Scott Oldham blogs about driving BUICK GNX #002, the first GNX to be involved in a traffic accident!
In 1987, I was handling East Coast media relations for Buick Motor Division, wrote the BUICK GNX book that went with each of the 547 GNXs, and had the second production GNX (#002) in my New York City press fleet for a few months.
The first media loan went to Joe Oldham at Popular Mechanics magazine, and son, Scott, later to become a respected member of the automotive media community, borrowed it to drive to a friend’s house. In the process, he got rear-ended while stopped at a traffic light. It was the first GNX to be involved in an accident, and both his late Dad, Joe, he and I have never forgotten about it.
Read Scott Oldham’s BUICK GNX #002 story @ https://www.hagerty.com/media/archived/crashing-a-brand-new-buick-gnx/