2007 Buick Grand National GNX!
09-13-05, 06:26 PM
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2007 Buick Grand National GNX!
http://www.motownmuscle.com/forums/s...4&page=1&pp=10
GM has officially fired all of their designers and are now just buying cars from Australia
GM has officially fired all of their designers and are now just buying cars from Australia
09-13-05, 06:34 PM
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Awesome! I've been wondering when they'd get around to ressurecting this classic and even mentioned it in a previous GM thread. Considering Buick is near the top in both long and short term reliablilty (J D Power) this car should get excellent sales.
09-13-05, 06:42 PM
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WOW!
I don't know if it will equal the original 80's version, that one was sick!
too bad it looks a like a Pontiac G6 coupe, I'm not saying its ugly, buy they should have made it look a little more unique, It's still nice though.
nice job GM
I don't know if it will equal the original 80's version, that one was sick!
too bad it looks a like a Pontiac G6 coupe, I'm not saying its ugly, buy they should have made it look a little more unique, It's still nice though.
nice job GM
09-13-05, 06:43 PM
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I think it might be Car Craft did an article on ten cars that need to be built. I will look later if I still have the issue but I am pretty sure that's where this came from. This was a magazine writers wet dream, not anything from GM.
09-13-05, 06:47 PM
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holy CRAP! a buick i would actually LOVE to be seen in! that is one BAAAAAAAAD car, if they release that GM very well may get some money from me. now excuse me, i need some private time with that picture. 
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09-13-05, 07:34 PM
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Originally Posted by RON430
I think it might be Car Craft did an article on ten cars that need to be built. I will look later if I still have the issue but I am pretty sure that's where this came from. This was a magazine writers wet dream, not anything from GM.
Party pooper!
09-13-05, 07:37 PM
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Good idea, bad execution.
Didn't GM learn with the GTO that noone liked the bland styling? With names this huge in history (Grand National, especially the GNX, and GTO) you need to have something more to look at than a Grand Am. No matter the performance, the styling just doesn't scream 'legendary icon', IMO.
Didn't GM learn with the GTO that noone liked the bland styling? With names this huge in history (Grand National, especially the GNX, and GTO) you need to have something more to look at than a Grand Am. No matter the performance, the styling just doesn't scream 'legendary icon', IMO.
09-13-05, 07:47 PM
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Maybe a rebadged new GTO/GNX will sport a Chevy logo next with the Chevelle name 
The Austrailian design looks outdated. The design would have been great, for a 1997 vehicle. Maybe even too bland for 1997...
The Austrailian design looks outdated. The design would have been great, for a 1997 vehicle. Maybe even too bland for 1997...
09-13-05, 09:13 PM
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I was gonna say, I think I remember this being shown as a chop, but as said above, it's a good concept. They even kept turbo+V6 in the equation. Just for the namesake though, I don't like the AWD or manual transmission.
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09-13-05, 10:38 PM
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Originally Posted by QuikLex
The words Buick & .96g skidpad in the same sentence should have been a tipoff
Buick actually DID have a design drawn up for a GNX a few years back:
http://www.supercars.net/cars/271.html
09-14-05, 07:27 AM
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Originally Posted by RON430
I think it might be Car Craft did an article on ten cars that need to be built. I will look later if I still have the issue but I am pretty sure that's where this came from. This was a magazine writers wet dream, not anything from GM.
Yup! I have the issue home as well. Among the photoshopped ideas were a revamped Trans Am with a nose reminiscient of the 1976 T/A, and a 1969 inspired new Camaro SS