The Buick Grand National Is the Ultimate 1980s Muscle Car
The Buick Grand National Is the Ultimate 1980s Muscle Car
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The Buick Grand National is the ultimate 1980s muscle car. Today I’m reviewing the Grand National to show you why the Buick Grand National is special — and I’m driving the Grand National, and I’m taking you on a tour of the Grand National’s quirks and features.
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Wow, rarely seen one not riding on blingy 28inch ‘Forgies’ with skinny tyres on and a colour matched custom interior. Original is more often than not best ??
The car that made everyone forget about the Regal T-Type.
Its the same thing, except in black.
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I had a T-Type. Same exact drive train – more of a sleeper.
T-Type in 87 is mechanically identical to a Grand National. If you wanted the fun stuff but not a black car you could have bought the T-type which gave you a few more color options. You could get white red or gunmetal (red is the rarest color) and strangely enough black. You could also get chrome bumpers on a T-type instead of the black. The interior lay out was the same also with the console instrument gauges and bucket seat arrangement but with different color options other than the two tone found on Grand Nationals.
+Victor La Muro They also made a rare WE4 Turbo T. It was a stripped down black T with plain grey seats. It was the lightest car in the ’87 lineup and could outrun a GN and cost less. I almost bought one back in the day but it looked too ‘plain’ – lol.
It spelles litres because the engine was co-developed with british mclaren
I highly doubt that was the reason as my 1978 Chevy Monza had “5.0 Litre V8” emblems on it and it was a US model.
Wrong, Amal. The “TURBO 3.8 LITRE” badging goes all the way back to the carbureted ’78 Regal and LeSabre Sport Coupes, and Century Turbo Coupe….LONG before GM did anything with ASC McLaren.
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The spelling gave it a European feel….
amal, by your logic, my ’79 Trans Am had a British built Oldsmobile 403 V8. The Trans Am of the era always listed their engine displacement in Metric. Buick went with Metric probably because the rest of the world was too. Yes folks, America _does_ use the Metric system. It’s just that American consumers do not.
22:00 You stop at a red light.
On your right, there is a Grand National and on the left an El Camino.
What a sight ??
California car culture in a nutshell
*The El Camexico most likely had at least, 1 Taco’d wheel.*
MAGGOT VOMIT what’s a Taco’d wheel?
El caminos are a dime a dozen. Grand nationals are the real deal.
49Giants, probably some joke around the fact that the latest years (’80s and ’90s) of El Camino (“The Road” in Spanish) Ute were actually built in Mexico, like the one shown in the stoplight take.
One of the coolest cars PERIOD.
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Douge is the type of a guy to write B from the bottom
There is no such thing as pumpkin eater 39 some hacked my site.
Doug, the type of guy to measure a measuring tape
And has one in his bathroom?
+Davidson Martinez yes he always needs to keep one handy :DD
Wow, bravo to the owner of this 1987 Buick Grand National, it’s in pristine condition…
They thought of whiplash the headrests are adjustable
Awesome car. Dang thing used to blow away my Mustang back in the 1980″s!!
WHAT TOOK YOU SO LONG TI REVIEW THIS MASTERPIECE!!!! I WAITED FOR THIS REVIEW FOR TOO DAMN LONG ??
When Doug doesn’t show the third brake light lights up as a Buick logo. ?
No it doesnt…unless you add an insert.
Yes he totally missed a Quirk LoL
Quirky Dougy is rating a 1987 car to
2019 craftsmanship ? WTF
Doug is that type of guy …sadly ??
Fisher body was a division of general motors it was located in Hamilton Ohio. My dad worked there in the 1950s.
There was also a big Fisher Body plant in Gd Blanc Michigan. My dad worked there 30 years.
There is a gas station around the corner from where I live. My dad is working on getting back from there. That was 20 years ago
Fisher and Fleetwood were both internal body companies that GM bought prewar. They felt it made the car seem special to have the body maker named publicly, as if anybody had any idea what it meant to be coach built in 1985. It was a bit like Ferrari putting Pininfarina badges on their cars, except no Buick buyers knew or cared.
+Tad Dunville My ’72 buick says body by fisher. I don’t think any GM buyer cared.
My dad started working at Fisher Body while he was still in college and once they were split up by GM, his department (along with numerous GM parts departments at the time) eventually became Delphi Automotive which ended up splitting from GM and nowadays is basically non-existent after being the largest automotive parts manufacturer in the world for a good amount of time. It’s divisions were sold off to companies like Mahle as well as others but their biggest divisions are now doing business as Aptiv PLC
who else wishes to know how concert sound one compares to 2nd edition??
No difference just the badge
thank you so much for the grand national tour dougie
Too hear the turbo boost from a car which is 30 years old is engaging.
Grand national was for v6 grand nation race Winston cup was v8
I got beat by one of these driving my stock ’12 sti one day geez
Best car of the 80s, that coming from a Ford guy.