Brand new 1987 Buick GNX...

[Harry P.]

Interesting feature in today's newspaper auto section:

Back in 1987, Boulevard Buick in Signal Hill, CA got a brand-new Buick GNX from GM for their showroom, car number 308 (out of a production run of 547 for the model year). Boulevard Buick paid GM $26,856 for the car, which stickered for $29,389. Back then the GNX was one of the hottest cars around, and 1987 turned out to be the last year of production. Some buyers were willing to pay far above sticker for one. You got the zero-to-sixty time of a Porsche 911 for about half the price.

Anyway, Boulevard Buick knew how coveted the GNX was, and how people were willing to pay thousands over sticker to snag one, and they hoped to make a handsome profit on the highly desirable new car by auctioning it off to the highest bidder. The dealership placed an ad in the L.A. Times, and even hired an accounting firm to keep track of the bidding.

But things didn't go the way the dealership figured. They didn't get a single bid. Not one.

Long story short... Boulevard Buick still has that brand-new 1987 Buick GNX sitting in their showroom today, some 23 years later. It has less than 200 miles on the odometer (the mileage mostly from driving to the shop area for regular oil changes) and the owners of the dealership say it's no longer for sale. Dealership owner Brad Willingham says that now it's a part of the dealership's heritage.

BTW... GM refuses to honor the "new car" warranty!!!

[vizio93]

Ha that's pretty cool !!! It's always nice to hear a good car story. I bet it will be on Barrett Jackson in a couple of years though, even if they say its not for sale :D

[slantasaurus]

There are a bunch of low mile GNX's because they were collectable when they were new and several people bought them and put them away.

No surprise that GM doesn't want to honnor the waranty, they'll fight the claims on 2010 cars.......

[Eric Stone]

Got a friend with one (a GNX like in the story, not a regular GN) that has 4,000 and change miles on it. It still has the sticker in the window.

[highway]

What's so special about that? I have a brand new 1987 GNX too, and mine has no miles on the odometer!

Of course, though, it just so happens to be the original Monogram kit issue though!

[Ben]

My most favorite car of all time!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I would gladly hand the keys of my Camaro over to that dealership if they wanted to trade!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Chuck Most]

Yes, the GNX is collecible, but let's be realistic...

The reason it has no miles on it is because the elderly Buick customer who ordered it died of old age before he could take delivery. Seems plausible, no?

[sjordan2]

Yes, the GNX is collecible, but let's be realistic...

The reason it has no miles on it is because the elderly Buick customer who ordered it died of old age before he could take delivery. Seems plausible, no?

It's not worth much unless it has an 8-track with a collection of Donny & Marie's Greatest Hits.

[Harry P.]

It's not worth much unless it has an 8-track with a collection of Donny & Marie's Greatest Hits.

Funny you should mention 8-tracks... I just heard on the radio the other day that 8-tracks are making a comeback with kids. Apparently kids think they're really cool, and they have become somewhat of a hot fad lately, like vinyl LPs were a few years ago.

What goes around comes around, I guess... or everything old is new again, or whatever cliché fits...

[Nick Winter]

Funny you should mention 8-tracks... I just heard on the radio the other day that 8-tracks are making a comeback with kids. Apparently kids think they're really cool, and they have become somewhat of a hot fad lately, like vinyl LPs were a few years ago.

What goes around comes around, I guess... or everything old is new again, or whatever cliché fits...

Hey cool, I'm cool, even though I've had 8 tracks for years then again I've had an 8 track player for years

Man everything I like is coming back into coolness,

I mean Plaid, 8 tracks, next thing I know it'll be Trans Am's

[moparmagiclives]

A year or so ago, I was in a tech class with a guy out of Oregon. He was talking to the instructer about an older Ford store somewhere in Oregon that ended up with a 67 or 68 Mustang the same way. As of that time, it only had a handfull of miles and was never reported sold to Ford. Last I heared the store closed, maybe from the big crash we all watched happen. If it was true, I'm sure someone got one heck of a deal. I think I would take the GNX over the Mustang though.

[moparmagiclives]

Oh, and one more thing....In the car biz, EVERYTHING is for sale...

for the right price..

[my name is nobody]

Funny you should mention 8-tracks... I just heard on the radio the other day that 8-tracks are making a comeback with kids. Apparently kids think they're really cool, and they have become somewhat of a hot fad lately, like vinyl LPs were a few years ago.

were rich!!!!!!!

My wife, who loved 8 tracks, still has her 800- 8 tracks and a wicked JVC player recorder.

when we fist met some twenty years ago, she still had an 8 track stereo in her '68 Mustang Fastback.

we still have all her eight track stuff out in the garage.

[Tony T]

What's so special about that? I have a brand new 1987 GNX too, and mine has no miles on the odometer!

Of course, though, it just so happens to be the original Monogram kit issue though!

Me, too! I have a GN and a GNX, no miles, and not yet assembled!