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Here’s how the Buick Regal was both Grandpa’s car and a muscle car
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In this episode I provide the history of the Buick Regal, starting as a top trim level for the reintroduced Buick Century in 1973, then later splitting from the Century to remain on GM's rear-wheel-drive G-body platform and offer the high-performance Grand National and GNX. It would later go back to joining the front-wheel-drive Century again but be the more luxury and higher performance option. Its final iteration was a rebadged Opel built in Germany, and never sold nearly as well as all of Buick's crossovers, leading to the Regal's death by the end of the 2020 model year.
I still have my 1987 Grand National I bought new in Sept 1987 as a 27yo GM employee working at the GM Tech Center. Only 48K miles and garage kept its whole life. My dad had a 1975 Regal company car with the 350 Buick V8.
What is it worth these days? How often do you drive it?
Awesome! A fun fact about the Buick Grand National and GNX is that it was also used by the FBI.
I loved the mid-1980's Grand Nationals, wanted one so bad but of course way beyond my means as a recent high school grad.
I don't think the most recent Regals could be considered a failure of the car but more the victim of being an orphan that Buick really didn't care about because of the sale of Opel.
I loved the sportback Regals. TONS of trunk space.
When I was a Freshman in HS (86-87) I had to walk by a Buick Dealer on my way home (Brian Buick, Walnut Creek, CA)
and every day I would stop and walk around one of the Grand Nationals they had for sale. Sometimes even walking in the showroom to look at one. I did it so often that the salesmen would just wave "hi Chris" when I walked onto their lot. Man I loved design of those GM RWD coupes! Lots of memories in those RWD Regal sedans too. As an aside: I almost feel sorry for people who didn't go to High School in the 80's. Loved every minute of it!
It wasn't that Buick stopped caring about the Regal, but that GM forced them to kill their performance cars because Buick dared to build a car that could kick the Corvette's ass.
Pontiac Bonneville. Idk if you've already covered this car, but if you haven't that would be awesome. I had an '87 back in the early 2000s and it was a pretty good car 👍💯
He hasn't covered it yet! I agree with you it needs to be covered along with the Buick LeSabre and the Oldsmobile Eighty-Eight!
that or a 6000, im 24 and know nothing about them, i remember being a kid and seeing a very few driving around and they’ve always interested me
I have 2 2001 SSEi's. Very underrated cars, especially for the money, and they were before my time so it's not nostalgia or anything. Put a stereo with Android Auto in it and you have a more modern car than most cars made before 2015 for under 4 grand, along with more torque and more luxury than most cars made even today (although obviously cars in its tier have higher base performance levels today).
I had a 94 ssei. I loved the sound of the supercharger and the heads up display was cool as.
@@awesomeferret I have a 2000 ssei. Very fun car. I've added a decent amount of power to it. Zzp 3.4 inch pully, zzp catted downpipe, zzp PCM 1.0 intense racing fender well cold air intake, muffler delete. And a shift kit. Its a blast to drive and actually beat an older doge Challenger rt at the drag strip. Definitely an underated car
love my 2001 regal GS....the legend of sleepers!
As a young adult my first car I bought was a1975 Buick Regal. Dark blue with white vinyl interior with matching landau roof chrome Buick rims with 2 in. Whitetail tires and chrome bumpers. Still in my top 3 cars ! Loved my Regal!
Hurray! Made my day to see a new video! Dad almost bought a Grand National as a previous GM exec loaner....but the person had smoked in it. So he passed....sigh.
That Grand National was a cool car. Still looks great.
My mom's cousin had one of these 87 Buick Grand National. It was the fastest car I've ever drove. I remember watching the speedometer go from 0 to 80 MPH in a split second and the car took off like a rocket. The turbocharged V6 definitely had more than 245 horsepower. Also gotta love hearing the turbo spool up and the tires squeak from first to second gear when I stomp down on the gas pedal.
The very first commercial shown features the Portland, Oregon, Columbia River Gorge areas, with the very recognizable St. John's bridge in the second scene shown. Quite pretty scenery from what Portland is today. I love my 94 Roadmaster Wagon (pictured for 1.2 seconds) and would love, love, love an 80's Grand National, too. Or a Reatta!
