Last GNX Brings $220K at Kissimmee

Our Feb. 2017 cover car, the final GNX that Buick built in 1987, sold at Mecum’s giant Kissimmee auction in January for $220,000.

- Drew Hardin

You may recall that the car essentially went into hiding a short time after it was purchased. When it crossed Dana Mecum’s auction block it only had a scant 68 miles on the odometer. We will bring you a full story on this and all the top sellers at Kissimmee next month; you can also go to me cum.com for complete auction results.

Hagerty, the collector car insurance company, sent out a list at the end of 2016 of the best classic cars to buy this year, “cars that are poised to be strong investments in terms of value growth and smiles per-dollar,” said the company. The list contained a fair number of cars from the 1990s to the mid-2000s— Viper, BMW M3, Toyota Supra Turbo, Porsche GT3 RS—in keeping with a trend company CEO McKeel Hagerty saw of “younger enthusiasts driving interest in newer vehicles.”