kirban 2 cents worth
Just looked over much of the above....all good points. What probably has saved Buick is the car is very popular in China. So much so it outsold US sales last year.
Ironic to say the least. I am guessing I am older than most on this forum so I go back to the original muscle car era particularly the Pontiac GTO. That is where I got my start in the mid 1970s....it was our company Year One, Ames, and a few others way way back when. We still make many of the same GTO parts we made back then.
As for their values they won't drop. Look at history anay performance produced car will always bring the big money heck even restored race cars now seem to be the hot ticket.
Pontiac was the first account Hurst landed..... in many ways the early GTOs is like the Grand Nationals....GTO was an option on a Lemans....until later years then it was titled as a GTO...Your GN won' read GN on the title unless it was the last 10,000 built as the GN was an option on a Regal WE2 code....
While one of the above seems very high on Olds....the Pontiac GTO started the performance trend....I know I will get arguments there but if you go by numbers they produced many more tri-power 4-speed cars than Olds or others....and that was the hot set up in its day....not taking anything away from the GSs which had tremendous torque etc merely stating what was the sought after models....
Unfortunately also stated above the government would seem to be content to make cars strictly for transportation eliminating the "fun" and performance factor. That reduces buying a car like shopping with your spouse for a washer and dryer with the big decision being which color do we buy?
I could be wrong but I think GMC trucks were always the more luxuerous ones over the Chevy versions so I can see keeping GMC....
We live in strange times certainily something none of us readers could have even remotely predicted 4-5 years ago.
My one license plate reads MR GTO....and has for 20 plus years now. For any of you that own a Hummer/Saab/Saturn you best be in love with it because the value is rapidly dropping on those vehicles.
By the way GTO also stands for Good Times Often.....
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Speaking of Olds I have in my private collection the original prototype of the Hurst Olds emblem that they did not use from 1968......