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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  • @VG-iq8xq
    @VG-iq8xq 3 ปีที่แล้ว +116

    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 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      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 ปีที่แล้ว +7

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

    • @raidersacdc4892
      @raidersacdc4892 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      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 ปีที่แล้ว +4

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

    • @QkSilver04GTO
      @QkSilver04GTO 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@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.

  • @bryanwolfe9350
    @bryanwolfe9350 2 ปีที่แล้ว +93

    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 ปีที่แล้ว +15

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

    • @joescott701
      @joescott701 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      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 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      GM would rather sell Quantity than Quality...

    • @jeremypilot1015
      @jeremypilot1015 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      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 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

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

  • @michaelgriger586
    @michaelgriger586 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    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!!

  • @michaelc6126
    @michaelc6126 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    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.

  • @jeniferwashingtontherealto6449
    @jeniferwashingtontherealto6449 ปีที่แล้ว

    GNX crazy powerful
    8.7 miles on the speedometer rarebreed ❤

  • @paulchristie4904
    @paulchristie4904 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Fun hot boxes 🪛

  • @davidfarmer9017
    @davidfarmer9017 3 ปีที่แล้ว +45

    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.

  • @wl8059
    @wl8059 3 ปีที่แล้ว +67

    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 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      these days? been like this forever.

    • @lesterclaypool2194
      @lesterclaypool2194 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

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

    • @richardcranium9663
      @richardcranium9663 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      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 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      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 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@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.

  • @montestu5502
    @montestu5502 3 ปีที่แล้ว +117

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

    • @dogs4778
      @dogs4778 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Sad life

    • @paulcorreggio4925
      @paulcorreggio4925 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@dogs4778 One mans lose is another mans treasure.

    • @anynonymous1585
      @anynonymous1585 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      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.

  • @daveheimes241
    @daveheimes241 3 ปีที่แล้ว +71

    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 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      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 ปีที่แล้ว +5

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

    • @QkSilver04GTO
      @QkSilver04GTO 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @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 ปีที่แล้ว +2

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

    • @marksgoogle4360
      @marksgoogle4360 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Bored people with too much money

  • @FarAboveDaCloudz
    @FarAboveDaCloudz 2 ปีที่แล้ว +18

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

  • @details78
    @details78 3 ปีที่แล้ว +34

    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 ปีที่แล้ว +2

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

    • @csbartonorgan83
      @csbartonorgan83 2 ปีที่แล้ว

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

    • @details78
      @details78 2 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @quantumphaser
    @quantumphaser 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

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

    • @soulcrusher0357
      @soulcrusher0357 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

  • @jmcd3970
    @jmcd3970 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

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

  • @antoniodagostino2291
    @antoniodagostino2291 3 ปีที่แล้ว +28

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

    • @hotrox2112
      @hotrox2112 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Failed, sure...but regret, nope.

    • @sparkplug1018
      @sparkplug1018 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

    • @scottriopelle4900
      @scottriopelle4900 2 ปีที่แล้ว

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

    • @CobraR1993
      @CobraR1993 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @knowel7138
    @knowel7138 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

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

  • @holeeshietpyro4072
    @holeeshietpyro4072 3 ปีที่แล้ว +28

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

    • @pamelathibault2891
      @pamelathibault2891 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

  • @theHardyMonster1984
    @theHardyMonster1984 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

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

    • @williamfreeman6935
      @williamfreeman6935 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      It was killing the Lambos too!

    • @jeffkendel1570
      @jeffkendel1570 25 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      The LATE eighties

  • @OBXLOVER
    @OBXLOVER 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

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

    • @messageinmybottles3767
      @messageinmybottles3767 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      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 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@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 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@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

  • @Midnight_Wave_1989
    @Midnight_Wave_1989 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    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.

  • @blkhemi3925
    @blkhemi3925 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    80's baby's rejoice!

    • @jonathanjones1814
      @jonathanjones1814 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

  • @nativenation3296
    @nativenation3296 3 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    Best looking G-Body ever made...

    • @precisioncutsandtrimslawns6645
      @precisioncutsandtrimslawns6645 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Correct

    • @jonnun7713
      @jonnun7713 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      True that

    • @jonnun7713
      @jonnun7713 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

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

    • @edtorre771
      @edtorre771 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      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.