The mid 80’s normal Regals with the 3.8L were very smooth and quiet and very comfortable to drive. Not as quiet as my in laws Oldsmobile but still very quiet.
I had a 1997 Buick Regal GS. Great car, hooked me on supercharged 3800 V6 cars.
The Toyota Rav4 deserves a vid because its the car that triggered the crossover craze and defined what a crossover is today, a transverse fwd car based lifted hatchback. Sorry outback fans. It doesnt count cuz the outback was a trim level of the legacy wagon. Not its own specific model.
Um no. The Aztek did that.
There are a lot of cars that can be linked to it. RAV4 wasn’t some craze that everyone went out and bought and crossovers didn’t just become a craze. It was car manufacturers slowly learning their audiences which were suburban parents who wanted something with room and was more economic than an actual SUV which little needed the actual “utility part”. They basically needed a station wagon. But station wagons are cool so they made crossovers which essentially are just AWD station wagons.
I would fair to say it's actually the Kia Sportage that was first, releasing in 1993. Or perhaps the Ford Explorer in 1990.
@@drivinginthedcbaarea those were BOF. Rav4 was a corolla underneath.
Pretty sure the explorer is unibody but I almost know for a fact the Sportage shared a platform with the Sephia
I remember being on vacation and traveling down south stopping at a hotel for the night. A Buick Grand National went by and being my wife is a car person I told her what it was and that they were very rare. Less than a minute another one went by and she pointed it out the me this time. Less than a minute in the hotel parking lot was full on Black Buick Grand Nationals. She couldn't let this one slip by, she said "I thought you told me they didn't make many Buick Grand Nationals". We still joke about it and that was in the early 1990's. Apparently there was a Buick Grand National Event being held where we were staying. Thank's Pat for another great video that I can relate to. By the way, I would never buy a Buick. LOL
I currently drive a 1992 Olds 88 Royale as a daily. 3800 Tuned Port Great engines!! Nice cars!!
I built 3 69 GS clones in the 90's and early 00's and took those orphan 350's and put them in 79 Regal Turbo Coupes. Really easy swap, just had to put the 3.8 motor mounts on the 350 and use the Y pipe from the 350 which lined right up with the existing exhaust system. Definitely gave those regals some go power being a lighter G body than the A body Skylarks
Sounds like you’re intimately acquainted with the genetalia of close family members!!
@@evanlittle3473 What the holy Flock are you on about?
@@300guy the Buick 350 isn’t the strongest motor in the world, but they could definitely make those g bodies move with the torque they produce. A small block that acts like a big block they are. If I recall, the g body isn’t really any lighter than the a body except for maybe a couple hundred pounds.
@@theeoddments960 I believe that a 79 Regal is about 500 lbs lighter than a 69 Skylark, it is a significant weight savings. I loved the 78 and 79 Sport Coupe bodies, to me they were as close to a reincarnation of the 68-69 GS as Buick would get. The last two 69's I did, I installed 67 430's, reason being, the rebuild shop I used, Evergreen in Spokane, WA would order a stock rebuild kit. For 455's that included 8 to 1 pistons, the most common factory ratio, the 430's 10.25 to 1 since that was the only factory ratio. .040 overbore punched them out to about 439 ci.
@@300guy are you sure? I measured my 72 skylark at 3600 pounds with a small block and th350 and I can’t imagine a regal being too far off with a v8- maybe 3400? Idk a bodies are usually cited being 3800-3900 which I think is too heavy unless it’s a big block with a th400. I guess more regales had v6s and that that weighs them down less
Great Video. As an owner of a 1975 Regal Colonnade Hardtop Coupe (350-4), I really appreciate it... Thanks so much 🙏
Back when I was working in a shop as a mechanic, I used to love seeing those FWD W-bodies come in! 80% of the time they needed rear struts, mounts, calipers, pads, and rotors (or CPR as we called it)
GM in 1900-1970: Builds amazing cars.
GM in 1970-2005 (or was it 2008?): Puts amazing, bulletproof engines in mediocre cars. (also builds a few nice cars with shoddy engines on the side).
