Are GNX's still cool?

[speedtigger]

I always wanted one of these, and this price is particularly low for a GNX, but I am not sure if it is what I would do with 50 grand: http://www.grandnationalbroker.com/c...5000-miles.htm

[matt224]

They are damn cool, but 50k cool? no thanks, at least not right now. 50k is c6 territory, hard to compete with that.

[heymoej]

yeah,there still different.

when i had my gn i really wanted a gnx......

they were asking so much $$$$ over sticker for a gnx,it was nuts.

[Catmaigne]

Not enough horsepower.

[ZNix]

Just get a Grand National? Same thing.. Little less powerful, WAY cheaper. You can put it in the mid 11's for cheap money.

Nix

[GTOSE]

I would drop 50k on one if I had room for it.

And if I had 50k. lol

Those cars are only going up in value.

[Doug G]

Less than 600 built I think....pretty rare.

Not 50K rear to me though.

[lethal bird]

my dream car!

[ULTIMATEORANGESS]

Originally Posted by Catmaigne

Not enough horsepower.

at that time it was plenty of power. and it was easy to make more.


i like GNXs even more than TTAs.

[bderlan]

They are very cool.but depending on how you think is whether its worth 50k or not.

I mean would it bother you to drive a car that only a select few even know or appreciate what it is.

[2002_Z28_Six_Speed]

Way over priced. I hope my G8 is worth that much someday. Vastly better car imo.

[ULTIMATEORANGESS]

Originally Posted by 2002_Z28_Six_Speed

Way over priced. I hope my G8 is worth that much someday. Vastly better car imo.

hold onto it and see. it should be better. its newer.

they were super cool cars back then. thats when GM had some *****(not alot) and let other divisions build fast cars.

[Mean87SS]

Love em... just not the pricetag.

[FinZ28]

Yep, very cool. Also wouldn't mind a Cyclone or Typhoon. Haven't seen either one of those in years.

[ULTIMATEORANGESS]

Originally Posted by FinZ28

Yep, very cool. Also wouldn't mind a Cyclone or Typhoon. Haven't seen either one of those in years.

i saw a typhoon last summer. i even had to ask the driver if thats what it was its been so long since ive seen one.


those two were the baddest trucks from GM until a TBSS imo.

[RPM WS6]

Originally Posted by matt224

50k is c6 territory, hard to compete with that.

Hard to compete with what? Acceleration and handling? There are collectors that pay this kind of money for old muscle cars and classics that aren't even as fast as the GNX. For a collector interested in a car like this, the fact that some modern, still-built-and-available-brand-new car is faster is not any sort of concern. They have built 10s of thousands of C6s, but they only built 547 GNXs...25 years ago....it's much harder to compete with that.

The GNX is already the most valuable and collectible GM car of the 1980s. That isn't going to change any time soon. On the other hand, C6s are dropping in price each day.

Let me be clear.....I'm not bashing the C6 at all, plenty of people on this site know how much I love the C6, but these cars satisfy entirely different goals at this point and can't really be compared at all.

[I8ASaleen]

What was different about the gnx? I'm confused

[SVTconfused]

asking if gnx's are still cool is like asking if sex still cool...

[I8ASaleen]

Nvm just did a little wiki reading. I don't think it's worth double it's initial list price, but damn it's nice

[RPM WS6]

Originally Posted by I8ASaleen

What was different about the gnx? I'm confused

Here is quick summary, care of GNTTYPE.org:

The GNX was a "collector's edition" Grand National with several aesthetic and performance modifications. There were 547 GNX's made. What follows is a summary of these differences:

• 245/50/16 front & 255/50/16 rear tires mounted on 16x8 black "honeycomb" wheels

• Fender flares on each wheel well

• Functional air louvers on the front cowls

• Analog instrument cluster with Stewart-Warner gauges

• Auxiliary transmission cooler mounted behind the front grille

• Improved Garrett turbo with ceramic impellers and a custom GNX cover

• Improved intercooler with serial number

• GNX emblems

• Serialized plaque on dashboard

• Ladder torque bar and panhard rod for better traction

• GNX graphic differential cover

• Improved hydraulics in the transmission for firmer shifts

• Dual exhaust from cat-back with separate mufflers for each pipe