{"id":1704,"date":"2021-10-09T12:15:17","date_gmt":"2021-10-09T04:15:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.icaridea.com\/?p=1704"},"modified":"2021-10-09T12:15:17","modified_gmt":"2021-10-09T04:15:17","slug":"rare-1987-buick-gnx-muscle-set-to-break-215000-auction-record","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.icaridea.com\/?p=1704","title":{"rendered":"Rare 1987 Buick GNX muscle set to break $215,000 auction record"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> close <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/931\/524\/gnx-front.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"Test drive: 2021 Buick Envision\" data-v-13907676> Video <\/p>\n<h4 class=\"title\" data-v-13907676>Test drive: 2021 Buick Envision<\/h4>\n<p data-v-13907676>The 2021 Buick Envision is the second-generation of the China-made compact utility vehicle and Fox News Autos Editor Gary Gastelu says it is very much a Buick.<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">Buckle up and get ready for what&#8217;s sure to be a wild ride, muscle car auction fans.<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/640\/320\/gnx-front.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"\"> <\/p>\n<p>      (Bring A Trailer)<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">Yet another low-mileage 1987 Buick GNX has been put up for sale on the Bring A Trailer website. The rare model, of which just 547 were built, has been skyrocketing in value in recent years.<\/p>\n<p>The turbocharged V6-powered GNX was the quickest American car of its day and originally priced at $29,290, but can now sell for over $200,000.<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/640\/320\/gnx-engine.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"\"> <\/p>\n<p>      (Bring A Trailer)<\/p>\n<p>An example driven 1,200 miles was sold in September for a Bring A Trailer record of $215,000. It was also the third-highest price ever paid for the model behind a $220,000 bid that the 547th car built went for at a Mecum auction in 2017 and the all-time record sale of $275,000 for one driven only 8.7 miles at Barrett-Jackson&#8217;s Las Vegas event this June.<\/p>\n<p>The one that&#8217;s currently being offered is listed with 1,185 miles and has been in storage since 2011.<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/640\/320\/gnx-rear.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"\"> <\/p>\n<p>      (Bring A Trailer)<\/p>\n<p>At the time this story was published, it already had one bid on it for $200,000, but there are six days left in the auction and bidding usually heats up as the deadline approaches.<\/p>\n<p>CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP<\/p>\n<p>In the case of the 1,200-mile car, the bids spiked from $136,000 to $215,000 in the final eight minutes, setting the stage for yet another frenzied battle that could drive the price of the latest one sky high.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>close Video Test drive: 2021 Buick Envision The 2021 Buick Envision is the second-generation of the China-made compact utility vehicle and Fox News Autos Editor Gary Gastelu says it is<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1705,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.icaridea.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1704"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.icaridea.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.icaridea.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.icaridea.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.icaridea.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1704"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.icaridea.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1704\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.icaridea.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1705"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.icaridea.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1704"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.icaridea.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1704"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.icaridea.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1704"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}