Junkyard Find: 1992 Buick Regal Gran Sport

The 1970 Buick Gran Sport 455 was one of the most ridiculously overpowered, tire-frying machines of the Golden Age of Muscle Cars, and GM also slapped GS badging on some fairly muscular — or at least muscular-looking — Wildcats and Rivieras back then. Fast forward a decade or so, and you had W-body (think Lumina) third-gen Buick Regals with Gran Sport option packages.

Here's one that I shot in Denver while scouting for the All You Can Carry For $59.99 Junkyard Sale last month.

170 Buick V-6 horses driving the front wheels.

The '92 GS did come with a tachometer, though.

The interior is far superior that the one in the wretched Lumina.

 

Pretty much the same car as the Daytona 500 winner.

 

Back in 1988, Québécois octogenarians who wished to feel 50 again could pick up a third-gen Regal coupe. This car came with the 2.8-liter V-6. By the time our Junkyard Find was built, Regal buyers could have the mighty 3.8-liter V-6.

 

When this generation of Regal was released, Buick's marketers went for a patriotic approach similar to Chevrolet's "Heartbeat" ads of the same era, though with less-screamy guitars.

 

The great American love story belongs to Buick.

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