Buick Grand National Commercial - 1985

cool commerical

Grand Nationals rock i would love to have one their fast as f*ck and police used em

do u have one?

Yes, I think 200 HP was for '85, they upped it for '86 and then the final year of prod. in '87 was putting out 250 HP. The GNX was rated at 275 - but most agree that the rating was underrated. The '87 250 HP GN was still a bruiser and can beat out other modern cars in the 1/4 mile that are rated over 300 HP.

As mentioned below, the low-end torque is what gives the outstanding quarter mile performance. Launching these cars is so much fun, with drag radials of course. Regular street tires you just do a long burnout.

Cool commercial, too bad the audio is distorted from being too loud.

1.8l? are we talking about a Skyhawk here or the Grand National? GNs were 3.8L. but i do agree with u that there arent any 1.8L making 355ft/lbs, not factory anyway

Someone mentioned that a NA 1.8L makes 210hp, present day, making comparison to the 200hp cranked out by the 85 GN, as advertised in this commercial. SlickRaccon, is the originator of the comparison and that is how it all started. Sorry for any confusion, I wasn't saying that the GN had a 1.8L.

Not to mention there were/are no 1.8Ls making 355ft/lbs of torque in 85 or 2009!

I paid 13k for mine last year. Mine was a very clean and close to stock with 65k miles on it. Now everyone I talk to tells me that I got a steal on mine. On the few things that I have bought for the car are expensive. Just on replacement items that were in good sahpe, but I wanted new I've easily spent $2k.