Buick Grand National rumored to return. By Viknesh Vijayenthiran , High Gear Media. Published November 26, 2012 11:26am EST | Updated October 11, 2016 12:51am EDT. Facebook ...

The Buick Grand National offered 200 horsepower (1984–85), 230 horsepower (1986) and 240 horsepower (1987), with each model featuring 300 lb-ft of torque.

From the March 1999 issue of GM High-Tech Performance: The 1986 and 1987 Buick Regal Grand National set the performance bar high in the 1980s, not with a V-8 but with a turbocharged intercooled V-6.

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The Buick Grand National offered 200 horsepower (1984–85), 230 horsepower (1986) and 240 horsepower (1987), with each model featuring 300 lb-ft of torque.

But Buick extended its Grand National build through the end of that year to satisfy demand. A total of 20,740 GNs were built for 1987 (versus 5512 in 1986). Of those, ...

In 1986, the Grand National returned with 235 hp and 330 pound-feet of torque. The massive power figures—mind you, this was the 1980s—were enough to send the 1986 Buick Grand National down the ...

Introduced in 1982, the Buick Regal Grand National began life as a special edition honoring Buick’s back-to-back titles in NASCAR’s Grand National series. However, delivering just 125 ...

But, under the hood, in true Buick form, the Grand National packed a naturally-aspirated V6 with a shoulder-sagging 125 hp (127 ps). As a side note, I know that in 1982 a turbocharger was fitted ...

Still, Buick only built 2,000 of the 1984 model and 2,102 for the 1985. At total of 5,512 were made in 1986, a year that saw the Grand National come with some upgrades.

But eventually, Colvin received an invoice for a Grand National, and the last one was his. The Pontiac Final Assembly plant scheduled his car to be built on December 9, 1987 and it would not just ...