[s-cars] Buick Grand National comparo

[Joe Pizzimenti]

Did they come in any color other than black?

J

On Sun, 11 Jul 2004 08:31:02 -0700, Sean Douglas <quattro20v at telus.net> wrote:
> The Buick Grand National is a seriously quick car. A 3.8 litre turbo,
> the stock power in 1987 was 245 HP and 330 ft-lbs and could do a 1/4
> mile in under 14 sec. The GNX version is even faster with 276 HP and 360
> ft-lbs and could get into the low 13's. This is all stock, and with
> modifications to increase boost a 1/4 mile in under 12 sec was possible
> even faster with slicks.
> 
> A stock GN or GNX would kill a stock UrS4/S6 and RS2'd UrS4/S6 would be
> a good match for a GNX, but if they are modded, then its game over for
> the Audi.
> 
> Sean
> 
> Sean Douglas
> 1997 Audi S6//RS2-spec
> 1990 Audi 90 quattro 20v
> 
> 
> 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com
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> > DGraber460 at aol.com
> > Sent: Saturday, July 10, 2004 11:58 PM
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> > Subject: [s-cars] Buick Grand National comparo
> >
> >
> > Has anyone ever mixed it up with a Buick GN?
> > I had always heard that they were pretty quick, but was never
> > sure how quick.
> > Last night after leaving a cruse night where one was on
> > display, he left
> > about the same time, and he started giving me the
> > "rasberries". I thought it was a
> > good time to find out as we had a good stretch of open road, and both
> > "squeezed it". To his surprise I stayed right with him, but
> > couldn't gain any. I
> > thought 3rd gear would pull him but we were still a dead
> > heat. We backed off, and
> > I gave him a thumbs up, but couldn't tell what his response
> > was. Anyone else ever had an encounter with one of these? It
> > was surprisingly
> > quick.
> >
> > Thanks
> > Dennis
> > Denver
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