Photo: Instagram / Kevin Hart
Kevin Hart has joined the Dark Side with a gorgeous example of those very rare Buick CNXs, occasionally referred to as “Darth Vader’s cars.” In case you weren’t already feeling jealous of his impressive muscle car and exotics collection.
Hart, who calls himself the hardest working funnyman in Hollywood (with just cause), is also a very passionate car collector. His soft spot is for American muscle, either original or custom made with classics as a base, but he also digs the newer models, as long as they’re powerful. He’s recently spun his love of cars into a brand new TV series, called Kevin Hart’s Muscle Car Crew.
One of his recent posts on Instagram shows he’s added to his already massive muscle car collection, and as expected, the addition is noteworthy. It’s a rare 1987 Buick GNX, a limited-series vehicle made in partnership with ASC McLaren and introduced in (duh) 1987. Only 547 units were ever produced, and some of them have been popping up on the specialty market, selling for big bucks.
Hart says only this in the caption to the photo, “Sundays are perfect for old school drives…. If you know you know,” adding the #original tag. He also added a #plasticcupboyzcarclub tag, which could hint the acquisition is for the aforementioned car show he’s doing with his Plastic Cup Boyz comedy crew. Then again, Hart hardly ever shows cars that are not his own on social media, so all indications point to that this is really his latest ride.
And what a ride it is. The GNX, aka the Grand National Experiment, was dubbed the “Grand National to end all Grand Nationals” and featured a turbocharged 3.8-liter V6 underrated at 276 hp at 4400 rpm and 360 lb-ft (488 Nm) at 3000 rpm of torque. In reality, it produced 300 hp and 420 lb-ft (569 N.m), and was one of the quickest cars of the day.
All 547 units were delivered with an all-black exterior and a black over sand gray cloth interior. The black exterior and the distinctive front end earned it comparisons with Darth Vader, as deliveries came at the height of Star Wars popularity. Their appeal hasn’t faded in the decades since the most expensive GNX, a brand new unit still in factory plastics, sold for $275,000 in June this year.
One of his recent posts on Instagram shows he’s added to his already massive muscle car collection, and as expected, the addition is noteworthy. It’s a rare 1987 Buick GNX, a limited-series vehicle made in partnership with ASC McLaren and introduced in (duh) 1987. Only 547 units were ever produced, and some of them have been popping up on the specialty market, selling for big bucks.
Hart says only this in the caption to the photo, “Sundays are perfect for old school drives…. If you know you know,” adding the #original tag. He also added a #plasticcupboyzcarclub tag, which could hint the acquisition is for the aforementioned car show he’s doing with his Plastic Cup Boyz comedy crew. Then again, Hart hardly ever shows cars that are not his own on social media, so all indications point to that this is really his latest ride.
And what a ride it is. The GNX, aka the Grand National Experiment, was dubbed the “Grand National to end all Grand Nationals” and featured a turbocharged 3.8-liter V6 underrated at 276 hp at 4400 rpm and 360 lb-ft (488 Nm) at 3000 rpm of torque. In reality, it produced 300 hp and 420 lb-ft (569 N.m), and was one of the quickest cars of the day.
All 547 units were delivered with an all-black exterior and a black over sand gray cloth interior. The black exterior and the distinctive front end earned it comparisons with Darth Vader, as deliveries came at the height of Star Wars popularity. Their appeal hasn’t faded in the decades since the most expensive GNX, a brand new unit still in factory plastics, sold for $275,000 in June this year.
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