I swear Buick is the strangest car brand, they've built their identity on making fairly conservative, boring cars for regular folks but every once in awhile they slam their veiny, three shielded dick down on the performance car market table as to say 'this isn't even our sort of thing, but this is how you make a fast car'. Smashed everyone in 1970 with the GS 455 Stage 1, the fastest muscle car of the era (appropriately named the 'Hemi Killer'), and then, as said in this video, used a then near unheard of engine configuration (V6 turbo) to make the second fastest production car at the time. I don't really understand you, Buick, but I look forward to whatever you come up with next.
hotwire96 That's something I've thought for years, but I really like the way you spelled it out. LOL. Buick and Olds, both, were like the red headed step children of GM performance, BITD. No matter how well they did, all of the money and attention went to their siblings, Chevy and Pontiac. Even Pontiac was treated as a little "less than" at times. All in the name of keeping the almighty Corvette on top of the GM heap. When Buick or Olds got withing range of effecting 'Vette sales, the big guys at GM said "nuh uh uhhh, no more R&D for you. Go to your room". They gave Pontiac a bit more latitude but they still kept their hands firmly on it's R&D throttle. I love all US muscle and I've never been a "GM Guy" per se , but I give mad props to Buick for basically rebelling and saying "F**K You, Dad! Suck on this, Chevy!" and building the GN and GNX. Awesome, innovative cars for their time.
1999 Honda Civic DD=Daily Driver. Manuals are awesome don't get me wrong but I live in a big city and 1 hour in stop and go traffic twice a day makes an auto acceptable to me.
Yes but pointless. The damage was already done. GN faster than Corvette & GNX faster than Calloway Corvette. I guess they just didn't want it to continue.
Same happened to 88 fiero : Pontiac improve suspension and have a mid engine set up, get ready to drop in better engines next yr. GM?Chevy Kill the car, we must protect Corvette.
every 1 always come here asking to do another car but no1 ever says thank you for doing them. THANK YOU DONUT MEDIA FOR BRING UP TO SPEED ON OUR FAVORITE MACHINES!
You guys are requesting cars you already know about, that totally defeats the purpose of this series. I thought this was a great vid. I'm now up to speed on the GNX.
Well, he got some facts wrong. For instance, the GNX ran like a 13.5 @102 bone stock. He got the production number right, tho. Buick sent 547 cars to ASC/McLaren to be modified into GNX'S.
LoneWanderer360 Since GM filed trademarks for the GN and GNX name, there’s been a longstanding rumor that it’s coming back. However, I take it with a grain of salt, as I’ve seen rumors about both the Chevelle and Torino as well.
I hear the same shit about ford and the thunderbird and crown vic because ford supposedly keeps renewing its trademark on crown vic and thunderbird even though it no longer makes either car Maybe all these companies want the trademark for is to make toy cars or something but we can only hope
viperkill3 i know man, they have a guy in my neighborhood with a 86’ gn thats looks brand new. I ask him whenever i see him if he ever sells it see me first because i will buy it so goddamn fast he’ll think i robbed a bank.
Nice James. I remember when my dad got his 1986 GN. My mom was pissed but when i saw it come out for the test drive i thought it looked like the most wicked car ever. It was like 10PM in the San Fernando Valley when they finally came up with a deal and under the dealer lights it looked so cool! Totally BAD ASS.
The Grand National is easily one of my favorite cars of all time. And I was lucky enough to grow up while knowing someone who owned a legit GNX and he washed it every weekend in the summer and drove it only on the weekends. Before I moved I remember him saying he only had 12k miles on it. And this was in 2000.
Me too Mark, I'd even watch one on the Yugo. You have to admit, though, Chrysler started the whole minivan thing when Chrysler was almost broke and desperate. They quickly sold a few metric shit tons of them, and everyone else played catch up for a really looong time. It's actually a pretty cool story, if you think about it.