  • @genxchas
    @genxchas 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    AKA the Corvette Eater Worth Every Penny

  • @shanebigfella1636
    @shanebigfella1636 3 ปีที่แล้ว +46

    What a beautiful machine! Damn that looks amazing

    • @sshza2143
      @sshza2143 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      😃👀💎🕺✌😎

    • @truantray
      @truantray 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Wut.

    • @privateprivate1865
      @privateprivate1865 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@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 ปีที่แล้ว

      ​@@privateprivate1865 🤦‍♂️

  • @kari53
    @kari53 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

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

  • @JG-no3iz
    @JG-no3iz 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    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 ปีที่แล้ว +5

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

    • @louofm1
      @louofm1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      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 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

  • @jasoncataldi2053
    @jasoncataldi2053 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    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.

  • @michaelcrofton6548
    @michaelcrofton6548 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

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

  • @mikeschiavoni5973
    @mikeschiavoni5973 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    So basically gm could tool up and throw in air bags and sell a remake for 45k ez.

    • @healthyamerican
      @healthyamerican 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      they have forgotten how to make cars, and comfortable seats. its a shame

  • @TheTruthHurts732
    @TheTruthHurts732 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Those cars were so damn fast.

  • @2007ghettonissanaltima
    @2007ghettonissanaltima 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Gorgeous, just... Gorgeous 💖.

  • @Molitoth
    @Molitoth 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

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

    • @VG-iq8xq
      @VG-iq8xq 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      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 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      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 ปีที่แล้ว

      Disconnect Speedo cable and have some fun.

    • @stephenneville7841
      @stephenneville7841 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@davidarmstrong3989 🤔

  • @cgray5559
    @cgray5559 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    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 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@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 ปีที่แล้ว

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

    • @cgray5559
      @cgray5559 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

  • @turboman2019
    @turboman2019 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    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 ปีที่แล้ว

      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 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@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 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      ​@@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.

  • @jad1079
    @jad1079 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    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?

  • @97warlock
    @97warlock 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I have never cared for the interior , I feel its too plain for such an awesome machine

  • @BeauAmoureux
    @BeauAmoureux 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    When this car ends up getting caught in one of those famous California wildfires, who’s gonna lose their mind? 😂 New owner, rip the plastic off that motherfucker and drive it! ✊🏿

  • @49inxs
    @49inxs 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    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

  • @JH-ex6mb
    @JH-ex6mb 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    That was the one year that the Chevy Corvette lost out as fastest production car at GM. Buick faked them out.

    • @jessefraosharecordablecari6329
      @jessefraosharecordablecari6329 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Don't forget the 91 Syclone. Fastest production vehicle period

    • @JH-ex6mb
      @JH-ex6mb 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@jessefraosharecordablecari6329 Thank you for that info!!

  • @nicholasturner5159
    @nicholasturner5159 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I loved driving this car in Forza horizon 3

  • @o-o6355
    @o-o6355 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

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

    • @sidefx996
      @sidefx996 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @fredlardieri6879
    @fredlardieri6879 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

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

  • @TheRealSh1zz4m
    @TheRealSh1zz4m 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    what a waste, cars like this will never seen the road.

  • @chrisbeauvais7499
    @chrisbeauvais7499 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    And the Buick turbo is getting better and more expensive

  • @xdude2x
    @xdude2x 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    One of my all time faves

  • @bigolesackofboogers0690
    @bigolesackofboogers0690 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Really hope the new owner drives it and enjoys it. What's the point of hiding cars you love in a garage. Especially considering combustion engine cars will be banned in 20 years or less.

    • @intosilence1773
      @intosilence1773 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Or there could be a world ending event and they all get destroyed. Who knows 🤷‍♂️

    • @addrenjunky
      @addrenjunky 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Hugely doubt internal combustion will be banned in 20 years or less .
      But i do think fuel will be so expensive only the elite billionairs and politicions will be able to afford fuel.

    • @turboman2019
      @turboman2019 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Dont think they will outright ban them but they will become very scarce and gas stations will be hard to find.ICE vehicles will probably go the way of the horse drawn carriage.

    • @sparkplug1018
      @sparkplug1018 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      They aren't going to ban them, they might mandate conversion to alternative fuels, but they won't ban them.

