All General Motors Design articles – Page 5
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ArticlePontiac Phantom (Madam X)
William ‘Bill’ Mitchell spent his entire 42-year career at General Motors, much of it served under the leadership of the flamboyant Harley Earl, GM’s Vice President of Design for over three decades. Earl appointed Mitchell as Cadillac’s first design chief in 1936. In 1954 he was promoted to Director of Styling, serving directly under Earl. Finally, after Earl retired, Mitchell stepped into Earl’s place and was Vice President of Design from late 1958 until his own retirement in 1977.
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ArticleCadillac Personal Luxury Car Concepts
In 1960, General Motors found itself on top of the industrial world. It was the largest corporation with the greatest reach and broadest product line of any corporation in the world. It produced everything from home appliances to cars and trucks, to heavy industrial machinery and military vehicles. True to its name, if it had a motor, General Motors probably produced some version of it.
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ArticleConcept Car of the Week: Chrysler 70X (1969) and Cordoba Del Oro (1970)
Defining the “Fuselage” Aesthetic for a New Decade at Chrysler
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ArticleConcept Car of the Week: General Motors Bison (1964)
The Bison concept by General Motors explored a trucking application for gas-turbine technology
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ArticleCCotW: Chevrolet Citation IV
An influential aerodynamic experiment that could have led to great things
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ArticleConcept Car of the Week: GM LeSabre (1951)
The car that defined auto design in the 1950s in America was the General Motors LeSabre of 1951. Conceived by the flamboyant GM design chief Harley Earl, it was meant to set out the programme for the cars of the new rocket age
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ArticleConcept Car of the Week: Buick Centurion (1956)
The centrepiece of General Motors legendary Motorama shows, the Buick Centurion was the combined talent of Harley Earl and Charles ‘Chuck’ Jordan
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ArticleMichelin/CCS Competition: Le Mans 2030
Michelin-sponsored College for Creative Studies contest showcases some superb student work
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ArticleConcept Car of the Week: Chrysler ecoVoyager (2008)
Not quite the future of the luxury car, but an interesting experimental monospace
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Design Interviews: Interrogating BMW's Top Team
Quizzing BMW's Executives On The Brand's Future (and its wheelchair)
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ArticleConcept Car of the Week: Cadillac N.A.R.T. (1970)
A racing team's redesigned Eldorado, by Zagato
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ArticleMichelin Announces Winners of ‘Le Mans 2030’ Design Competition
Contest winner judged best of 1600 registrants from 80 countries
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ArticleFirst Sight: Land Rover Discovery (2017)
Land Rover's controversial new SUV has split opinion (if not a tailgate). Its designers explain
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ArticleConcept Car of the Week: General Motors Firebird IV/Buick Century Cruiser (1964/1969)
The concept car that believed you only live twice
