GM's N Body Platform: A Mixed Bag For The General

My mom's 2005 Grand Am lasted till 2024. It was rotting but the 2.2lt ecotech still ran perfectly.

Anytime I seen a final N body grand am I can’t help but stare. Such a well proportioned automobile

My first car was a 88’ skylark with the quad 4. Auto on the floor, pop up sunroof, and aluminum wheels. It was “sporty” lol. Despite others having issues with the quad engine, mine never skipped a beat and took all I gave it. It was a good little car.

I bought my 2001 GA GT new when I was 20. I still have her. Over 210k miles and 24 years old. I've had it basically my entire adult life. Lots of memories of going tplaces with girlfriends past, including one who actually passed. Taught my niece to drive in that car, and she sadly passed in 2023. If they made another Grand Am just like it, I'd buy one again today.

I had 88 Grand AM. I loved that car

My uncle had a Calais International with the Quad 4 and a manual transmission, in the early ‘00’s. Man was that a fun car!!

Excellent video. Brings back memories. Bought my first car in high school got my driver's license in it too. That car was a black 2-door 1988 Grand Am LE. 2.5-liter Iron Duke with three auto. Loved that car and the reason i am partial to the Pontiac brand. RIP Pontiac. 😊

I sold Pontiacs in the mid 80's in southern Virginia and had the opportunity to see first hand how well the Grand Am was received by the public. Fantastic times! Good looking cars with the split grill and clean lines. I sold a ton of them in both 2 and 4 door models, LE and SE versions. They were very popular, I sold 5 one day. We were taking orders for these like never before. People were actually waiting in line for a chance to purchase them, our dealership had a waiting list for these cars. The most popular color was "Flame Red", it was a somewhat dark red and it was a good looking color to say the least. Hard to believe I rarely see any today. It was an amazing time for Pontiac Motor Division. Good video and Thanks for sharing this it brought back great memories. Pontiac was known for great designed cars with excitement! I hope GM decides to bring back Pontiac as I've been reading and hearing some rumors to that lately.

I still have a clean white 1998 Oldsmobile Achieva with the 3100 V6... Its not my daily driver but it turns heads....!!! Everything is mint and working...!!! Definitely a unicorn of a vehicle...!!! 👍😎✌️

Had an 85 Grand Am base model with the 2.5 Iron Duke. Bought used in 89. Drove that car for 10 years. Was a good car.

Cool video. Well researched and plainly explained. My parents had a brand new silver 1985 Somerset coupe with a red interior and digital dash when I was born. I remember the dashboard well. It was totaled when we were T-boned by an old lady in an Oldsmobile Delta 88, so we traded it in on a brand new dark metallic blue 1988 Grand Am SE coupe with the 5 speed manual transmission, analog gauge package, and dark blue interior. I remember that car fondly, and my parents liked it so much that my grandma bought a 1991 Grand Am SE sedan, and drove it until she gave up driving 20 years later. She always said her only regret about buying the car was not opting for the 5-speed manual, lol.

I remember going to a NRHA race up in Seattle back in '98. Surprised me was that there were many late 80's to early 90's Olds Calais's being raced in the super street and other classes. All had been modified of course, with both small or big block V8's rear wheel drive, large racing slicks and so forth. What really surprised me was that the majority of those cars, the owners kept the bodies totally stock (expect of course the interior/exterior safety modifications required) sheet metal, paint and even the glass. They ran fast times, later come to find out that those models were one of the most aerodynamic designs and that's why some car builders, racers loved them. At first look they looked stock until you saw the large slicks tucked under the narrow body. N-bodies served their time and deserve a place in automotive history.

I bought a 1999 Pontiac Grand Am and I can say that it was a fun car to drive. Traded it in 2008 for a 2006 Pontiac Torrent (which I still drive).

Shape-wise, these cars (especially the Grand Am) reminded me of the BMW 3-Series. I had a 91' Grand Am...loved that car.

I loved my Pontiac's. Started with 86 Pontiac Sunbird, and them 3 Grand Am's 86 88 and 96. They were all exciting cars, then I moved on to the 99 Grand Prix GT. The Sunbird got stolen and torched. The 3 Grand Am's i bluw head Gaskets racing them around. The Grand Prix I through a rod in mu mechanic bought it. I miss them all and the Pontiac brand.

I love this video and my first car was a white 90 Pontiac Grand Am SE with the HO Quad 4 and I absolutely loved it. I wished it would have offered the 190 hp Quad 4, but even the 180 hp with the 5 spd was very quick for the time. I wish I could find a 91 GA SE HO Quad 4 in decent shape now.

Out here in the Southwest and West These 80's and 90's N bodies, especially The Grand Ams and Olds Calais, along with the Chrysler K cars are becoming really really popular with the teens and early 20 somethings to build into budget JDM style builds, They are so popular in fact they have their own clubs starting to pop up. As an "old guy" I think it's cool, they aren't my type of car but I'll support the kids doing it because they will be the ones that keep the car hobby alive.

Had a 1987 Buick Somerset 2 door with all the options. Really decked out luxury compact car. Tho it was a stick shift 5 speed so the dealer couldn’t sell it. Got it for a good price. Loved it

THE Achieva SCX with a W41 QUAD 4 with a 5spd was the bomb. I took out plenty of suckers with mods on the intake and exhaust and a chip.

In the 1980s I worked in NYC across the street from the GM Building on Fifth Ave. They had two big showrooms on the main level where they showcased their new models. You are correct when you stated that the N line was originally made to be a replacement for the G bodies. I heard the same thing from one of the GM marketing employees who was assigned to the showrooms. Apparently these cars did not get good feedback when it was revealed they would be replacing the Regal, Grand Prix and Cutlass.