Title says it all. Buick’s fastest production car ever made (the fastest car they made periodhowever, was actually the Buick Wildcat 1985 concept which has been suggested :) )
Very fast car! Much more luxurious than its camaro Z28 and Pontiac Firebird counterparts of the time as well.
Very reliable and has respectable durability. Very fun car, and practical too. Cheap to maintain, easy on the wallet and an absolute smashing deal of cooperation between luxury and performance. Sublime handling, blistering stock acceleration, and immense modding potential with that good old boosted up buick 3800.
The performance figures and abilities of this car are absolutely insane if you take a look at its story in the automotive industry as well as on the track. The only cars at the time that could hang with it were the twin turbo Callaway Corvette at the time, as well as the Porsche 911 Turbo. Very nasty car indeed, and even more absurd when you find out it is a v6 engine. But to me, it is not much of a surprise, the 3800 engine is capable of very great things with some messaging and parts. The stock bottom end of those engines is capable of holding around 900 horsepower with no alteration to the bottom portion of the block. Absolutely bonkers!
An affordable package of supercar-embarrassing performance, looks, practicality and luxury all in one unit. There you have it, the Regal GNX.
~I think it is safe to say this ain’t your grandpa’s Buick lol unless your grandpa actually owns one, of course.
SPECS:
Specifications
1987 Buick GNX
VEHICLE TYPE
front-engine, rear-wheel-drive, 5-passenger, 2-door coupe
PRICE AS TESTED (C/D EST)
$27,000
ENGINE TYPE
turbocharged and intercooled pushrod 12-valve V-6, iron block and heads, port fuel injection
Displacement: 231 in3, 3791 cm3
Power: 300 hp @ 4400 rpm
Torque: 380 lb-ft @ 2600 rpm
TRANSMISSION
4-speed automatic
CHASSIS
Suspension (F/R): control arms/live axle
Brakes (F/R): 10.5-in vented disc/9.5-in drum
Tires: Goodyear Eagle VR50, F: P245/50VR-16 R: P255/50VR-16
DIMENSIONS
Wheelbase: 108.1 in
Length: 200.6 in
Width: 75.5 in
Height: 54.6 in
Passenger volume: 98 ft3
Trunk volume: 16 ft3
Curb weight: 3545 lb
C/D TEST RESULTS
60 mph: 4.7 sec
100 mph: 12.9 sec
Top gear, 30–50 mph: 3.0 sec
Top gear, 50–70 mph: 3.8 sec
1/4 mile: 13.5 sec @ 102 mph
Top speed: 124 mph
Braking, 70–0 mph: 186 ft
Roadholding, 300-ft-dia skidpad: 0.80 g
CC2 STATS:
Acceleration (unmodified): ~11.31
Acceleration (modified fully): 14.73
Defense score (unmodified): 79
Race class (stock): C I think
Race class modified: High B or low A
Handling (stock): ~15.0
Handling (modified): 17.0
Weight: 1.77 tons
Top Speed: ~124mph
EPA FUEL ECONOMY
Combined/city/highway: 20/17/25 mpg
One of the coolest cars on the planet in my opinion. Would love to see this in game.