GM today: Builds overpriced worthless junk!
I have a 2018 Regal TourX. I have never seen another one in my travels. Great car and ultra rare!
Seriously underrated channel. Keep up the good work.
Thank you for making this video...and including the picture of my 1984 Regal! I loved that car!
Keep in mind that both Groupe PSA and Fiat Chrysler are merge into Stellantis.... Also the Opel/Vauxhall Insignia/Buick Regal also sold as the last generation Holden Commodore until it's demise in 2019 and Holden as a whole by 2021
I live in Poland and i buyed 1990 Buick Skylark Sedan, This car is so forgotten that even parts from US are hard to get..and there's like only two videos about it on Polish TH-cam.
Tho i would like to see it next. As noone will propably ask for it cuz y know..its forgotten
I remember the Skylark, but then I grew up in Michigan, so Buicks were not an uncommon sight. My mother's father worked at Buick for almost 40 years, so he may have had one at one point.
"Available in any color.....as long as it was black."
That's why i love this channel.
Thank you for another great video. I enjoy the effort that you put in your videos. There was a Holden version of the Opel Insignia/Buick Regal. GM was considering bring the Holden Commodore here and selling it as a Regal at one point. They had a concept in 1995. It was called XP-2000. They also were thinking about bringing the Holden Statesman/Caprice here and selling here as a large Buick instead of the Lucerne. It did make it to China where it was sold as Buick Park Avenue. It did make it to the United States as the Chevrolet Caprice PPV.
I currently have a Regal TourX and love it. It’s not as peppy as my previous Pontiac G8 GT, but I love it anyway.
My Grandma on my Dad's side had a 1987 Buick Regal in ear wax gold(that's what I call it). My Uncle got the car when she passed away and had it till the mid 2010's. Looking forward to a future video featuring The Buick Century, which I owned 2. A 1990 and a 1994.
Fun fact. The last gen W-Body Regal/Century was the last design attributed to Chuck Jordan, who was the GM design head during the 90s and had penned such awesome mid century designs as the 1959 Cadillac and the GM Electromotive Aerotrain.
Back in the late 90’s I briefly owned a 1987 Buick Regal Limited V8/4bbl carburetor. With its ultra plush leather seats that car was not only quiet, comfortable, and near silent; but also much faster than one would expect. Unfortunately the transmission was not up to the task of handling the power of the Oldsmobile V8 so transmission problems started occurring within a few months after I bought the car. To this day I still regret ever letting that one get away.
I saw a Buick Wildcat yesterday and it's stunning. I'd love a video about the car. Love your work
I’d say let him do a video on all the Buick full sizes - the le Sabre, wildcat, and Electra. I’ve got a 66 Electra but out of all of them, a 67 wildcat is the king of them.
@@theeoddments960A bit of a heads-up: Patrick did a video on the Buick LeSabre and I am genuinely hoping that he will do a video on the Buick Century.
Thank you for doing a video on the Grand National! My neighbor had one when I was a kid and though I never knew much about it, I always thought that was just a cool car!
I have a 2012 Buick Regal GS. It's sporty, with a stick and turbo, and it looks great.
I had Buick Regal GS turbo 2016.Bought it at Hertz Rent A car. I really loved the car until I had issues with the car.. I had a bad fuel sending unit. The second time it broke down was 2 bad cylinders which Buick said they would replace all 4. I had the extended warranty and I bought the car used with just under 50k miles.. That second break down.. my wife and I decided to cut our losses and trade it in.. We bought the new 2019 Buick Encore Sport.. which we love. ours to date only has 22,000 miles as we don't drive to far in it.
The most reliable car Ive ever had was a 94 Regal Custom with the 3800. It could get 33 mpg highway and hit 60 in the 8 second range (0-40 it was a pure rocket thanks to the 3800s low end torque). It never had ANY major problems and its end was a rear end collision from a cherokee and it was still driveable. I took the insurance $. The regal (200k miles and 17 years old by then) went to copart where somebody bought it. Hope it had a restored life after. It was a great car.
