In 1984, Buick at last placed the key rudiments of its two racing programs together to produce an exciting new Grand National Regal for full production. This facilitated to drive all Regal Turbo V6 sales up even further, with a total of 5,401 turbocharged V6 Regals being sold. Two thousand of these carried that first specifically offered Grand National package, with the remaining 3,401 being T-Types.

 

It appears that Buick took the turbocharged 1982 Grand National Sport Coupe, added fuel injection, a lot of black paint and chrome-plated wheels, and came up with a car that initiated a following among a group of car enthusiasts that became truly remarkable.

 

In fact, it can be said that the Buick Grand National revived the term "Muscle Car", brought this aging concept forward into the eighties, and has kept it alive ever since. When it came along the Grand National was an exceptionally strong-performing, yet very comfortable large American coupe in the tradition of the late 60's muscle cars. Actually, it still fits this description.