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Category Archives: Car Design

GM Studio Sketches and Richard Nesbitt’s Mustang Tribute

Studio artwork from the collection of Ron Will and Richard Nesbitt.

February 16, 20153 CommentsAllan Flowers, Geza Loczi, Rescued from the Studio Trash, Richard Nesbitt, Ron WillBy Gary Smith

Dave Holls’ Career

From Sketches, Special Edition, April 24, 1991.

February 7, 20158 CommentsCar Design, Dave Holls, GM Design StaffBy Gary Smith

Bill Porter’s Inside Buick Studio

Bill Porter tells his story of his years as Chief Designer of Buick I Studio from 1980 to 1996.

January 13, 20157 CommentsBill Porter, Buick, Car Design, GM Design StaffBy Gary Smith

Phillip Payne—Ford, AMC, Chrysler Designer

Nice rendering style.

November 24, 201423 CommentsAmerican Motors, Chrysler Design, Ford Design, Phillip PayneBy Gary Smith

Steve Small

George Prentice on Steve Small.

May 8, 201421 CommentsCar Design, GM Design Staff, Steve SmallBy Gary Smith

The Studio Art Collection of George Prentice

Artwork of Ken Okuyama, Allen Young, Glen Durmisevich, Walt Gershick, Chuck Stebbons, Norm Selnes, Glen Winterscheit, Dennis Burke, Joe Ponce, Bob Loyckx, Dennis Huguley, and Jerry Hirschberg.

April 30, 20143 CommentsCar Design, GM Design Staff, Vintage Studio ArtworkBy Gary Smith

The 1979 Opel Bitter Story

Dick Ruzzin’s first hand account of the development of the Open Bitter.

April 17, 201416 CommentsCar Design, Dick RuzzinBy Gary Smith

Steam Speed

Stan Motts’ Les 24 Heures De Choo Choo come to life.

March 7, 20142 CommentsStan Mott, VideosBy Gary Smith

Motor Trend Classic Chuck Jordan Interview

“A car has to make you feel something. If a buyer looks at a car and says, ‘I don’t like it,’ all the other stuff doesn’t matter.”

February 1, 20141 CommentCar Design, Chuck Jordan, Designers, Fisher Body Craftsman’s Guild, GM Design Staff, MotoramaBy Gary Smith

1965 Pontiac Banshee: The Story of the XP-833

“We were working up exterior styling with Ned Nichols’ design studio, and the Monza GT was our primary inspiration.”

January 8, 20148 CommentsCar Design, GM Design StaffBy Gary Smith

George Krispinsky—Ford, AMC, and Chrysler Designer

An interview with George Krispinsky.

October 9, 20135 CommentsAmerican Motors, Car Design, Chrysler Design, George KrispinskyBy Gary Smith

Testing a Small Chevrolet

“It has that big car look, but only one of us was easily able to occupy it.”

October 2, 20139 CommentsArtwork and Books, Cartoons, Stan MottBy Gary Smith

Studio Art Collector Federic Sharf

Sharf now has thousands of car drawings, mostly from the 1930s through the 1960s.

September 12, 20133 CommentsArtwork and Books, Car Design, Vintage Studio ArtworkBy Gary Smith

Corvette Sting Ray: Genesis of an American Icon

Brock’s involvement with the design of the 1963 Corvette Sting Ray has been well overshadowed by his successes at Shelby American, but they are no less fascinating.

July 17, 20132 CommentsBooks, Corvette, GM Design Staff, Peter BrockBy Gary Smith

The Design Makers—Inside Ford Design

A late ’60s look inside Ford Design.

June 27, 201310 CommentsCar Design, Racing, VideosBy Gary Smith

The Singer 911

The way you’d want to do one if you could.

June 20, 2013Leave a commentCar Design, Porsche, VideosBy Gary Smith

Days of Future Past

In the fall of 1954 GM’s designers were experimenting a future car for America’s drivers that would be smaller, more like a European car.

May 14, 201311 CommentsCar Design, Mel Francis, Motorama, PeopleBy Gary Smith

1966 Oldsmobile Toronado Development

Dick Ruzzin’s Personal account of the development of the ’66 Tornado.

March 30, 201325 CommentsCar Design, Dick Ruzzin, GM Design StaffBy Gary Smith

GM Designer Bill Michalak

“I guess I just can’t get cars and art out of my system.”

March 21, 201316 CommentsBill Michalak, GM Design Staff, League of Retired DesignersBy Gary Smith

Monza SS Tribute

This prototype is a design projection of how Chevrolet’s original 1963 Monza SS concept might have turned out, had it gone into actual production.

March 9, 201314 CommentsCar Design, Corvair, Larry Shinoda, Mel Francis, Paul Deesen, People, VideosBy Gary Smith

Detroit News—Fisher Body Craftsman’s Guild Reunion

2013 Fisher Body Craftsman’s Guild Reunion held at the Arizona Biltmore in Phoenix, Arizona.

February 20, 20136 CommentsCar Design, Fisher Body Craftsman’s GuildBy Gary Smith

Geza Loczi

I had the privilege of working with Geza in my first studio when I first started at General Motors.

February 7, 201311 CommentsCar Design, Designers, Geza LocziBy Gary Smith

2013 Fisher Body Craftsman’s Guild Reunion

GM’s Great Talent Search

January 20, 201317 CommentsFisher Body Craftsman’s GuildBy Gary Smith

Geza Loczi’s Seven Fisher Body Craftsman’s Guild Models

“Stick-to-itiveness.”

January 10, 20138 CommentsCar Design, Fisher Body Craftsman’s Guild, Geza Loczi, GM Design StaffBy Gary Smith
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