[tom406]

Besides the expense, scarcity, and minimal street "cred", let's not forget all of the old fogey Olds and Buick dealers who wanted no part of these cars or the rowdy, warranty-abusing "customers" they felt they would attract. I've heard a number of stories of guys bringing money to order a Stage or W car and wanting to put money down, only to literally be shown the door. (Can you imagine a Buick dealer today showing ANYONE the door who was trying to order a car? Or an Olds dealer, IF there were any around...)

I've loved the GS cars since I saw the PHR article on them in the early 80's. Ditto on the Turbo/GN cars when I was in high school. Buick is so unusual in that it has had these two short, sudden bursts of performance brilliance, only to have the powers that be strip it all away, just as quickly as it was achieved. It's like Mom and Dad were sleeping and find the kids having a really big party, so they ground them for 15 or 20 years, and get back to the scrabble tournaments they've been playing.