The Regal GS 98' black , saved my life! I was hit by a train in front drivers fender/door by a train tossed 250 feet . Hour and a half later they freed me , i was in hospital for 3 months but only have nerve damage in left leg and was able to live a mostly normal life. Side note it was fast supercharged it would beat my friends 2002 mustang GT.
I had a 97 regal GS and it is still one of my favorite cars I've ever owned. It drove nice, the interior was all leather and pretty fancy....and it was fast. Sadly it was stolen and crashed and I only had less than 2 yrs. It's damn near impossible to find one in good condition or I would buy another in a heartbeat.
It would have been nice to have a Regal made on the same platform as the Camaro. Make it more luxury oriented and the top engine a turbo 6 cylinder. I'm a true believer you need a flagship vehicle to bring customers into the showroom!
I love the 82-96 century ,celebrity , cutlass ciera and 6000
Those 80’s Grand Nationals are badass.
I SUBSCRIBED LOVE THE HISTORY YOU SHOW AND TELL US I LOVE OLDER VEHICLES WAY MORE THAN MODERN CARS. I OWN AND DRIVE A 01 BUICK PARK AVENUE WITH 235K MILES ON IT STILL RIDES NICE AND IS VERY DEPENDABLE
Dear MyOldCar. Please dont change the saturday early afternoon vid release time. Looking forward to that time reminds me of the lazy saturdays of my childhood in the 80s and 90s. It makes me feel like it is that time again in a strange way. Keep up the great work. 👍
We LOVE our 2018 Regal TourX station wagon. I never expected to own a BUICK!
I sat in one once and it was surprisingly roomy with lots of legroom.
In truth, you own a Opel. And a good one.
@@woongah yep! A Buick-Holden-Opel-Vauxhall. It’s more German than many “German” SUVs sold in the USA.
@@JoJoJoker it's a Opel, They did all the work.
@@JoJoJoker That's why it's so good.
Week 3 of waiting for My Old Car's episode on the Subaru Brat
I had one of these and it was One of the best cars I had
My dad owned an 86' Buick Regal in the early 90s.. It had tinted windows, lowered, small wire wheels and a really nice dark blue paint job. My dad was forced to sell it because cops kept pulling him over thinking he was a thug.
86 Regal was my first car! One of my favorite cars I have ever owned and the Grand National is still a dream car of mine
Thank you for this one my friend. I'm definitely a Ford guy but my very first car was a hand me down 1981 Buick Regal named Mabeline by my parents. I maintained the name which got laughs from my friends but I loved it. It indeed had a very fast 3.8 engine minus the turbos. I still surprised many of V8s with that car. Good times. 😃
Grand national was one of the sweetest cars around.
My first car was a 1989 Regal Grand sport coupe and it came with a 3.1 V6. This video brought back some memories.
That 3.8 in the first FWD model is the one we got here in Aus. Although Buick has rebalanced it for FWD over there, because it’s install into the VN Commodore was such a rush job (Holden had wanted to keep using Nissan’s inline 6) it was rough as guts in the early VNs. They eventually got is sorted and had become a good engine by the VS Ecotech model.
That Nissan Inline-6 btw is the legendary RB-series found in the legendary Skyline until the R34 were
Mom got her her first new car in 1986, A Buick regal limited V8. I tried to get her to buy the GN on the lot but she didn't want black. Also my parents were not wild about a turbo or a V6 and always had V8's. I even tried to get her to get a T-type also since u could get other colors. But they didn't have any uplevel Limited package ones on lot. I was 10/11 by the way but knew the GN would be a great keeper.
Mom garage kept the Limited and drove it daily until she passed away 2001. Dad kept it for a while after but keeping up with 4 vehicles and a boat was too much and a family friend who had been asking to buy it for years ended up getting his wishes. I miss my mom and her pride n joy
I REALLY wished that the TourX wagon survived...so cool! My father's first car was a 1978 LeSabre Custom sedan, I would love to see a video on the LeSabre!
i have a 2.0t sportback and i am completely in love with it
I traded my Saab 900 for a 1987 Buick T-Type, black with the gray interior. The dealer was marking up the Grand Nationals by $5,000 so I opted for the T-Type. I modified the suspension, air intake, fuel pump, exhaust, down pipe and programming. I blew a head gasket after 10,000 miles but after the repair, I drove it to 140,000 miles before selling it. The dealer wouldn't cover the repair because of my modifications but I learned later that it was a flaw and probably not caused by the increased boost. My kids loved to see me in the car pool pick-up line with a car that was making the windows on school rattle. From a 50 mile an hour roll, it was downright spooky fast.
