In 1988, General Motors took a look down the road at the possible pickup truck of the future and came up with this interesting but not terribly accurate prediction: the GMC Centaur. Continue reading
Category Archives: Design
Gas Turbine Dreams: The 1955 Ford Mystere
The 1955 Mystere show car was originally intended to showcase Ford’s infant gas turbine technology, but it soon earned a more direct role in the company’s product plans. Continue reading
Fashion Victim: The 1981-83 Pierre Cardin Evolution I
French-Italian designer Pierre Cardin found worldwide fame with his exuberant approach to women’s fashion, but the skills didn’t necessarily cross over to the automotive world. Continue reading
Change By Design: A 1973 Ford Film
The business of automotive design was undergoing tremendous change in the 1970s. This 1973 Ford Motor Company film explores some of the challenges. Continue reading
Minivan Dreams: 1955 GMC L’Universelle
Introduced in 1955, GMC’s L’Universelle dream truck foreshadowed the Motor City’s minivan movement by more than 25 years. Continue reading
Room With a View: The 1964-72 Oldsmobile Vista Cruiser
There’s more to the Oldsmobile Vista Cruiser—and its GM stablemate, the Buick Sport Wagon—than we might think. Let’s take a closer look. Continue reading
Remembering the Brubaker Box
In 1972, independent auto designer Curtis Brubaker merged the Volkswagen dune buggy movement with the California custom van craze and created a memorable vehicle he called the Brubaker Box. Continue reading