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When the old girl, the car not the girlfriend, lets you look under her hood, it really gets interesting. There sits a 3.8 liter V6 which had been turbocharged to a healthy 276 horsepower and 360 lb-ft of torque. Never mind the anemic V8 in a Corvette or even a Ferrari 328. This motor outclassed both! Porsche's 928 and its 5.0 liter V8 were the only competition for this car in terms of outright acceleration.
Turning is a different story. Buick's 80s technology couldn't exactly make the 200 inch, 3500 pound bruiser handle like a Lotus Esprit. Remember we're talking about an American car that is, arguably, responsible for a muscle car renaissance. Let's just say that, yes, it can turn.
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When new, Grand Nationals cost somewhere around $18,000 while the optional GNX package was an additional $11,000 over that. Today, a clean example will fetch prices in the high teens. Don't be surprised if these prices start heading north in the next few years as GM releases the new Regal and nostalgia sets in. However, considering the way that things are going over at GM, this will be the last supercar out of Buick, affordable or not.
We had an '85 which was one of the slower non intercooled ones and it is still one of the faster cars I've ridden in. Only had 5000 miles on it in the mid-90's. The sense of speed in a car that big is pretty impressive...
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