January 1991 - "10 Second Shootout" (Turbo Tune GN vs. Roush 5.0)
August 1992 - "Mustang vs. GN Shootout"
Muscle Cars
Winter 1984-85 - "1985 Muscle" (Including GN)
Spring 1985 - "Banker Beefcake" (Buick Muscle then and Now)
Summer 1985 - "Modern Muscle Shootout" (Turbo T-Bird,GN,Monte SS comparison)
May 1986 (Vol. 5, No. 3) - "Ultimate Buick: GSX or GNX?"
Spring 1987 - "The Banker and the Rat" ('87 GN vs '70 LS-6 SS-454 Chevelle)
(No Date) Vol. 5 #1
Spring 1987 - "Buicks Best" ('70 GSX & '87 GNX)
(No Date) Vol. 5 #3
January 1989 - How to Spot a Phony Buick GS
November 1989 - GTO vs GTA (Turbo TA)
Musclecar Classics
February 1991 - "Gran Sport Nationals" (review)
Popular Cars
June 1986 - '86 GN Review
November 1987 - '87 GN Review
Popular Hot Rodding
January 1978 - "Turbo Century"
April 1983 - "T Type Terror"
May 1984 - "Buick Grand National' Road Test
January 1986 - "20 Rear Wheel Horsepower Gain the Easy Way"
May 1986 - "Battle of the Turbo Cars" (GN vs. Mustang SVO vs. Conquest TSI)
August 1986 - '86 GN vs. Mustang GT
November 1986 - Hot Buicks for 1987
Popular Mechanics
March 1987 - Speed Thrills (Calloway Corvette vs. GNX)
Road & Track
February 1978 - "Turbocharged V-6 Buick LeSabre Sport Coupe"
September 1986 - Power Play (Corvette vs. GN comparison)
Street & Strip Supercar (Cars Illustrated Special Edition)
October 1988 (Vol. 1, No. 3) - Coverage of 1st Annual Eastern Performance Grand National Showdown, Mid 14 second build-up of a stock 1979 Buick Regal Turbo
Super Stock & Drag Illustrated
February 1987 - '87 GN vs. IROC Camaro
August 1987 - '87 GN vs. Mustang LX
October 1987 - Buddy Ingersoll's Pro Stock Twin-Turbo Skyhawk
Turbo and Hi-Tech Performance
March 1988 - "When the Going Gets Fast...The Fast Get Faster"
July 1988 - "Last Grand National"
May 1989 - "White Heat" (1989 Turbo TA - No GNs in this one)
Nov 1990 - "In Search of the 9's" (Various GN's)
July 1991 - "Buick vs Buick vs Buick" (Englishtown , NJ racing)
Nov 1991 - "The Worlds Fastest Buicks" (1991 GS Nationals)
March 1993 - "Shootout At Sundown" (GN vs Mustang in Las Vegas)
VIDEOS
Motorweek (TV) - Show No. 605, 10/15/86, comparison test GN, Olds 442, Monte Carlo SS, Grand Prix 2+2
Buick Regal Grand National Commercial (TV) - 2 versions, 30 and 60 seconds
FX/2 (Movie) - brief appearance of an 86 Regal T-type, which is unfortunately crashed near the end of the scene.
Beverly Hills 90210 (TV) - 1993 episode focusing on drag racing, brief appearance of an 85 Grand National
Fatal Beauty (Movie) - A few quick shots of Sam Elliot's 1986 (?) Grand National
The Substitute 2 ( HBO Movie) - 87 GN w/ GNX fender vents
Menace to Society (Movie) - 1986 GN used in shooting at hot dog stand
Sources contributed by:
Dave Machay - dave.machay@onlinesys.com
Greg Powers - gpowers@dtedi.wpafb.af.mil
Kevin Kreutzweiser - kwkreutz@undergrad.math.uwaterloo.ca
Scott Keller - keller@gnttype.org
James Hall - james340@ix.netcom.com