The Grand National is the most underrated car at the time. Also, I bought an 86 stock, stock, I ran 13.1 at 105 mph, with a 1.96 60' time. Actually stock is lying a little bit, I had a Tin Man cold air kit. I ran that time, the temperature was 49 degrees and the humidity was like 20%, that helped I'm sure as the next time to the track it was in the 80's during the day and the best I did was 13.5 at 101 mph. The 235 hp and 330 ft-lbs of torque for the 86, definitely underrated. Especially the torque. Not sure what changed from 86 to 87 to get 30 more ft-lbs of torque. I did upgrade my turbo, injectors and chip and I was able to run 11.70 at 115 mph with a 1.79 60' time. Upgraded again, have yet to take it to the track.
This video is on point! I was a proud owner of a brand new 87 Buick Grand National. I had always liked and admired the look of a Monte Carlo SS, but when I first set my eyes on a GN , the sweet clean Turbo sound and wha, wha, wha I asked the driver as he rolled by me , what is it a V-8 , He said no it's a V-6 , he gunned it, it squatted, chirped at the wheels , all I saw was it tail-lights and it disappeared into the night, I simply smiled and fell in Love.
The suspension drawing at 5:12 doesn't show the biggest suspension change on '87 GNX's only: the rear torque arm similar to 1970's Pontiac Astres and 1980's Camaro/Firebird... only they had it on the left side of the driveshaft and Buick put it on the right side where it belongs to force the right rear tire down!
I have a 1985 white Buick Grand National with gold key holes that my grandpa left for me. It can run it just needs to be revived. This video helped me understand why so many people wanted to buy it.
Alot of people forget that back in the 1960s Buick built a big car called the wildcat, it had vents on the sides and the wildcat would hall ass in more ways than one. I watched a 1969 wildcat out run a 1989 5.0 Mustang back around 1991. and back then, that was the quickest car of the late180s early 90s next to the Grand National. It was not slow. But i watched that big buick cross the line beating that 5.0 . It wasnt by much but i believe it made a believer out of many of the buick powers if you got the certain right one.
My favorite up to speed thus far. In Australia, Our Commodore V6 was based off of the 3.8L found in those vehicles. Without the turbo unfortunately. Keep up the good work man!
Al Gajarsky could have bought a buick t-type for way less. Same car but came in more colors than black and it had t-tops. Same turbo charged v6. I have a steel blue one.
Don Rowe yeah, a grand national today is way out* of my budget but I'd love to pick up a t-type or some other old G-Body like a Monte Carlo, or maybe an olds.
Syclone was faster, but stupid. It's useless as a truck. The Typhoon is better if only because it's bazed on the Blazer/Jimmy and you have more storage. Still cant put more than 500lbs in the bed. Plus, Buick did it first.
The typhoon and syclone were good but if youre trying to say which was the absolute best tbh it was the late model TTA, only because it had all the R&D from the GN process and more power.
My great grandmother had a 1974 455 lesabre. I ended up with it. Have had a love affair with classic Buick ever since. I currently drive a '61 Lesabre.
I was lucky enough to have an 85 hot air T-Type when I 19 yrs old in 1989, when I see a G body Regal I don't think about a Grand National and I'm a big fan of all G body topics and builds, cars shinny black look amazing, but Buicks GN with that grill, headlights with blacked out shroud, turn indicators, taillights on that color on that car is spontaneous magic that will never happen again, the car has no bad angle or profile, just pure uncut beauty
"Bien Dit"!. Very well said my man! The Regal Is a very humble car of it's own class if you ask me! I was born in '87 when GNX was made. I have Yet to live, and see it Possibly reborn. Possibly!
That was not the same Mclaren. Fuck this guy. Here's a video saying it was not the Mclaren this chode thought. th-cam.com/video/GacP0ap776Y/w-d-xo.html
It's hard to talk about the Buick Grand National and not mention the man who single handedly put them on the map. The man that made them legendary status and that man is Kenny Duttweiler. He was getting 600hp out of these in the late 80s then in the mid-late 90s getting as much as 1600hp.
I wonder how many people have any clue how the Buick turbo V-6 came about in the late 1970's ? I was part of the group that created the concept of the turbo Buick V-6 at GM Buick Flint Engineering in the 1970's and have a lot of documentation of the group and the development of the turbo engine
Those Grand Nationals/GNX was kicking those 5.0 Mustang ass in the late 80's to early 90's. Ken Dutweiller had a mean ass twin turbo Grand National kicking much ass on the track!!!
