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Apr 5, 2022 · This one-year-only model is likely the rarest of Buick’s ’80s-era sorta-sporty models. Buick and the Grand National nameplate may go together like Forrest and Jenny, but as today’s Nice ...
Exclusively for 1986, Buick offered the LeSabre Grand National model to homologate the coupe body-style for NASCAR competition. Fewer than 120 were made. The Grand National featured a black exterior with gray interior. 1987: 1987 models received composite headlamps with exchangeable bulbs.
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Dec 1, 2011 · Under the hood was the standard LeSabre engine, a 150 horsepower (200 lb-ft of torque) 3.8 liter Sequential-Port Fuel Injection (SFI) V6. It would have been nice if Buick could have dropped in the 1986 (Regal) Grand National’s 235 horsepower turbo 3.8 liter SFI V6 into the LeSabre Grand National but it was not to be.
Pontiac Borrows A Beast. For 1988, the Buick Regal went the route of the Riviera before it and transitioned to a new platform (also front-wheel drive) that left the 3.8 turbo V6 on the shelf. Still, the motor itself had one last shot at dazzling muscle car fans when it appeared between the front fenders of the 1989 Pontiac 20th Anniversary ...
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Nov 27, 2018 · Beware that there was also a non-turbo, FWD "Grand National" in 1986 based on the Buick LeSabre. GNX: A limited-edition 1987 Grand National with special mods by ASC, including an improved engine package, recalibrated transmission, upgraded suspension, full-sweep Stewart-Warner instruments, and 16 x 8 wheels. Only 547 were produced.
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Nov 15, 2023 · The LeSabre Grand National, as it was called, was an appearance package (RPO WE2) that included the panels, blacked-out exterior trim, alloy wheels, and fender badges borrowed from the turbocharged Regal Grand National, all for $1,237. Beyond that, the GN was pretty much a standard LeSabre with a grey cloth interior and the 150 hp V6 under the ...
Feb 15, 2015 · Enter the LeSabre. Having made the move to the front-wheel-drive H-platform for 1986, Buick engineers targeted it as the first front-wheel-drive performance effort, mostly because the 3.8L V6 was virtually identical to the motor in the Regal. With word coming down the pipeline that the rear-wheel-drive G-body was going away for 1987, it was ...
