Tag: Buick

The giant Buick Roadmaster wagon makes the perfect vessel for GM’s biggest and baddest crate engine ever.

The Buick Grand National has square-jawed good looks, a intimidating cloak of blackness around it, and a powerful-for-the-late-’80s turbocharged V6. Comedian David Spade’s GN has a little…”extra.”

While the Chevrolet brand showed off the new Cruze hatchback and the production Bolt EV, the Buick brand went with a high performance concept to draw people to their display in Cobo Hall – and it worked.

This week’s Burnout video features a Buick Roadmaster doing a big, smokey burnout while sitting still and then while rolling down the road. According to the details, this Buick wagon has a 5.7L V8 (presumably an old LT1) with 3.73 gears and while we don’t know what kind of work has been done to this classic family trickster, I would guess that this car isn’t stock.

This week’s Dyno Blast video features a twin turbocharged Buick Grand National in action on the rollers.

For me, resto mods are the cream of the crop. They’re just perfect things. Classic good looks, but with modern drivetrains that allow for easy usability and comfort.

This week’s Dyno Blast video features a Buick Regal that has been painted up to look like a Buick Grand National and rather than the GN’s turbocharged V6, this blacked out Regal packs a twin turbocharged V8.