I watched almost all of your Up To Speed vidios and Buick GNX is still my favorite car of all time. I first saw it in the mobile game called Racing Rivals back in 2013 and I fall in love with it, I still didnt changed my mind (I was 13 years old back then). One day I want to own GNX myself, but now GNX is very expencive and my country laws say that I cant import it here, so I am thinking of moving to USA only so I can own one.
As the Race Director for the GSCA Buick Nationals for over 10 years I would say that other than a few minor tech issues this video is a good reference for the average person to get a brief synopsis of the GN and GNX.
Crazier than a Tesla P100DX+ Tournament Edition & Knuckles doing the same? The handful of cars capable of beating it in the quarter mile (the Demon, a couple hypercars) only do so because the Tesla runs out of top end near the line.
Kyle Smith blown headgaskets, ringland failure, cracked wastegates, shitty gearboxes, overly expensive to fix when they break...and they do so quite often...can go on and on
man....watching these videos now, they are extremely tame compared to your new videos! I love your new videos....much more personality in them! I'd love to see this Grand National video redone in your new style of presenting.
Man when my dad bought a 1994 roadmaster i love it more than a ferrari it was white with red interior but as always all good things must come to end 4 years later the engine blow up and the stupidest idea dad came up with is to sell the car i cried for two weeks on that car i still dream about it
There is a video for the 1994 Ford Taurus SHO, from this same channel. Not sure how much it could help you, but I figured it won't hurt to give you the heads up anyways. Hopefully it helps.
That Ford Taurus Sho, its a crotch rocket back in its old days. I would think the newer model SHO would be great too. Not sure if the Police Interceptor Taurus is an SHO, but I would think it would be comparable at the least, due to the extra that it comes equipped with, such as larger transmission cooler, custom setup ecu, police specs, and so on. I do believe the rev limiter and speed governor is removed or inactive in the interceptors, at least while its being used in service, maybe changed and set to active, before selling used police cars.
I swear Buick is the strangest car brand, they've built their identity on making fairly conservative, boring cars for regular folks but every once in awhile they slam their veiny, three shielded dick down on the performance car market table as to say 'this isn't even our sort of thing, but this is how you make a fast car'. Smashed everyone in 1970 with the GS 455 Stage 1, the fastest muscle car of the era (appropriately named the 'Hemi Killer'), and then, as said in this video, used a then near unheard of engine configuration (V6 turbo) to make the second fastest production car at the time. I don't really understand you, Buick, but I look forward to whatever you come up with next.
It's like they are schizo and go off their meds once in a while.
hotwire96 That's something I've thought for years, but I really like the way you spelled it out. LOL. Buick and Olds, both, were like the red headed step children of GM performance, BITD. No matter how well they did, all of the money and attention went to their siblings, Chevy and Pontiac. Even Pontiac was treated as a little "less than" at times. All in the name of keeping the almighty Corvette on top of the GM heap. When Buick or Olds got withing range of effecting 'Vette sales, the big guys at GM said "nuh uh uhhh, no more R&D for you. Go to your room". They gave Pontiac a bit more latitude but they still kept their hands firmly on it's R&D throttle.
I love all US muscle and I've never been a "GM Guy" per se , but I give mad props to Buick for basically rebelling and saying "F**K You, Dad! Suck on this, Chevy!" and building the GN and GNX. Awesome, innovative cars for their time.
My teacher had a 82 buick regal wagon but it had a gnx intercooled turbo 3.8 in it i was amazed when it smoked my buddys 455 olds cutlass wagon
To bad GM didn't reskin the Chevy SS as Buick, they kind of did that with 94-96 Imapla SS since the Buick Road master has a LS1.
likenem It was the LT1, bud.
Great, Now i want a grand national.
It was auto only
But as a DD (daily driver) I could rock that.
What does dd mean? Disabled?
1999 Honda Civic DD=Daily Driver. Manuals are awesome don't get me wrong but I live in a big city and 1 hour in stop and go traffic twice a day makes an auto acceptable to me.