Best source on GM platforms
If you're going to continue with the Buick theme then I would love to see a video on the Riveria. One of the world's first vehicles with a touch screen...back in the 1980s! I bought a 1989 in 1997 which was the last year for the "Graphic Control Center" and people were amazed that the technology was around back then.
I briefly had a 1999 Riviera with the supercharged V6. It was a deep green color. Beautiful car and fun to drive. Huge long doors, though!
@@Cautionary_Tale_Harris Sweet ride! I wanted a pearl white one.
The biggest issue with the early 2000's supercharged V6 Regal's was that they all suffered from wicked torque steer. They were so bad, they were almost unsafe to drive.
what aload of shit lol...they have no more torque steer than a new focus st, or stupid subi...u make it sound like there uncontrollable beasts....you obviously never owned or driven one and if u have it must have been a beater POS...mine runs and drives perfectly with zero torque steer and walks on modern day 5l mustangs any day of the week...
@@Scypher0th True, those were some great cars!
just bought myself a 1995 Buick Riviera with the Supercharged V6, its such a hoot to drive and it definetely gets the looks of passerbys thanks to its lets say "weird" styling, and i gotta say, the ride in it is awesome along with the seats.
I could definitely tell the similarities of the Regal & Century beginning in the late '90s.
We had an 1980s Buick Regal *DIESEL* and I looked at trying to snag one of those late 90's /2000s Regals with GM's best daily driver engine, the 3800/3.8 V6. I only learned about the Grand National model in the last few years. This was a fun video.
I had a 1987 Regal T with the turbo V6. It was white with a gray interior.
The 2018 Tour X was beautiful. I was disappointed that GM didn't sell it in Canada.
I agree it was a really nice to look at. It reminded me of the European style estate wagon's I would see whenever visiting my cousins and extended family in Germany every few years. When I found out it was a Opel in disguise, it all made sense. My cousin has a VW Passat Estate wagon, and it's a great ride, (nothing like those North American Mexico made versions, especially on the autobahn) What's nice is they handle really well, not high profile like a SUV, but have room in the rear. It's sad we don't get the better version of the Passat, instead a version catering more for the Chinese market segment. But even that is going away in 2023, as the Passat won't be manufactured in NA after that. Instead VW moving to offer SUV's and crossovers like everyone else is.
Wow thank you for this video it brings back memories my grandfather had it and still do a 1977 Buick Regal sky blue with a white vinyl top thank you for this video💯
I have a 2012 Buick Regal T and I absolutely love the car. It’s both luxurious and sporty.
Love my 87 Regal Turbo T.
Love the videos! Can you find enough information to do one on an 86 olds Toronado???
I had an '87 Turbo Regal with the T Package; It's the same thing as a GN but it was actually lighter because it featured 15" aluminum wheels v the 15" steel wheels on the GN. Funny how today, a 2021 Honda Odyssey is just as fast, stock, as the turbo regals were back in '87. In the T-Type and T-Package, you had more options than with the GN. YOu could have the plush bench seat, column shifter, and you could have chrome trim instead of the sporty blackout package. That made for some interesting combinations of the Limited (ultra-luxury version) with the turbocharged 3.8L SFI under the hood. Check out Dennis Kirban's guide to Turbo Regals for a comprehensive look into the TUrbo Regal as a whole, if interested.
Excellent video. I have to admit I love my (Buick Verano) Opel Astra 1.6t sedan - punchy for a small car.
I loved those GNX.
Another fascinating look at an American car I knew little about.
One I would like to hear from your perspective is on the Land Rover 90/110/Defender that was briefly sold in America ..