    • @bigolesackofboogers0690
      @bigolesackofboogers0690 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@sparkplug1018 why do you chuckle heads keep bothering me just to contradict yourself. If they force alternative fuels they are banned.

  • @Packer1290
    @Packer1290 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Great. Now it’s going to be tucked away in some collectors garage never to be seen or driven again. 🙄

    • @davidrivera414
      @davidrivera414 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Sad but true I saw a 1981 turbo pace car trans am with only 100miles on the odometer and it was sold to a museum in Ohio they drained all the fluids and removed the battery and now its just a static piece on display never to be driven or see the road again

  • @dr.curious5136
    @dr.curious5136 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    It’s all relative people , some make 50 K a year , some make 100 K a day. Person wanted it and paid for it , great for some of us who collect cars , it’s a thing of passion , but good to protect our investments..

    • @beezertwelvewashingbeard8703
      @beezertwelvewashingbeard8703 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      The 100k a day guy will likely continue to preserve it in it's original condition, whilst the 50k a year guy, if he were lucky enough to own it, is more likely to rip out the interior and AC, tub the rear end and just destroy it at the track.

  • @rickym.5271
    @rickym.5271 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    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.

  • @juniorthird7952
    @juniorthird7952 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Dumbest thing GM did was making these cars front wheel drive.

    • @davem6685
      @davem6685 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Not front wheel drive. Hear Steve talking about the rear differential?

    • @bigtuna9529
      @bigtuna9529 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      lol they were not front wheel drive & if u had the G80 option you got posi-traction & you don’t get that with front wheel drive!

  • @gettinmoney216185
    @gettinmoney216185 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

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

    • @mikeprice8307
      @mikeprice8307 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      No v6 is a unicorn of muscle cars.

    • @privateprivate1865
      @privateprivate1865 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      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 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@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 ปีที่แล้ว

      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 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@sidefx996 not really , nor are they faster .

  • @ericswires8534
    @ericswires8534 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    It looks so Regal!

  • @DrBIeed
    @DrBIeed 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    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 ปีที่แล้ว

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

    • @jdgreen214
      @jdgreen214 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      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 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@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 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@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 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@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

  • @wileecoyote5749
    @wileecoyote5749 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

    • @abduljalil7623
      @abduljalil7623 2 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @RogueBurn
    @RogueBurn 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    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 ปีที่แล้ว

      ;; those DAMN Jackasses

  • @marleyboy7732
    @marleyboy7732 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

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

  • @fabiolas4
    @fabiolas4 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

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

  • @browneye7886
    @browneye7886 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Literally the definition 9f I have too much money

  • @jasonjemison6096
    @jasonjemison6096 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    GBody or nobody

  • @NVRAMboi
    @NVRAMboi 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

  • @stevethomas760
    @stevethomas760 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    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.

  • @Rick-ne9os
    @Rick-ne9os 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    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 ปีที่แล้ว

      GT? Do you mean GN?

  • @joshmoore6165
    @joshmoore6165 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    250K, 8 miles, on a 87 Buick. I'd hate to be that jack ass.

    • @skeezix8156
      @skeezix8156 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Yeah. It must be horrible to have so much money you don’t even know what to do with it.

    • @kari53
      @kari53 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      That's why you buy two. Lol

    • @JcPack
      @JcPack 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Josh moore he was probably in highschool in 87 like myself,i lusted after that car and the gran national back in the day,if if you can aford the 250k ...great f
      Or him i would have to drive it a little ,no way i could resist

    • @JcPack
      @JcPack 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Pq-A-Bu could be, i have seen it many times unfortunately

  • @furious4620
    @furious4620 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

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

  • @Martin750hp
    @Martin750hp 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    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.....

  • @terrencedavis3881
    @terrencedavis3881 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I woulda paid half a mill

  • @jamesdash1906
    @jamesdash1906 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    $250,000 on a car you'll never drive ??? Must be nice to have that kind of spare change

    • @RSI24
      @RSI24 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Make it happen my man..gotta have faith and drive to get it

    • @conrad463
      @conrad463 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I don't think he'll ever lose money on it. Investment if anything. I'd be shocked if this was the owners only GNX.

  • @DrothaBarber
    @DrothaBarber 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    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.

