From Car Design Review 5: “There’s a little bit of Corvette in every Chevrolet. Performance DNA resonates globally.”
I got into car design because I saw a Corvette concept car and I wanted to know who created it – from then, I only wanted to work on Corvettes. GM has always had great Corvette concepts – I’m specifically inspired by the stunning designs of the ’50s and ’60s.
It’s a 24/7 lifestyle to be in a leadership role like this. You need a good creative mentor (mine was Jerry Palmer) who is in a leadership role so they know what to look for. It takes talent, drive, knowledge and relationships.
On a day-to-day basis, it’s exciting – the team here has a lot of fun together. It’s really all about the people once the awe of the [Eero Saarinen GM Design] building and the work wears off. I love interacting with creative people as well as the manufacturing and engineering teams to bring creative concepts to life. Then a few years later you get to see someone driving it and hear them saying how much they love their Corvette. That’s…
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