Tag: GM

• another extreme GT Vision – Chaparral 2X

  This time GM Advanced Design studio in LA have really gone wild thanks to their designer Charles LeFranc and his Chaparral 2X design inspired by flying suits. Very nice indeed! Launched at the studio’s local LA Auto Show.

  Lee

  November 20, 2014

  video

  2014 LA Auto Show, advanced design, chaparral, concept, design, flying suit, GM, gran turismo, GT Vision, LA, LA Auto show, laser

• kit cars

  kit cars are the future Interesting article about VWs modular MQB system of parts sharing, and how others like GM are failing to believe in it.

  Lee

  June 16, 2013

  industry comment

  car engineering, engineering, GM, kit, MQB, platforms, VW

• GM seeded apples….

  Here’s a really interesting article written about GM’s history and it’s invention of car styling and marketing as we know it, linking it to the current design-led dominance of Apple. The similarities are clear, especially the annual new product releases as “events”. Steve Jobs also mentions this influence in his biography, when asked about which…

  Lee

  November 29, 2011

  industry comment, news

  alfred p sloan, apple, GM, harley earl, iphone, steve jobs

• sad saab

  This is so pathetic. I saw this imported Saab 9-7 in Oulu hospital car park. It is so clearly the embodiment of exactly how GM ruined the wonderful brand of Saab. Not only does it look cheap (it is cheap) and ugly, it is possibly the least aerodynamic Saab ever made. To complete the trashing…

  Lee

  June 10, 2010

  industry comment

  GM, saab