Oh... I thought it was more like this :P (excuse my 2 seconds of editing)

That’s great man, wish more people did what you did. But we also needed regular folks to buy regular Focus, Fiesta and Fusions, which isn’t happening right now.

Stop complaining, so few of you actually bought these cars brand new for Ford to make the case financially.  Buying them used doesn’t count fellow enthusiast.  

“Stop buying used cars and brand new F-150s. “

Not well. I’m in Pennsylvania and I’ll never buy a car made in China.

This is GM. They’ll never build it. 

Wow, a big, meaty, RWD Buick sedan? Hold my bingo stamper, I’m in!

They had one or two concepts that would have sold well, the Avista and this Avenir concept would have made a kick ass Park Avenue.

It’s not really just a “re-badged Pontiac with a minor trim upgrade” though. The GM gave McLaren Engines a Grand National to develop. It was given a different tune, modified boost levels, better head porting, and a different turbo with a lighter ceramic turbine. The intercooler was updated and a transmission cooler…

The 1998 Supra Twin-Turbo (ADM) made 276 HP...supposedly.

That Supra is better in every way.

Let me throw out a “back in the day”, over 20 years ago, I allegedly raced on “Long Islands only drag strip”, Deer Park Ave. We ran an ‘88 Mustang LX 5.0 with some decent engine/suspension mods, it was no slouch. There was a GNX that we lost to every time. The brake light in the rear window said “You Lose” when lit…

It might be useful to toss that HP number and put its acceleration times into the context of other performance cars of the era.

Your understanding is quite wrong.

T-Type - 190 horsepower

Grand National - 200 horsepower

Grand National Xperimental - 276 horsepower

if i paid $200k for a gnx, i’d live in it, and when i’m driving it, i’d beat it like it owes me money. because at that price, it figuratively does...

It depends upon how rich the person is, but you’re probably right. 

At $200k, will they treat it any other way?

*$200,000

What are you talking about? I can’t even fit a toothpick in there.