Neat GN article

[olds443]

I found this a few minutes ago while researching something else. Pretty neat little article.
motivemagazine.com - Motive Retro Review: 1987 Buick Grand National

 

[Robbie-87plz]

Thank you for finding that article. Good reading...

 

[chris mccord]

That was good. I want to find an article that was in an old mag called Cars Illustrated...I think that's the name. They wrote about street racing one Buick gave them in the Chicago area back in 86. They stomped it down and this was the quote. Man this car aint shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit, tubo lag FTW. They then beat up on the locals. I have to find that.

Thanks for posting that!!

 

[aminga]

Anyone have the old Motor Trend Article where they called the GN "An Axe Wielding Barbarian"

They thought it was a slam. They don't know the owners very well do they.

 

[SPOOLFOOL2]

Nice.

Ya know, It's Sat morning. I was going to read the news paper with breakfast. Decided to read this instead. Figured it'd be less depressing, and it was. Thanks for a fun read.

Happy spooling.

Mike B.

 

[TexasT]

That was good. I want to find an article that was in an old mag called Cars Illustrated...I think that's the name. They wrote about street racing one Buick gave them in the Chicago area back in 86. They stomped it down and this was the quote. Man this car aint shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit, tubo lag FTW. They then beat up on the locals. I have to find that.

Thanks for posting that!!

Cars Illustrated October 1986 (Vol. 4, No. 5) Good Stuff.

 

["Turbo-T"]

Best quote:

Power went to 235 horses, torque went to 330 lb-ft, and Chevrolet's marketing department went ape****. The 1986 Grand National was now more powerful than any American car on the market, violating GM's long-standing rule that nothing — ever — was allowed to outgun the Corvette.

 

[bird]

Great article. Kinda makes you fall in love all over again.

 

[Audie1]

Great article. Kinda makes you fall in love all over again.

+1

 

[scottyb]

Anyone have the old Motor Trend Article where they called the GN "An Axe Wielding Barbarian"

They thought it was a slam. They don't know the owners very well do they.

I remember that one too. It was about the GNX. "Like an axe wielding barbarian, the GNX lays waste to everything in it's path."

 

[Raymond Bunch]

Really cool, thank for finding and sharing it

 

[Renthorin]

I remember that one too. It was about the GNX. "Like an axe wielding barbarian, the GNX lays waste to everything in it's path."

I have 5 of those magazines I think but it is Car and Driver.

 

[timmanis2000]

Great Read. Thanks for article.

 

[notacarlo]

"It is daft but brilliant. It's a brick ****house built from Waterford crystal. It exemplifies the strain of paradoxical American loopiness that gave us turbocharged minivans, stick-shift Cadillacs, and nearly everything from AMC. It invites everyone who straps in to speed when no one is looking, seek out fresh asphalt to tag, and roll around in the mud and come up stinking. The Grand National is always up to go out and trample someone; all it asks is that you lump your laws of civil conduct, your code of ethics, and all of your piss-poor bubblegum rules before getting in the seat. It is proof that GM may not have built a good car in the Grand National, but they certainly put together a great one. "

God that was great....now i know what I am driving to work tomorrow. Thank you.