Boris Fett oh k
Buick : yup let's make car faster than corvette
GM : Nope.. Nope.. Nope.. kill it now
Yes but pointless. The damage was already done. GN faster than Corvette & GNX faster than Calloway Corvette. I guess they just didn't want it to continue.
Corvette: **exists**
Buick Grand Nacional: *YEET!*
Gm killed it. Like the rest of the company
Buick: *births Grand National/GNX*
GM: “Destroy the child! Corrupt them all!”
Same happened to 88 fiero : Pontiac improve suspension and have a mid engine set up, get ready to drop in better engines next yr.
GM?Chevy Kill the car, we must protect Corvette.
every 1 always come here asking to do another car but no1 ever says thank you for doing them.
THANK YOU DONUT MEDIA FOR BRING UP TO SPEED ON OUR FAVORITE MACHINES!
Jacellious true facts
The GNX is a total weapon and might be my new favourite car of all time.
“Let the kids fight over scraps, the GNX means Buick has nothing left to prove” a line about friggin Buick gave me goosebumps
This should be printed on a shirt honestly lol
That 1 dislike must have been from the dude who drove the corvette and lost to the buick back in the 80s lol
Soni 😂😂😂😂😂
Dang 😂😂😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Burn
it was his dad
and every single dude that got the taillights because they had never heard of it before LMAO
The GNX is hands down one of my all time favorite cars. Thanks Donut!
Damn James came along way from these earlier videos. It's like he found his identity along the way and blossomed into this wild fun character.
You guys are requesting cars you already know about, that totally defeats the purpose of this series. I thought this was a great vid. I'm now up to speed on the GNX.
Valente Medina keyboard warriors upset as usual
People want to know the history of these cars
Yeah I honestly didn't think anything of this car but after the video I'm up to speed as well
I like the Grand National a lot, but I'm not a historian on it. I like these videos since they take a deeper dive then I would.
Well, he got some facts wrong. For instance, the GNX ran like a 13.5 @102 bone stock. He got the production number right, tho. Buick sent 547 cars to ASC/McLaren to be modified into GNX'S.
With 700 or 800 hp production cars like the Demon, it would be interesting to see what a modern GNX could accomplish. I'm guessing it won't happen.
LoneWanderer360 Since GM filed trademarks for the GN and GNX name, there’s been a longstanding rumor that it’s coming back. However, I take it with a grain of salt, as I’ve seen rumors about both the Chevelle and Torino as well.
I hear the same shit about ford and the thunderbird and crown vic because ford supposedly keeps renewing its trademark on crown vic and thunderbird even though it no longer makes either car
Maybe all these companies want the trademark for is to make toy cars or something but we can only hope
The current Buick Regal GS has taken that spotlight.
LoneWanderer360 I would love just to see what they come up with for a new gnx
LoneWanderer360 But if it happened...and was like, bangin'!!...
You can tell how the mood has changed in the videos over 2ish years
The GN is such a beautiful car😍
viperkill3 i know man, they have a guy in my neighborhood with a 86’ gn thats looks brand new. I ask him whenever i see him if he ever sells it see me first because i will buy it so goddamn fast he’ll think i robbed a bank.
@@lordnixon7512 does he still have it?
Why is James actually calm in this video😂
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Its 2017, the year before ecstatic AAAAAAA LIGHTNING BUFF HORSES James.
Jake Murphy because it’s a boring crap car
you didnt see the rx7 one, well did ya? he made the RX7 SOUND SO BORING
What..?
It only stuck around for 3 years just like my dad 😭😂
“It’s black” also applies for my dad
@@Osai1234 Dammmmmmnnnnnnnnn:
Craig and Smokey
That's 3 years more than mine.
Mine was a day off of 2
My dad is still here and had a buick regal ;) so HAHAHHAHA
Nice James. I remember when my dad got his 1986 GN.
My mom was pissed but when i saw it come out for the test drive i thought it looked like the most wicked car ever.
It was like 10PM in the San Fernando Valley when they finally came up with a deal and under the dealer lights it looked so cool!
Totally BAD ASS.
