than rear wheel drive cars. And they handle like a grocery cart. A car like the Grand National has to be a bit on the primitive side to be fun. Would you want a hybrid one with a 24" touch screen, and loaded with spy devices and driver interference systems? Simply putting the name on any of the GARBAGE being made today would not make it what it was.
@rossm8231
2 ай бұрын
It’s failed simply because going fast in a straight line is easy and boring. Throw a single turn in the mix and the GNX is a turd.
@shaunjones3036
2 ай бұрын
In no way was it a failure. Buick set a limit of 500 units for it, but ended up selling an additional 47 for their top dealerships. Production of that platform was scheduled to end to make way for the GM 10 cars; Regal, Monte Carlo, Cutlass, & Grand Prix. The car was an instant legend & they are highly sought after today! Your title is pure click bait
@worldtraveler930
2 ай бұрын
The GNX had what was considered to be a Stupid computer as it did Not understand Emission Control Systems it's just understood how to dial the engine according to its Octane So if you wanted a car that could Beat Anything that was on the road in that day Anywhere on earth just give it some Aviation Gasoline and it would become an Instant Slayer of Anything that was dumb enough be put up against it!!! 🤠👍
@paulstewartcrane
2 ай бұрын
How those Falklands doing ? Or as you want to spell them ?
@blackericdenice
2 ай бұрын
4:05 Buick didn't have a v8 to put in the Regal. This is why they install a turbo v6. Full size Buick cars used Oldsmobile v8. 7:11 GM had planed to go fwd well before 1987. GM didn't stop making the GN because it was faster than the Corvette.
@299charles
2 ай бұрын
I wouldn’t say it FAILED 😂
@walterspaceman5592
2 ай бұрын
$ 36,000 new. Like $ 90,000 today. Not pocket change. Best wishes. Everyone said, " Get out ! How much ? ".
@Kopernicus67
2 ай бұрын
Why did it fail? It was a one-trick pony and a dangerous one at that. People would mod and tweak them, and not do anything with the brakes, aerodynamics or suspension. All cars are effectively airplane wings, at speed you get lift. Hit the 1/4 at 100+ and there was very little pressure on the front steering of these cars, and many of them flipped. They only thing these cars had were acceleration numbers, and that doesn't make a drivers car or one that sells many units. Wow, you can stand on the gas and beat someone to the next light. The hot hatches of the 90s put these behemoths to bed. Fast, maneuverable, safe, carry a lot of stuff and get good mileage, all with low insurance costs. People who like these cars only judge them by one very unidimensional metric, and it has zero to do with driving excellence.
@mlc7boosted
2 ай бұрын
I was going to say the same exact thing, "one trick pony" laying a single tire drag. I had one for about a year that I bought from a pawn shop for $3500. It was a real WE-2 package GN. Point is for years I had been driving a '86 Mitsubishi Starion. The build quality of the Starion was much better, but not quite as fast from a start. That's why everyone always sees a GN taking off from a standing start; on the highway going 65 and floor it, the Starion was faster than the GN. I sold the GN to a guy who rapped with Gucci Mane and it was re-done in silver with huge wheels and put in a music video. Now my DD is an '04 C5 Corvette with 400hp and it is a true sports car. The GN was just some boat with a turbo V6. Pure hype that is kept alive so people don't get just how pathetic that car really is and the values plummet. For a short while I was on a GN forum years ago and people were friggen crazy overboard; one guy talked about jacking his garage queen GN up and waxing the gas tank! Give me a friggen break! Drive the MF'er!
@bottmar1
2 ай бұрын
Failed because of one word. UGLY!!!! Nice looking only to impressionable youngsters.
@I8ITSK8N
2 ай бұрын
My car collection will one day include a grand national GNX, a Super low mile, original 96 Chevy Impala SS and a Super low Mile, original mercury marauder.. not extremely expensive or very rare cars, but I always wanted them when I couldn’t afford them..
@michealettinger1862
2 ай бұрын
These cars "failed" because Buick went to Front Wheel Drive.
@ChadHargis
2 ай бұрын
Nice engine in a crap car. Fast, provided you didn't have to stop or turn. Comparing this heap of crap against a Ferrari is blasphemy. Take the cars to Laguna Seca and see which one crosses the finish line first. Same goes for the Corvette.
@davidbRichardson-ph3jk
2 ай бұрын
Did, the V6 change-over the end of Such, a powerful & beautiful machine?
@PhilipMcCaig
2 ай бұрын
Buick engineers turbocharged a nailhead in the late '50s or the early '60s. It made over 600ft.lbs., way too much torque for their drivetrains.
@georgereginald6084
2 ай бұрын
It was fast but looked like grandma’s grocery getter dressed in black
@plap.
2 ай бұрын
It didn't fail they sold all they made. GNX was limited production
@paulmahon1613
2 ай бұрын
How was it a failure? It was a limited run vehicle. No more, no less. The things people post to get views is shameful.
@RandallMaharaj-mo4ek
2 ай бұрын
AMERICANS, LOVE ONLY IMPORTS, NOT PATRIOTIC.
@kr2513
2 ай бұрын
The car didn’t fail. Chevrolet whined to daddy and got it pulled.
@danziger69
2 ай бұрын
Had a 1986 GN...what a great car.
@keithstevens5614
2 ай бұрын
103 miles per hour? I was stopped speeding at 107 through icy mountains in a 90 T-bird SC and I could have pushed it much further.
@rangerlobo5402
2 ай бұрын
Buick was not known for performance cars? Umm, what about the Skylark GS in the early 70's?
@keonwells934
2 ай бұрын
Car didnt "fail". GM decided to go to a front wheel drive platform for the 1988 model year.
@500erider
2 ай бұрын
That was a corporate GM move for a couple of reasons, but you can bet that at least a small part of that reasoning was to put the Corvette back on its throne as the GM performance flagship. As far as straight line performance was concerned, the Grand National embarrassed the Corvette in acceleration, never mind the GNX, which could lay waste to even a Lamborghini Countach, in a drag race. There was, and still is an edict at GM, that says "Thou shalt not outshine the Corvette". Pontiac only got away with it for one model year, in 1989, with the Turbo Buick powered 20th Anniversary Trans Am. No car that beat the Corvette had a long life at GM.
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