  • @markhellman-pn3hn
    @markhellman-pn3hn 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

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

  • @BassManBobBassCovers
    @BassManBobBassCovers 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Holy shit! 1/4 million for a GNX?

  • @GNXperimental
    @GNXperimental 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    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 ปีที่แล้ว

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

    • @GNXperimental
      @GNXperimental 3 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @chrismarr7962
    @chrismarr7962 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    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

  • @Viper-rf7qu
    @Viper-rf7qu 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    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 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      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 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@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 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      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 ปีที่แล้ว

      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 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      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.

  • @larrypeeples614
    @larrypeeples614 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    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!

  • @cjcoleman7372
    @cjcoleman7372 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    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 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      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 ปีที่แล้ว +2

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

    • @vandersgarage4682
      @vandersgarage4682 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@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 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@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 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@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

  • @ROB-cc5nv
    @ROB-cc5nv 13 วันที่ผ่านมา

    If I was bidding if I had cash I wouldn't leave without it even at 500k 😂

  • @HodgsonBroderick-e2z
    @HodgsonBroderick-e2z 21 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Brown William Lewis Elizabeth Anderson Betty

  • @19GTO67
    @19GTO67 ปีที่แล้ว

    Why does the general info above say $275,000? $250,000 is impressive enough, and that's where it actually ended. Are they adding the buyer and seller's fees?

  • @YourBioDad
    @YourBioDad 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    My favorite car ever

  • @DavidLee-b9k
    @DavidLee-b9k 18 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Brown Jose Walker Brian Rodriguez Michael

  • @roseesethorndike2877
    @roseesethorndike2877 17 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Thompson Christopher Davis Donald Davis Ruth

  • @brianoakman717
    @brianoakman717 13 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Jones Cynthia Gonzalez Cynthia Anderson Steven

  • @Martin750hp
    @Martin750hp 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I can't believe that a GNX found and bought in the 90s at a gov. Get cash for your car to crush it. I still cannot believe a person went to crush his or hers GNX...

  • @AnthonyCole-j7q
    @AnthonyCole-j7q 15 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Gonzalez Shirley Robinson Shirley Harris Kevin

  • @bobtis
    @bobtis หลายเดือนก่อน

    Look at this Money. Barret Jackson has a ver y High End customer base

  • @DoloresRichardson-n8q
    @DoloresRichardson-n8q 20 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Walker John Johnson Amy Williams Elizabeth

  • @wing0291
    @wing0291 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The new generation of collectors cars

  • @SL-vi4tk
    @SL-vi4tk 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

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

  • @TheCybertiger9
    @TheCybertiger9 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    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

  • @charlesschaefer7354
    @charlesschaefer7354 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    My dad had the chance to buy one from Eagan Buick I said this would be a great investment he said sorry son I said OH fudge!

  • @dman8585
    @dman8585 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Nice but what is the point...low mileage yes,but not used so sry rot tires ,belts, hoses ,gaskets etc. Can't drive it.. it's a car you can't drive. That's like a knife that don't cut ... nice 200,000 thousand 4000 pound paper weight....no point

  • @davepeddlesden9081
    @davepeddlesden9081 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    These are the people that make it impossible to buy any of these cars rich people screw the regular guy ,the car is not worth that kind of money back to reality people

  • @FelisaSteuber
    @FelisaSteuber 8 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Robinson Gary Perez Helen White Barbara

  • @NoelDuroe
    @NoelDuroe 17 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Clark Frank Williams Dorothy Robinson Gary

  • @CR36111
    @CR36111 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    "Buicks brake for corvettes”... The year the g body was faster then the Corvette and was told by GM that they would stop production not to embarrass the Corvette

  • @JoanneNaylor-f6d
    @JoanneNaylor-f6d 26 วันที่ผ่านมา

    White Joseph Miller Jessica Hernandez Donald

  • @DohertyMax
    @DohertyMax หลายเดือนก่อน

    Lopez Timothy Martin Joseph Young Jose

  • @ciaranburke3243
    @ciaranburke3243 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

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

  • @JuliHood-c3p
    @JuliHood-c3p 17 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Perez Daniel Lopez Eric Lewis Kimberly

  • @toraja04
    @toraja04 ปีที่แล้ว

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