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The car was driven for a number of years by Harley Earl, until he replaced it with a 1951 model car. Sometime after that, the car was restored at the Henry Ford Museum, until 1993 when it was returned to the GM Design Center. [6] The "Y" in the name has two explanations:
GM A: 1 Chevrolet's car based on A platform Series M Copper-Cooled: 1923 1923 GM A: 1 Chevrolet's car based on Superior with air cooling system Series AA Capitol: 1927 1927 GM A: 1 Chevrolet's mid sized car that competed against the Ford Model A: Series AB National: 1928 1928 GM A: 1 Chevrolet's mid sized car that replaced Series AA Capitol ...
The Pontiac Bonneville Special is a concept car unveiled at the General Motors Motorama in 1954, the first two-seat sports car prototype the division had ever produced. Conceived by designer Harley J. Earl and hand-built by Homer C. LaGassey Jr. and Paul Gilland, the Special is a grand touring sport coupé that incorporated innovative styling ...
The GM Futurliners were a group of custom vehicles, styled in the 1940s by Harley Earl for General Motors, and integral to the company's Parade of Progress—a North American traveling exhibition promoting future cars and technologies.
Harley Earl and the Buick Y-Job 1951 General Motors Le Sabre In 1939, the Styling Division, under Earl's instruction, styled and built the Buick Y-Job , the motor industry's first concept car . While many one-off custom automobiles had been made before, the Y-job was the first car built by a mass manufacturer for the sole purpose of determining ...
Buick (/ ˈ b juː ɪ k /) is a division of the American automobile manufacturer General Motors (GM). Started by automotive pioneer David Dunbar Buick in 1899, it was among the first American automobile brands and was the company that established General Motors in 1908. [3]
The General Motors Firebird comprises a quartet of prototype cars that General Motors (GM) engineered for the 1953, 1956, and 1959 Motorama auto shows. The cars' designers, headed by Harley Earl, took Earl's inspiration from the innovations in fighter aircraft design at the time. General Motors never intended the cars for production, but rather ...
General Motors de México The Ramos Arizpe Assembly is a General Motors automobile factory in Ramos Arizpe , Coahuila , Mexico . It opened in 1981 and has manufactured Buick , Cadillac , Chevrolet , GMC , Honda , Oldsmobile , Pontiac , Saturn , and Saab vehicles.