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The 1987 Buick GNX — The Muscle Car That Brought a V6 to a V8 Fight

🚗 The 1987 Buick GNX — The Muscle Car That Brought a V6 to a V8 Fight In the mid-1980s, American performance was on life support. Neutered V8s, suffocating emissions rules, insurance crackdowns – Detroit’s icons were fading into irrelevance. And then, out of all places, Buick — the retirement-home brand — unleashed a blacked-out V6 monster that outran Corvettes, embarrassed Ferraris, and rewrote American performance mythology. This documentary traces how the Buick Grand National evolved from a quiet NASCAR tribute into the GNX: a 547-unit engineering anomaly built with McLaren, capable of beating the world’s best before disappearing forever. It’s the story of the last great gasp of American muscle before the lights went out. 📌 In this video you’ll discover: • Why the early 1980s were the absolute low point of American performance • How Buick — of all brands — resurrected speed with a turbo V6 • The evolution from the early Grand National to the intercooled 1986 model • How McLaren turned the GNX into the quickest American production car ever tested • Why GM killed it just as it reached perfection • And why the GNX became a six-figure legend almost overnight 🕒 Chapters 0:01 — The Muscle Car Era Dies Slowly 1:45 — Buick’s Heresy: Turbocharging in a V8 World 3:10 — The Birth of the Grand National 4:45 — 1986: The Intercooler That Changed Everything 6:45 — Street Mythology and Growing Fear in Detroit 7:51 — McLaren Enters the Picture 8:45 — Building the GNX: Engineering Without Permission 10:03 — 1987: The GNX Arrives, And the Game Ends 11:01 — Becoming Legend: Auctions, Collectors, and Six-Figure Prices 11:48 — The GNX’s Legacy and the Future It Inspired ⚙️ Summary By 1987, the American muscle car was supposed to be dead. But Buick proved otherwise. The GNX became a symbol of what Detroit could achieve when accountants stepped aside and engineers were allowed to fight. It didn’t save the muscle car era — it was too late for that — but it delivered the most powerful final chapter imaginable. A turbo V6 that humbled giants. A legend born in the last possible moment. A reminder that innovation, not displacement, is what defines performance. Do you think a car like the GNX could ever happen again?