Stolen, super rare ‘Darth Vader car’ resurrected from N.J. impound lot after 12 years

Stolen Buick returns

This 1987 Buick Regal GNX, stolen in 2012, was reunited with its owner after a lengthy search and legal fight.Courtesy Catherine P. Kelly

The boxy black Buick came off the Irvington impound lot Wednesday covered in dust, as if it spent its lost 12 years among the other junkers on a distant desert planet.

This was no ordinary specimen. It was a 1987 Regal GNX, a rare muscle car so striking and severe it was dubbed “Darth Vader’s car” in its heyday.

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