I’m starting to worry about this guys Daddy issues
Dat Boi you might be able to hook up with him after 3 drinks
Dat Boi what makes you say that
swat1229 so a drink for every years his dad was with him?
Yeah, the meme is already old
Benjamin Puljak Same
The Grand National is easily one of my favorite cars of all time. And I was lucky enough to grow up while knowing someone who owned a legit GNX and he washed it every weekend in the summer and drove it only on the weekends. Before I moved I remember him saying he only had 12k miles on it. And this was in 2000.
Damn he really appreciated it i love that man
I love these videos. Id watch one on the Dodge Grand Caravan.
How about the dodge spirit r/t? Or the daytona iroc r/t?
Me too Mark, I'd even watch one on the Yugo.
You have to admit, though, Chrysler started the whole minivan thing when Chrysler was almost broke and desperate. They quickly sold a few metric shit tons of them, and everyone else played catch up for a really looong time. It's actually a pretty cool story, if you think about it.
The Grand National is the most underrated car at the time. Also, I bought an 86 stock, stock, I ran 13.1 at 105 mph, with a 1.96 60' time. Actually stock is lying a little bit, I had a Tin Man cold air kit. I ran that time, the temperature was 49 degrees and the humidity was like 20%, that helped I'm sure as the next time to the track it was in the 80's during the day and the best I did was 13.5 at 101 mph. The 235 hp and 330 ft-lbs of torque for the 86, definitely underrated. Especially the torque. Not sure what changed from 86 to 87 to get 30 more ft-lbs of torque.
I did upgrade my turbo, injectors and chip and I was able to run 11.70 at 115 mph with a 1.79 60' time. Upgraded again, have yet to take it to the track.
This video is on point! I was a proud owner of a brand new 87 Buick Grand National. I had always liked and admired the look of a Monte Carlo SS, but when I first set my eyes on a GN , the sweet clean Turbo sound and
wha, wha, wha I asked the driver as he rolled by me , what is it a V-8 , He said no it's a V-6 , he gunned it, it squatted, chirped at the wheels , all I saw was it tail-lights and it disappeared into the night, I simply smiled and fell in Love.
Just found this channel. Two hours of my morning gone and well spent! ...... Let's start a go fund me to find your dad
How bout an episode about your dad
YES
Might want to have a mental health professional on standby, just in case...
EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW TO GET UP TO SPEED WITH MY DAD
*little did he know, he’d just made a meme.*
I'm down for that happening
My grandma still has her '05 LeSabre Custom. Such a nice car. She keeps it clean and it looks brand-new to this day.
You or your video editors are badass! Keep up the good work! I've always had a hard on for the Grand Nat!
NickPDX22 if you look it's you being with me long to
Thank god some actually knows something about a real muscle car half of the muscle car boys don't know about a gnx it's sad
Jorge Rico best muscle car of all time! Also most underrated.
The suspension drawing at 5:12 doesn't show the biggest suspension change on '87 GNX's only: the rear torque arm similar to 1970's Pontiac Astres and 1980's Camaro/Firebird... only they had it on the left side of the driveshaft and Buick put it on the right side where it belongs to force the right rear tire down!
I have a 1985 white Buick Grand National with gold key holes that my grandpa left for me. It can run it just needs to be revived. This video helped me understand why so many people wanted to buy it.
Alot of people forget that back in the 1960s Buick built a big car called the wildcat, it had vents on the sides and the wildcat would hall ass in more ways than one. I watched a 1969 wildcat out run a 1989 5.0 Mustang back around 1991. and back then, that was the quickest car of the late180s early 90s next to the Grand National. It was not slow. But i watched that big buick cross the line beating that 5.0 . It wasnt by much but i believe it made a believer out of many of the buick powers if you got the certain right one.
Divine Michelle my first car was a 1968 wildcat custom. 430cid th400 console shift.... every option available in 68... loved that huge 2 door
It's just eclipsed by the GS in 70' with the Buick 455 that MotorTrend dubbed the Hemi Killer.
My favorite up to speed thus far. In Australia, Our Commodore V6 was based off of the 3.8L found in those vehicles. Without the turbo unfortunately. Keep up the good work man!
Had an 86 and loved it and could not go anywhere without people loving it too.
