Ovid_and_Flem
Ovid_and_Flem SuperDork
2/15/19 4:53 p.m.

1987 went for a cool $200K on BaT just now.  Only 8 miles on the clock.

EastCoastMojo
EastCoastMojo Mod Squad
2/15/19 5:33 p.m.

8?! That makes me has a sad.

Robbie
Robbie UltimaDork
2/15/19 5:33 p.m.
Ovid_and_Flem said:

Only 8 miles on the clock.

That's 32 passes

RossD
RossD MegaDork
2/15/19 6:21 p.m.
Robbie said:
Ovid_and_Flem said:

Only 8 miles on the clock.

That's 32 passes

Getting picked up at the far end of the track? Now thats the royal treatment! wink

OHSCrifle
OHSCrifle SuperDork
2/15/19 6:50 p.m.

Hopefully a lot of running in reverse. 

Jerry From LA
Jerry From LA SuperDork
2/15/19 6:58 p.m.
RossD said:
Robbie said:
Ovid_and_Flem said:

Only 8 miles on the clock.

That's 32 passes

Getting picked up at the far end of the track? Now thats the royal treatment! wink

Okay, 16 passes.

MotorsportsGordon
MotorsportsGordon HalfDork
2/16/19 1:05 a.m.
RossD said:
Robbie said:
Ovid_and_Flem said:

Only 8 miles on the clock.

That's 32 passes

Getting picked up at the far end of the track? Now thats the royal treatment! wink

Buick is fast with class

Knurled.
Knurled. MegaDork
2/16/19 7:17 a.m.
RossD said:
Robbie said:
Ovid_and_Flem said:

Only 8 miles on the clock.

That's 32 passes

Getting picked up at the far end of the track? Now thats the royal treatment! wink

Go fast with class.

Matt
Matt New Reader
2/16/19 9:45 a.m.

thats big money. i miss my 86 turbo T

Harvey
Harvey SuperDork
2/16/19 10:03 a.m.

Not to be pedantic, but the GNX was only made in 1987.  wink

Had an 87 GN back in 1998 or so.

Knurled.
Knurled. MegaDork
2/16/19 10:11 a.m.

In reply to Harvey :

And probably the majority of them have ultra low miles.

 

In 1987 people knew that this was the last of the old school GMs, and musclecar values were starting to really climb, so a large percentage of GNXs were bought by speculators.  

Appleseed
Appleseed MegaDork
2/16/19 10:23 a.m.

Once I saw how much they were "worth" 20 years ago, I lost all interest. Probably the same reason I don't bat an eye at aircooled Porsches. 

Ovid_and_Flem
Ovid_and_Flem SuperDork
2/16/19 11:58 a.m.

scottdownsouth
scottdownsouth Reader
2/16/19 11:06 p.m.

  I miss all my old cars, but I miss my Buick GN the most. Small upgrades made it a blast .

David S. Wallens
David S. Wallens Editorial Director
2/19/19 1:21 p.m.

Wow. I have seen a few sell for/be advertised close to $100,000. Is this a GNX record? 

CobraSpdRH
CobraSpdRH Reader
2/19/19 1:43 p.m.

In reply to David S. Wallens :

I believe the last one made sold for $220k not too long ago, so this one wasn't a record, but close.

David S. Wallens
David S. Wallens Editorial Director
2/19/19 1:46 p.m.

So, I decided to see what Hagerty says about GNX values. Over the past 3 years, they show a softening: from a high of $150,000 in May 2016 to a high of $123,000 today. 

David S. Wallens
David S. Wallens Editorial Director
2/19/19 1:49 p.m.

And just to calibrate everything, Hagerty is talking about No. 1 cars. Here's their definition:

Condition #1 vehicles are the best in the world. The visual image is of the best vehicle, in the right colors, driving onto the lawn at the finest concours. Perfectly clean, the vehicle has been groomed down to the tire treads. Painted and chromed surfaces are mirror-like. Dust and dirt are banned, and materials used are correct and superbly fitted. The one word description for #1 vehicles is "concours."

A 401 CJ
A 401 CJ Dork
2/20/19 7:53 a.m.

I have never even seen one in the flesh.  They are black unicorns.  Typically when speculators grab something up, the effect is the opposite of what they desire.  Had these all been used up on racetracks and beaten into the ground via general hoonery, the market value would be multiples of what it is now.

Kramer
Kramer Dork
2/20/19 8:32 a.m.

There's one in the Flint Museum with fewer miles.  And all Xs as a VIN.  It was a pre production model that the GM collection was going to crush.  

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