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Looks can deceive: 6.6L Duramax-powered Buick GNX clone

The car you see here is not a GNX. Hell, it's not even a Buick. You'd be forgiven if you thought it was, though, and it does sport a turbocharger underhood. David Morad was so enamored with the 6.6L LB7 Duramax diesel in his truck that he wanted to put it into something lighter and more fun. He decided to build a Grand National around the engine, and started buying up whatever applicable Buick body parts he could find -- right down to legit GNX dash plates. Next, he bought an '82 Buick Regal diesel that was to be the subject of the ... Read more →

eBay find of the week: Mazda FD RX-7 equipped with Grand National turbo'd V6 Dan Roth

Here's another example of liking the individual hardware pieces, but being repulsed by the idea of the ultimate combination. RX7s are cool. Grand Nationals are cool. But a vehicular mash-up of a 1993 ...

eBay Find of the Day: 1987 Buick GNX #359 - 9.9 miles on the odo Alex Nunez

Click image for 55-pic photo gallery The Buick GNX is iconic -- one of the great modern GM performance cars. The ultimate Grand National, it was limited to 547 units and received a host of changes at ...

VIDEO: The Buick Grand National is "Bad to the Bone" Alex Nunez

Long before anyone would have thought we'd be debating the merits of US vs. Chinese-market Buicks, the division wasn't averse to producing exciting cars, as evidenced by some of the great designs ...

Looks can deceive: 6.6L Duramax-powered Buick GNX clone 1 year ago on Autoblog

The car you see here is not a GNX. Hell, it's not even a Buick. You'd be forgiven if you thought it was, though, and it does sport a turbocharger underhood. David Morad was so enamored with the 6.6L LB7 Duramax diesel in his truck that he wanted to put it into something lighter and more fun. He ...

eBay find of the week: Mazda FD RX-7 equipped with Grand National turbo'd V6 2 years ago on Autoblog

Here's another example of liking the individual hardware pieces, but being repulsed by the idea of the ultimate combination. RX7s are cool. Grand Nationals are cool. But a vehicular mash-up of a 1993 RX-7 powered by a Buick GN's V6 seems a little weird. Weird to think that it even gets past ...

eBay Find of the Day: 1987 Buick GNX #359 - 9.9 miles on the odo 2 years ago on Autoblog

Click image for 55-pic photo gallery The Buick GNX is iconic -- one of the great modern GM performance cars. The ultimate Grand National, it was limited to 547 units and received a host of changes at the hands of ASC McLaren over the "regular" car. These included substantial upgrades underhood, ...

VIDEO: The Buick Grand National is "Bad to the Bone" 3 years ago on Autoblog

Long before anyone would have thought we'd be debating the merits of US vs. Chinese-market Buicks, the division wasn't averse to producing exciting cars, as evidenced by some of the great designs they had dating back to the 50s, the muscle they put on the streets in the 70s, and the badassedness ...






Autoblog Podcast #155: 'Twas the night before LA...

Chris, Dan, and Editor Paukert go over some LA Preview action and quietly whoop it up on the podcast.

 
 

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