That and less weight for fuel economy, I’ve seen the weight in grams tracked for attaching the screws on a plate holder.

They do.

This.

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The use of cell phone also increased dramatically during the same time frame, I wonder how/if they figured that in.

You’re lookin’ at it all wrong, you now have a dedicated parts washer. You just need to pick up a new dish washer.

While that is a true statement, in the automotive design world, the term is generally reserved for physical properties. There are many hundreds, if not thousands, of equally high quality digital models/rendering produced every by every OEM. That digital model would take a good Alias operator 2-3 week to build for…

The chief designer has all of the cars in the line, not just one model. while it was a little before my time at GM, most likely it was his sketches and scale model that evolved into the Cutlass Supreme. An 88 model year car would have been done as far as styling is concerned in the 85-86 time frame.

+1 for you.

A star for your Dad, I did the same with my kids.

Seeing as Cobo Hall is on the Detroit river front, you certainly could say he was living in a van down by the river. ;)

As someone that turns design sketches into something an engineer can actually measure for a living, you’re reeeeeally reaching on this one.

Pick-up have always come in varying lengths, 6' and 8' are historically the most common. Most modern pick-up configurations are set up so that the over all length fits in a parking spot/garage. You can get other combinations but for the most part its...

While higher volumes does help amortize many of the costs, it also drives higher costs in the types of manufacturing techniques used and engineering necessary to support those volumes. Many types of parts don’t get cheaper with volume beyond a certain point, in other words the only way to add volume is to buy more…

That’s not something I can comment on, I like my job. Any future product discussion is off limits for me. I can talk a bit about the Avista concept now that it’s public.

I run a creative surface development team (clay and digital modeling) at GM, my last project was the Avista interior.

With good reason in my view. As someone that designs cars for a living, their price point is ridiculously low. Most of their other claims for the vehicle fall in the possible but unlikely category. Even with slave labor, a sub $7000 sticker with their claimed level of content is fantasy land. Look at what you can get…

I took a car designer from Brazil that I work with that’s an avid sport bike rider sledding in the UP last year, he bought a new Ski Doo Renegade 800 this year. Trail riding and mountain/powder riding are very different, both can provide epic adventures, try the UP/trail riding first, it’s a good way for an…

LMAO, That happened to my wife, it caught on an ear ring. Was it wrong that I opened the door again.............................................twice. :)

Bravo, I bought my first mini-van, a 65 Econoline, as a winter beater when I was single before anyone coined the term “mini-van”. in 75. I have WAAAAY more great stories relating to the Hippy van than any other vehicle I’ve ever owned. This is just what it looked like before I lifted it and put 31" x 10.5" MTs on it.