Guy pulled out in front of me and well he cried , kept the engine
The Grand National - managing to be one of the greatest cars ever, whilst remaining unbelievably underrated.
Do the Audi Quattro!
The "Jesus Christ" meme caught me SO off guard 😂😂😂😂😂
I laughed so fucking hard and loud im at work in a cubical haha
I woke my wife up,I laughed so fucking loud!!😂
Redline Media believe in Jesus christ
Josh Sanchez believe in Jesus pray repent
Andre Farias pray repent be born again testimonials my account registration
Friend of mine had one back in the early 90's. It was an '86.Drove it a few times. What a blast
I knew the GN was bad ass in 84 took me until 87 to buy one and I still have it.
Al Gajarsky could have bought a buick t-type for way less. Same car but came in more colors than black and it had t-tops. Same turbo charged v6. I have a steel blue one.
Don Rowe yeah, a grand national today is way out* of my budget but I'd love to pick up a t-type or some other old G-Body like a Monte Carlo, or maybe an olds.
One of the best stories I read !
First off, chill out. Second, I don't think he said he had a GNX.
I remember seeing this car for the first time in gran turismo 4, and i just fell in love with how BADASS it looked.
This guy actually did a pretty good job summing up the GNs history. Other people are totally ignorant. He is good.
You forgot the biggest fact of them all. They were all automatic.
Which hurts my soul
Which makes then great
@@TheManWithSomeTypeOfPlan I think you meant Hurst your soul.
Wait what
You’re missing the point
BEST USDM TURBOCAR OF ALLTIME
Jake ジェイク syclone was good too.
Syclone was better
Syclone was faster, but stupid. It's useless as a truck. The Typhoon is better if only because it's bazed on the Blazer/Jimmy and you have more storage. Still cant put more than 500lbs in the bed. Plus, Buick did it first.
The typhoon and syclone were good but if youre trying to say which was the absolute best tbh it was the late model TTA, only because it had all the R&D from the GN process and more power.
My dad had a 70 gsx when I was a kid, alot of people forget that buick did almost the same exact thing in the early 70s with the gs and gsx
Still is my dream car, this makes me want it NOW!!!!
RobHoey 6 go get it
Go get it now because prices are going up, I got lucky and mine almost literally landed on my lap lol
VenomGT87 I just don’t have the money! Got it’s a kick in the balls!
sell a kidney-no biggie
wastegate i have two only need one lol
These videos are perfect, keep it up !!
This quickly became my new favorite car that I just found out about,when I first saw this video all those years ago.
Thank you Doughnut.
Excellent review boys!
it's fast
it's black
and just like my dad it only stuck around for 3 years...
it's my dad.
My great grandmother had a 1974 455 lesabre.
I ended up with it.
Have had a love affair with classic Buick ever since.
I currently drive a '61 Lesabre.
Now you have to do the GMC Syclone
1CoLoRz2 And the GMC Typhoon.
Sti, EVO, 86, Challenger, Charger, Corvette, Celica. SO MANY OPTIONS!!!! Great vid tho.
I was lucky enough to have an 85 hot air T-Type when I 19 yrs old in 1989, when I see a G body Regal I don't think about a Grand National and I'm a big fan of all G body topics and builds, cars shinny black look amazing, but Buicks GN with that grill, headlights with blacked out shroud, turn indicators, taillights on that color on that car is spontaneous magic that will never happen again, the car has no bad angle or profile, just pure uncut beauty
i'm loving these up to speed episodes
Do Lancia 'frickin' Delta Integrale next
That final speech left me in tears.. I fucking love this show 👏🏼
I believe the prices are catching up to that whole "least appreciated greatest car of all time" thing. LOL
Cover the gmc typhoon and sycloon
"Bien Dit"!. Very well said my man! The Regal Is a very humble car of it's own class if you ask me! I was born in '87 when GNX was made. I have Yet to live, and see it Possibly reborn. Possibly!
So how about an episode on the NSX?
it isn't really that interesting of a story
He mentioned it in the episode about the Honda type R
JUST DO IT!!
