So exactly how many Turbo Buick Regals were produced from 1978-1987?
Here’s the breakdown:
1981
Sport Coupe 6,276
1982
Grand National 215
Sport Coupe 2,022
total 2,237
1983
T-Type 3,732
1984
Grand National 2,000
T-Type 2,238
WH1 1,163
total 5,401
1985
Grand National 2,102
T-Type 1,575
WH1 525
total 4,202
1986
Grand National 5,512
T-Type 1,921
WH1 463
total 7,896
1987
Base Regal w/Turbo 4,268
GNX 547
Grand National 20,193
Regal 60,600
Regal Limited 59,780
Regal Limited w/Turbo 1,035
Turbo T 1,547
total 147,970
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TOTALS
Total Regal Grand Nationals produced from 1982 to 1987 was 30,022.
Total Turbo Ts produced: 1,547 in 1987 only.
Total Regal T Types produced was 22,806.
Total Turbocharged Regal Sport Coupes produced from 1978 to 1979 was 59,896.
RAREST
Rarest Grand National: The 1982 with only 215 produced.
Rarest Turbocharged Grand National: The 1984 with 2000 produced.
Rarest Turbocharged Regal (non GNX): The 1987 Regal Limited with only 1,035 produced.
Second Rarest Turbocharged Regal: The 1987 Turbo-T with only 1,547 produced.
Rarest Regal Sport Coupe: The 1982 with only 2,022 produced.
QUICKEST
Quickest stock Turbocharged Regal: The 1987 GNX.
Quickest stock Turbocharged non-GNX Regal: The 1987 Turbo-T.
Quickest Grand National: The 1987 Model.
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BUICK REGALS IMPORTED INTO CANADA
Year Total Regals Option WE2 (Grand National)
1984 3,955 100
1985 3,670 143
1986 4,138 441
1987 3,578 1,695
1987 – 2,664 Regals excluding Limiteds **
1987 – 280 Y56 ‘T’ package ***
** using the (1987) 3,578 figure, it can be concluded that 914 were Limiteds
*** GM Canada indicates that this figure is for models 4GJ47 only, therefore not including Regal Limiteds.
Please note that all figures shown, except for WE2 obviously, include turbo and non-turbo cars.
Most of this information is taken directly from the “Facts and Figures Book”.
This book is an excellent source of technical (and interesting) information on the Turbo Buicks!
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