Details

• Condition
  Pre-Owned Clear Title
• Engine
  3.8L V6 Cylinder
• Drivetrain
  Rear Wheel Drive
• Interior
  Black
• VIN #
  1G4GJ1176HP438923
• Mileage
  71944
• Transmission
  Automatic
• Exterior Color
  Black
• Stock #
  SN3414
• Warranty
  

1987 Buick Grand National — Numbers-Matching WE2 Package, Lamp Black with Full Blackout Trim Why This Car Is Special The 1987 Buick Grand National holds a specific and well-documented place in American automotive history. It was the final year of production for the Grand National nameplate, and Buick made the most of it. The 1987 model year brought the most powerful version of the turbocharged 3.8-liter V6 that the Grand National ever received from the factory — 245 horsepower and 355 lb-ft of torque. Those numbers were enough to put the 1987 Buick Grand National ahead of nearly every other American production car of its era in straight-line performance, including the contemporary Corvette, which made 240 horsepower that same year. Car and Driver tested an '87 Grand National at 0 to 60 mph in the mid-five-second range, a figure that surprises people even today. What made that performance possible was not displacement, but engineering. The LC2 engine — a 231 cubic inch (3.8-liter) OHV V6 with a turbocharger and intercooler feeding sequential fuel injection — produced peak torque at just 2,400 rpm. That low torque peak is what gave the Grand National its characteristic surge off the line and out of corners. By the time the turbo spooled and boost came on, the car was already moving. The intercooler, added in 1986 and refined for 1987, was the key upgrade that allowed Buick's engineers to safely push boost and timing without detonation. The Grand National package itself — RPO code WE2 — was not just a cosmetic option. It bundled the LC2 engine, the FE3 sport suspension with larger sway bars, specific blackout trim, GN-specific interior appointments, and performance-tuned running gear into a single, factory-integrated package. This car carries that full WE2 designation, which means it was built from the factory as a complete Grand National, not a Regal that received cosmetic additions after the fact. The 1987 model year saw approximately 20,193 Grand...