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Black Air is the Buick Grand National documentary we always wanted

Justin Hyde — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 16:30:00 EDT

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New York filmmaker Andrew Filippone Jr. has chosen a righteous topic for a documentary: the Buick Grand National, the factory hot-rod that kept hope alive of a real renaissance within General Motors — rather incorrectly, in hindsight. More »

Is the 1932 Ford the greatest car of all time?

Tom Joslin — Sun, 21 Aug 2011 14:00:00 EDT

Edmunds.com released a list of the 100 greatest cars of all time this past week which gives the 1932 Ford top honors. Their list is an interesting read and is by their own admission "a biased list in favor of cars that enthusiasts love" with historically important models mixed in. More »

What car should have been made with a manual transmission?

Tom Joslin — Sat, 23 Jul 2011 16:00:00 EDT

It's not exactly a secret that around here the manual is the transmission of choice. Even though they are harder and harder to find with each passing year, if we had our choice every vehicle made would forever have an optional manual transmission. With this in mind we started thinking about all of the cars that should have come from the factory with the option to row your own gears but didn't. What car should have been made with a manual transmission? More »

This is what a 1987 Buick GNX that has traveled 10 miles looks like

Tom Joslin — Sun, 24 Apr 2011 16:00:00 EDT

There are low mileage 24 year old cars and then there are Buick GNXs with 10 miles on the odometer. This example of the latter is currently listed on Ebay with no description other than the pictures seen here. More »

Which 2011 Barrett-Jackson Vehicle is the Car of Your Dreams?

Tom Joslin — Sat, 22 Jan 2011 16:00:00 EST

This weekend's Barrett-Jackson Car Auction features a wide variety of cars and trucks. Many of the cars have already crossed the block and found new owners, but you can still dream. What is the 2011 Barrett-Jackson vehicle of your dreams? More »

Our Kind of Holiday Roast

Tom Joslin — Sat, 01 Jan 2011 12:30:00 EST

Burnouts are good. Smokey Burnouts are great. Smokey burnouts performed by a "None More Black" 1987 Buick Grand National with a 3.8 liter Turbocharged V6 are even better. (Photo Credit:Travis Isaacs ) More »

What is Your Favorite Car from the 1980s?

Tom Joslin — Sat, 18 Dec 2010 17:00:00 EST

When people think about the malaise era, great cars are not always the first things that come to mind. Although it wasn't the best automotive decade, some great cars were still produced. What is your favorite car from the 1980s? More »

How A Brand-New Buick GNX Still Sits In A Dealer Showroom

Ray Wert — Sun, 12 Dec 2010 08:30:00 EST

This brand-new car — a Buick Regal GNX with 164 miles on the odometer — is 26 years old. It's even still sports its original $29,389 window as it sits on a California dealership floor. What happened? More »

Opel Insignia OPC: First Drive

Ben Wojdyla — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 12:00:00 EST

The Opel Insignia OPC is based on the same platform as the new-for-the-US Buick Regal, but adds the torque-vectoring Haldex AWD system from the Saab 9-3 Turbo X and a 325 HP turbocharged V6. Can anyone say "GNX?" More »

GM CEO Shoots Down Future Buick GNX

Matt Hardigree — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 16:00:00 EDT

In a web chat today, GM President Fritz Henderson said Buick fans would "like what you see in future Regal alternatives" but shot down the idea of the return of a Buick Regal GNX. More »

Miller Brewing Employees Successfully Invest In Buick GNX

Ben Wojdyla — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 15:00:00 EDT

In 1987, the Miller Beer Company employee investment pool bought a Buick GNX and stored it away. It has 9.7 miles on the odometer, original tires, all window stickers and production marks. Now it's for sale: $95,000 asking price. More »

Buick Regal GNX? It Could Be A Possiblity...In China

The Auto Insider — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 15:30:00 EDT

The recently announced 2010 Opel Insignia and Vauxhall VXR could spawn another variant we would love to own: the Buick Regal GNX. More »

Nice Price Or Crack Pipe: The $145,000, 678-Mile Buick GNX?

Murilee Martin — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 08:30:00 EST

When a car sits in the Jalopnik Fantasy Garage, and it has a 3-digit odometer reading at age 22… well, you figure the price might be pretty steep. But this steep? More »

Buick GNX

Jonny Lieberman — Tue, 03 Jul 2007 12:15:00 EDT

One of the most tired cliches in all of autojournodom is "Darth Vader's Ride." You've read it one million times, I've used the phrase several ~~hundred~~ dozen times and we think of it every time a pitch-black Corvette Z06 passes by. It's old, it's worn and until further notice, the Maybach Excelero owns that appellation forever. Nonetheless, we're old enough to remember the first time an all-black coupe was mentioned in the same sentence as the Dark Lord of the Sith. Twenty years ago, it was good old Car & Driver that (as we recall) created the trope when they subtitled a piece on the special-edition Buick GNX, "Darth Vader, Your Car Is Ready." For a 12-year-old car nut with Empire Strikes Back bedsheets and two or three shoe boxes filled with Star Wars trading cards, that was enough to peg the GNX as the coolest car ever. Even better, my father's childhood friend Joe Silverman showed up to my Bar Mitzvah in a pitch-black GNX and took me on a joyride. Obviously, that was the highlight of my passage into manhood. Two decades later, very little has changed. More »

2006 Woodward Dream Pre-Cruise: A Fleet Of Buick Grand Nationals And A GNX Get Their Cruise On

Ray Wert — Thu, 17 Aug 2006 12:25:03 EDT

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PHR Attempts to Save Buick, Invents New GNX

Davey G. Johnson — Fri, 12 Aug 2005 15:35:22 EDT

Popular Hot Rodding's Johnny Hunkins grabs the paddles and shouts "Clear!" in an attempt to revive Buick's flagging fortunes. Noting that Buick lacks a halo car, Hunkins goes on to misspell "LaCrosse" and "Infiniti" on his way to the pronouncement that what the dentists' division really needs is a modern-day GNX. Legendary in automotive-enthusiast circles, the highly-collectible, 275-horse '87 Regal was one of the hottest cars in a decade not known for especially hot cars. While we agree that Buick needs something we're not sure that a reborn GNX is it. Still, we agree that Buick could really use a Zeta-based car, if indeed the on-again, off-again platform lives. More »