ReboyGTR yea I think he should
Wayne Bolton a normal company like created something on par with the top luxury cars like Lamborghini and Ferrari. It's a pretty cool story.
I loveee black grand nationals!!! And I'm a JDM/Honda fanboy. I wish TomsTurboGarage still had his :(
Same. I wonder why he got rid of it. It was clearly his best car. Probably got at least 20k for it.
knowledge is power and that is what Mclaren took to a next level. Awesome piece of information as always this channel freaking rocks
That was not the same Mclaren. Fuck this guy. Here's a video saying it was not the Mclaren this chode thought. th-cam.com/video/GacP0ap776Y/w-d-xo.html
Ae86 please and thank you. Or the whole history of the corolla, although it'll be a sad ending.
swat1229 OMG YES PLEASE
FUCK THE 86. I AM TIRED OF THAT MEME
he478 why so triggered?
This would be awesome finaly the ultimate tofu delivery machine
I agree ☝️
It's hard to talk about the Buick Grand National and not mention the man who single handedly put them on the map. The man that made them legendary status and that man is Kenny Duttweiler. He was getting 600hp out of these in the late 80s then in the mid-late 90s getting as much as 1600hp.
Well done. Excellent video. You are good at what you do, thank you for the quality content.
Up to speed on the Pontiac Aztek
only the green one though, right?
To move that "Blue Persuasion" ?
Make it happen
I'm the only person who liked the Aztec.
DONT SAY FIAT MULTIPLA
The Dodge Stealth/Mit.3000gt or the Eagle Talon were underrated.
they were called the tristar motor cars eclipse.talon.and the dodge all got the same powerplant
Ryan Minor not underrated lol...
I had the dodge stealth. The RT twin turbo was underrated, but not the base 222 horse NA stealth.
@@robertaswenson1192 don't forget the 3000gt/gto
Conquest!
Cool video, Buick man myself, 1987 GNX,1970,71GSX.LOVE THEM.POPE IVA.🕊🕯🕯🕯🕯🕯🕯🕯🕊
"AND HE MADE IT EVEN FKN BETTER!!!!!" 😂😂😂😭🤣
Chick Hicks from Pixar's Cars
makes me hate Lightning McQueen even more
Anas Takiyudin indeed my friend indeed
I just realised that!
Thanks!
Anas Takiyudin isnt he A GNX
@cheez burger I thought Grand National & GNX are the same thing
I liked the way he talked about things in this one as compared to others seemed more heartfelt especially the end
Could you guys make a video of Chevy's 1970 Monte Carlo "Please"
Yeah!!!!
I have a 1972
#Si
The one from Tokyo Drift?!
@@StarChaser027
Yeah
On the one he rolls in the beginning of the movie
The one that Jesse Pinkman drives in Breaking Bad?
Mitsubishi EVO 7,8,9
what about 6,5,4,3,2,1?
Donut Media and 10?
Donut Media just do all EVO please! 😣😫
Do all the Evos
I don't think you understand how think how this series works...
This James feels very calm and he holds back.
BMW 335i e9X series. Had way more power than advertised and could be easily modified to beat most BMWs in the lineup.
jmelzer yes totally agree. I want this episode
But it just keeps breaking down after 80k. Love hate relationship I want to buy another
iceman18724 literally in the exact same boat. Sold my 335i at 92k (broken). I will own a e30 with a n54 even though I know it will break.
Yea I know what u mean but I love this car
I wonder how many people have any clue how the Buick turbo V-6 came about in the late 1970's ? I was part of the group that created the concept of the turbo Buick V-6 at GM Buick Flint Engineering in the 1970's and have a lot of documentation of the group and the development of the turbo engine
You could get that motor in a Lesabre lol
Now I too want a 1987 Buick Grand National and a 1987 Buick Grand National GNX.
The grand national reminds me of Takumi AE86: an undefeatable ghost that retires, so that no one can ever achieve what it achieved
Khoa Huynh -Hears bunta laugh in the distance -
Local_ Hotpotato one might say, the ATS-V is close to be the spiritual successor of the Grand National
Khoa Huynh pretty much in the same since as the gt86
2017 Up to speed needed 2019 Up to speed energy. Watching this today is rather snooze worthy.
Seeing that Grand National in the beginning drift like a pro made me smile.
do a Buick Wildcat episode
Swiss Waffles yes please
Hell yeah
How about some DTM's legends like E30, 190E or 155
Those Grand Nationals/GNX was kicking those 5.0 Mustang ass in the late 80's to early 90's.