Yo this channel is so damn good. I get excited when a see a new video post. Thanks for doing this. Reminds me of watching "power block" on TV back in the day. 😆
I was always interested in Buicks for some reason. The Regal GS would be my pick if i wanted a factory sleeper that can easily go under the radar and if i ever wanted a newer car, i would buy the TourX.
Next vid should be one of the biggest 80s and 90s icons, the Jeep Cherokee!
The first downsize body was ‘77 and again in ‘82. The first 6 cylinder they used in the 70s was a 4.1L, the 3.8 began use in ‘82. At least for Buick. I had both. A 78 and an 84.
I have a 69 Buick Electra 225. The longest car Buick ever built. Available with a variety of engine options. Production ran from 1959-1990.
I own a 2018 Buick Regal gs and I know it’s mostly just Buick in name being a rebadge of an Opel. That said I love that car.
my 1st car was a 1996 regal coupe. loved the vertically mounted door handles and the 3800. always wanted a supercharged 3800 regal sedan from the mid 2000s. speedy and practical, my favorite combination. I'd also love a regal wagon fom 2018 and up. Thought they were really attractive wagons
9 months ago .... I was in a car crash ..... Buick regal saved me life ..... ( It was a Buick regal form 1994 the air bags war still 100% )
My parents owned a 1971 Buick GS 455, blue convertible with a white top
Our neighbor had the exact same car yet it was badged "Skylark" and had a much smaller engine and no hood scoops
I own a final generation Impala that was also based upon an Opel platform and was discontinued in 2020. There is no comparison whatsoever to the Impala it replaced. The discontinued Buick LaCrosse and the Cadillac XTS were stable-mates. Because of the used car market inflation,
I could sell it now for more than I paid for it 4 years ago (I am the 2nd owner). Also, I really liked the final generation Regal wagon and wouldn’t mind owning one.
The 90's version was used in drivers training for me and I aced the highway one after damn near failing the city 😅
Nice! My favorite was the Grand National. As a kid in the 1980s, one of my car nut neighbors traded in his 1986 Mustang GT Convertible for a brand new 1987 Grand National. I was surprised, he had always been a Ford guy, and so I was I at the time. But I quickly saw the appeal of Grand National, though as it gained recognition, it wasn't quite as stealthy. A Grand National wagon (based on the same G body) would have been a really cool sleeper. I'm sure someone made their own.
I've just found out some interesting news about the Buick Regal. Opel, still have good major ties with Buick. After Opel was sold off to Stellanteis, it was more of a handshake deal to keep GM on float in the US market. So they had to pay Opel to continue building the Buick Regal models once Opel was sold. Even after their Regal discontinuation in the US market. They are still built by Opel in China. But this time, they built the Regal as a Buick, not as an Opel rebadge. Because they discontinued the model as an Opel in favor of Buick's popularity in China. So, they began to co-develop with Buick for the next gen model after the US model was dropped. But GM still had to pay Opel for Manufacturing the Regal as a Buick. That's exactly what they did for their latest redesign in 2024. Very, very beautiful car. Too bad we couldn't get it here in the US
My grandmother had a 77 Regal that I remember being so plush and mushy. When she died in 1992 it only had like 40K Onnit. I remember thanking God that I was only twelve so I wouldn't be the grandkid that got stuck driving the powder blue Jew Canoe. Down here in Miami there were tons of the two door Regals and I had a friend whose mom inherited a 1982 from her parents and he got stuck with it. It was a lot cooler than my grandmother's 77. One day at a football game somebody approached him in the parking lot and offered to buy it for $3,000. My friend said yes he would think about it with images of acrx in his head. Imagine our shock when the guy reaches into his back pocket and pulled out $3,000 cash. That generation Regal is really in demand right now and my friends still tells me to this day that he wishes he had held onto it. I have to remind him that it was over 25 years ago and chances are that Regal would not still be around today if he had kept it. I have an elderly neighbor who drives a 1994 or 95 Regal with the legendary 3800 and I make sure to treat him really nice at the HOA meetings in hopes that he'll leave it to me in his will. That was my favorite generation of the Regal ever since I saw Bette Midler's character dryvit in the movie Beaches or as my son affectionately refers to the movie as Fat Beaches.
