"Guess what, I'm thinking about a deep question again today." Old Peng didn't know what kind of stimulation he had been stimulating recently, and it hadn't been normal for several days.
"Almost done, have you quit smoking and quit getting sick?" This is the second time you've thought deeply about it. ”
"There was a Regal auction in '87 that sold more than a million. Why do you say that there are always people who like old cars? Every day, I go around saying how the old car looks good, and how ugly the current car is. ”
"This brings us to the question of 'the id', Freud said... Even if I told you, you don't understand. ”
"I think the main reason is that the old cars are ugly and can't be seen, and now the ones that can stay are all good-looking, so some people will think that the old cars are good-looking."
"Don't say, you really have some truth in what you said." Yes, old Peng, it seems that your thinking ability has obviously improved now. “
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In the past 2021, 80% of the one million cars sold by the Buick brand worldwide have been sold to the Chinese market. Today, Buick has almost abandoned the route of producing administrative cars in China, focusing instead on domestic cars. Most Chinese consumers no longer see Buick as a luxury brand as they did two decades ago. In the 1970s and 1980s, Buick was a sight to behold in the United States. The GSX Skylark of the 1970s, the 5.5-meter-long stern coupe Riviera, and the Regal GNX of the 1980s are all classics of the past. Even today, these models are still sought after at auctions, and a Regal GNX with a kilometer of just 68 miles has sold for a high price of $220,000 (about 1.4 million yuan).
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You may not have heard of the Regal GNX, but I guarantee you've. When the fourth part of "Fast and Furious" was released that year, it was just a car chase scene in which Donald boss drove this car, and finally there was a burning tire catapult in situ. The villain in Cars is also it. If you like to watch American movies, it is not difficult to find this car. What the? Don't watch movies? "Grand Theft Auto" has always been played, and in successive generations of "Grand Theft Auto" series of games, a gangster car has been designed based on this Regal GNX.
The 70s and 80s were the most addictive years for people around the world to get racing, and the American people's enthusiasm for racing reached a new level. The race that best represents the american automotive culture is NASCAR. Buick also had a whim for 2 years at the time, sending several Buick Regals to participate in THE NASCAR competition, and actually won the manufacturer championship for two consecutive years. In addition to Lancia, most of the manufacturers of course raced to sell cars, Buick also launched a civilian version of the sports car out of the trend, commemorating the two consecutive championships, so in 1984 launched the Regal Grand National, that is, Regal GN. Unfortunately, no one bought it, and the sports car launched under the banner of NASCAR only had a V6 engine and a maximum horsepower of 125Ps. This was clearly inconsistent with the "V8 is justice" concept in the minds of American consumers at the time. Finally in 1987, Buick introduced a true generation classic, Regal GNX.
In fact, in 1987, this "Regal Sports Car" was already the last year, and Buick pulled up the technology research and development department of McLaren in this year, and built the last 547 Regal Sports Cars, named Grand National Experimental, which is Regal GNX (most Americans start with "ex" in abbreviations are "X"). The maximum horsepower is 280Ps, and the peak torque has come to 488N· M。 This time the product, Buick can be described as full of sincerity, the engine is an all-digital electronic injection, ceramic rotor turbocharging, plus a super capacity of the intercooler. Compared with the "fastest production car" Porsche 930 at that time, the analog EFI technology used, although the horsepower data was larger than the Regal GNX, but the actual acceleration ability was slightly inferior. At this moment, the Americans went crazy, the GNX suddenly became the most desired sports car for all young American males, and the position of the Regal GNX in the American car, as Buick hoped, was forever established.
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Buick has gradually taken root in the Chinese market over the years, and its market positioning has constantly changed. The Regal GNX car allows us to see that in the old days, we have the impression that the conservative Buick was also "crazy", and it is hard to imagine that in 1987, it was a Buick that represented the American sports car. With the technological update and the overall market wind change, the era of American muscle cars has long passed. But the roar of the V8 engine, the straight-line acceleration race, the supercharger stretching out of the cabin, and so on, are symbols of muscle cars, as part of American car culture, forever in our minds.