Ken Dutweiller had a mean ass twin turbo Grand National kicking much ass on the track!!!
I never knew that Garfield was a car enthusiast
Do the 3000gt vr4
well there wouldnt be much to talk about
It'd be like a 3 minute vid saying it was high tech for the time,pretty quick and one heavy fucker
This is my favorite car. How am I just now seein this video?! Damn, the end though. Got me all emotional
One thing. The Buick Grand National is my favorite car
Do the Challenger, Charger, or GTO (The Goat, not the Sunday Driver)
I watched almost all of your Up To Speed vidios and Buick GNX is still my favorite car of all time. I first saw it in the mobile game called Racing Rivals back in 2013 and I fall in love with it, I still didnt changed my mind (I was 13 years old back then). One day I want to own GNX myself, but now GNX is very expencive and my country laws say that I cant import it here, so I am thinking of moving to USA only so I can own one.
Forgot to add something:
My other email has number 87 in it since I made it for games. number 87 stands for the year of GNXs production..
Want that buick
"Sideways at any speed" a brief description of me :D
As the Race Director for the GSCA Buick Nationals for over 10 years I would say that other than a few minor tech issues this video is a good reference for the average person to get a brief synopsis of the GN and GNX.
Can you do the up to speed on the Mitsubishi Evo?
do the gti!!!!
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It was the first car that I ever saw do a wheel stand. Ben a car enthusiast ever since.
Up to speed with the Corvette
That's insane. Imagine today's regal having the second fastest 0-60. That would be the most ridiculous thing ever.😨
Crazier than a Tesla P100DX+ Tournament Edition & Knuckles doing the same? The handful of cars capable of beating it in the quarter mile (the Demon, a couple hypercars) only do so because the Tesla runs out of top end near the line.
Well it’s 2018 now and before the end of 2017 Tesla unveiled the Tesla roadster 2.0 that can do 0 to 60 in less than 2 freaking seconds!!! (1.9)
Was at a car show this weekend and saw this car and forgot how awesome it is
BMW M3!!!
Frederick th-cam.com/video/Aer1Z3pyEC0/w-d-xo.html
Subaru WRX STi
it's in the queue!
I'll save you some time, blown headgaskets the end.
Kyle Smith blown headgaskets, ringland failure, cracked wastegates, shitty gearboxes, overly expensive to fix when they break...and they do so quite often...can go on and on
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man....watching these videos now, they are extremely tame compared to your new videos! I love your new videos....much more personality in them! I'd love to see this Grand National video redone in your new style of presenting.
DODGE CHALLENGER PLS
Man when my dad bought a 1994 roadmaster
i love it more than a ferrari it was white with red interior but as always all good things must come to end 4 years later the engine blow up and the stupidest idea dad came up with is to sell the car
i cried for two weeks on that car i still dream about it
Lmao that car is lame in every way, but to each their own.
One of the most slept on cars is probably the buick skylark. It looks sick and has a good engine that is easy to modify and easy to drive.
Taurus SHO
D Hill Mustang svo was no slouch either
Nick Sundling Brooo
X2 on the SHO. Yamaha built DOHC V6. DOHC was a selling point back in 1989.
There is a video for the 1994 Ford Taurus SHO, from this same channel.
Not sure how much it could help you, but I figured it won't hurt to give you the heads up anyways.
Hopefully it helps.
That Ford Taurus Sho, its a crotch rocket back in its old days.
I would think the newer model SHO would be great too.
Not sure if the Police Interceptor Taurus is an SHO, but I would think it would be comparable at the least, due to the extra that it comes equipped with, such as larger transmission cooler, custom setup ecu, police specs, and so on.
I do believe the rev limiter and speed governor is removed or inactive in the interceptors, at least while its being used in service, maybe changed and set to active, before selling used police cars.