I can't believe they had a new Regal and Regal wagon but canceled it. The wagon is AWD only but it has the 2.0 Turbo. They're not bad looking cars compared to everything else made today. I don't think I would want to own one, but I would like to drive one to see how it feels. I'd like to find a G-Body in decent shape to swap the drivetrain from my 96 Buick Roadmaster sedan. The LT1 doesn't have enough power for the big B-Body, but it would make a G-Body pretty quick
I own a 1975 century custom love that car bought new 4,800.00
Excellent video Sir
Love this channel
THE OTHER DAY YOU TALKED ABOUT BLAZERS I GOT A 95 2 DOOR WITH THE 4.3 VORTEC ENGINE
By the late 80's and early 90's it was pretty easy to find 78 and 79 sport coupes with bad Turbos for around $500 which you could pull right out and drop a Buick 350 in it's place so you would have the performance to back up the good looks
I had a 3.8 V6 1979 Regal in 1988.
The same year, my best friend bought a 1969 Buick Gran Sport Convertible with a 1970 455 engine in it. The day he took possession, it didn’t have seats or a working speedometer. We slowly restored it back to a respectable condition, starting with pulling some Camaro seats from the junkyard.
I came close to buying a TourX the year they came out. Forum complaints about the lack of parts availability and body panels turned me off of that idea. I suspect that’s just going to get worse, quickly.
0:08 hey, that's the St. Johns bridge in Portland, Oregon... I live 5 minutes from there! 😁
I would love to see why Peugeot failed in America, being British and actually having one I would love to see why they didn’t work over the pond! Great videos by the way.
The Buick Riviera, Oldsmobile Toronado, Cadillac Eldorado, and Cadillac Seville all deserve a look!
My parents had an '82 Century and I would sometimes climb though the window and then I remember my dad getting it wrecked thanks to a cow
one thing to mention about the newer Regal GS is it was offered with a manual transmission i'm pretty sure that is the first time buick offered a manual since at least the 80s if not before that
You could get a ‘79 Regal with 4sp manual but that was a rare option.
@@86twin I bet one those today is worth a pretty penny
@@ChrisN85420 I think so I haven’t checked. You could also get the Grand Prix, Cutlass Calias, and the Chevy Malibu manual that year. Rumor has it you could get an ‘80 Cutlass in 5sp manual.
8:22 that’s a supercharger. Nonetheless. I love this channel ❤️
He did a good job with the Regal history overall. I had a 97 Regal GS, so I'm quick to correct someone on the turbo / supercharged engine as well.
@@thebionicbassplayer ❤️
During one year's run of the 1-Lap of America, a Buick 3.8L Turbo powered Electra Estate wagon was entered by GM.
I've actually seen a Lesabre Sport Coupe IRL... a rare sight, indeed.
That all said, it's a shame GM didn't take powering its full-size models--even just the Buicks--with the 3.8L Turbo more seriously. Because it would've helped them get through the pinch of pre-'87 CAFE mandates without resorting to making 4-cyl. Firebirds & Camaros.
The remaining turbo 3.8 engines were used up in Pontiac TTA, the turbo Trans Am. It was faster because it didn’t have the full frame but still had the inter cooled turbo engine from the last GN year. Not as cool as the granny but definitely worth a slice of car history itself.
now that you've mentioned it, you gotta do the Buick Roadmaster. the 92-96 variant.
My father owned an 82 Regal Coupe. He bought it brand new in early 83. My sister and I loved to ride around in that car! We rode in it on all sorts of trips as kids. It was a great car until the engine grenaded itself on Easter in 1990 about halfway home on a 360 mile drive from my grandparents place. Luckily, we had another family member who was following us and we were smart enough to bring along walkie talkies to coordinate rest stops and such. My uncle & aunt (who lived near my parents and were also visiting the my grandparents) took my sister and I home while my dad stayed behind to sort things out. Even today I still miss that car!
Lots of fill-in background missed along the way - e.g. by me in 🇨🇦 Canada. Thank you.