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     • The Buick Grand National was introduced at a ceremony preceding the Daytona 500 on Feb. 10, 1982, with Buick boss Lloyd Reuss and PR director Tom Pond presiding.
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   What year did Buick make the Grand National?

   • The Grand National was a product of Buick’s NASCAR Grand National series success in 1981 and 1982. Win on Sunday, sell on Monday. In its first model year, the 1982 Regal Grand National made a whopping 125 horsepower from a naturally-aspirated V6 engine, though Buick made 35 Grand Nationals with the iconic turbocharged V6 setup.

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   Which Buick Grand National was the most popular?

   • The inter-cooled models of the 1986 and 1987 Grand National series were the cars that earned the most amount of attention, despite the fact it had already had roots going as far back as 1982 with the Buick Regal line. Like the Buick Turbo Regals of 1982, the Buick Grand National featured a 3.8-liter (231 cubic-inch) 90-degree V-6 engine.

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   Did Buick make a Grand National in 1986?

   • In 1986, this was redesigned again, along with a number of other changes that made Buick's Grand National stand out as much as they did in 1986 and 1987. The car's power output increased considerably over the short period of time the Grand National models were in production.

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   When did the Grand National come out?

   • 1982: Win on Sunday... Baker and his team's turbocharged V6 wouldn't actually be fitted to the Grand National until model year 1984. Instead, the Grand National name debuted in 1982 as a visual-only trim on the Regal and LeSabre models, adding sporty elements like a spoiler and bucket seats.

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   May 2, 2024 · The Buick Grand National was introduced at a ceremony preceding the Daytona 500 on Feb. 10, 1982, with Buick boss Lloyd Reuss and PR director Tom Pond presiding.

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   The turbo V-6 story goes all the way back to 1973 when Ken Baker, a young engineer in Buick's test lab (he would later lead General Motors' electric-vehicle program, then its research labs), started a Boy Scout Explorer program at the Buick engineering department. "I decided that a great project would be to turbocharge the recently revived V-6 with...

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   Other colors were considered, but the decision to make all GNs black gave them a sinister Darth Vader look. Don Hackworth, who replaced Reuss as Buick general manager in 1984, authorized a cool but controversial commercialshowing a Grand National rumbling menacingly through a city at night to a Buick-ized version of the George Thorogood and the Des...

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   The GNX happened because then–chief engineer Dave Sharpe, advanced concepts manager Mike Doble, and project engineer Chuck Jensen badly wanted it. "Tim Logsdon, my boss at the time, pulled me into Dave's office and said, 'We want to build a Grand National to end all Grand Nationals to celebrate the end of its run,' " Doble recalls. "The original nu...

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   Dec 21, 2021 · Introducing Buick Grand National. In 1982, then from 1984 until 1987, the Buick Grand National was among the hottest performant vehicles during the mid-1980s, an era where the production of automobiles was experiencing a tough time during the infamous oil crisis that began in 1983.

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   Jul 26, 2022 · Baker and his team's turbocharged V6 wouldn't actually be fitted to the Grand National until model year 1984. Instead, the Grand National name debuted in 1982 as a visual-only trim on the...

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   Sep 16, 2023 · The GNX, with only 547 produced, was the ultimate rendition of the Grand National. It outperformed other muscle cars of its time with its powerful turbocharged V6 engine, reaching 60 MPH in little over 5 seconds. Today, a well-preserved GNX can sell for over $111,000, showing the continued strong demand for this iconic car.

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   Oct 13, 2017 · The Grand National was a product of Buick’s NASCAR Grand National series success in 1981 and 1982. Win on Sunday, sell on Monday. In its first model year, the 1982 Regal Grand National made a ...

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   Jun 4, 2021 · In 1982, Buick moved to capitalize on this success and introduced the Grand National, named for the Winston Cup Championship it had just won. The original Grand National was a Regal option...