Harley J. Earl joined GM in 1928 and became head of the General Motors Design team, retiring in 1958. His designs in the ’50s at the Motorama tours are what brought the Corvette to the attention ...

“This next window is very significant,” says new GM global design head Bryan Nesbitt.

They were sort of like the electric cars of the Eisenhower years. Unlike electric cars, what they turbines aren't great at is emissions. That's probably not a huge shock. GM's overarching motivation ...

As you may or may not know, Buick was responsible for the very first concept car. Called Y-Job, the gorgeous one-off designed by Harley J. Earl made its public debut in 1939, showcasing the ...

The XP-74 was Harley Earl’s last gasp, his final “dream car” before retiring and turning the candy-store keys over to Bill Mitchell. Alfred P. Sloan hired Earl, GM’s first design chief, in ...

The concept car was born in the US back in 1938 when Buick introduced the Harley J. Earl-designed Y-Job.. In the following decades, these show cars (or dream cars, as they were often called ...

Object Details author Knoedelseder, William 1947-Subject Earl, Harley General Motors Corporation History Contents Pioneers -- Hollywood and Harley -- The competitors -- The Cadillac Kid -- ...

General Motors has had a design presence in California in one form or another almost since Harley Earl was born in Hollywood. Most recently GM maintained a design studio in North Hollywood ...

GM Advanced Design California is an eight-acre, 150,000-square-foot, $71 million attempt to make GM cars among the coolest in the world. If they can’t do it here, they won’t be able to blame ...