When that car was designed, Vauxhall & Opel had separate design facilities, Vauxhall in Luton,England, Opel in Russelsheim, Germany Vauxhall has been the UK brand for GM, Opel the German brand for GM they closed down Vauxhall car mfg & design in the late '70's IIRC they merged design & engineering in Russelsheim, and now Vauxhall only mfg's trucks now Vauxhalls are rebadged Opels since the late '70's
yes that's correct, the Opel CD had the entire canopy hinged forward technically, we wen't as concerned about egress/ingress, knowing there already had been numerous proposals over the years with various concept cars
Love seeing the clay! Are you doing the mill work for the foam in house or subbing it out? I've been looking for a good shop here to no avail. Alias for data? I think this design would be stronger if they would readdress the greenhouse. IMO it appears a perfectly balances arc. I think it would be better with a less balanced proportion and a little more height. It might just be the pics but it looks compressed/cheated too much in comparison with the body thickness.
The foam milling is done in the shop at school. There was a long list of changes we needed/wanted to make on all 3 models.........but the timing was so tight we never had much of an opportunity to really evaluate the clay.
one of my pet peeves as well so many times the renderings shown are always after the fact, but that's the way it is
interesting development for Jason Castriota, from P4-5 fame, among other things: Who?s Where: Jason Castriota to lead Ford?s Dearborn advanced design studio - Car Design News
cool article about the General Motors Tech Center architecture Nobody Did Midcentury Perfection Like 1956 General Motors - Preservation Watch - Curbed
Used to drive me crazy.........someone would show sketches ostensibly done during design development, and you just knew they were done after the fact GM was just as guilty at times Never let the truth get in the way of a good story I used to say
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I wonder if this was an early study for the 1980's Ferrari Testarossa REAL bad taste takes time to develop!!!
I know it's a somewhat controversial styling feature, but I really like them. I suppose it's the result of being born in the early 1980s as the production Ferraris all had side strakes when I was 10 years old. That's the era I'm really drawn to. All the best, Andrew.
For 1953 there is a lot of good, or path of good with the car. Far better relationship of the wheels to the body side and the distance above the tire to the top of fender. I like how the nose used fore/aft surface changes - compare to how other 1953 American cars had mostly blunt noses. The strakes may be questionable on the side but the idea that there needed to be something to break up the vertical side is worthwhile. Do note that there is a recess cove type surfacing on the side which was certainly an advancement. I like the wrap around of the rear window but the top forward corner needs to have a better relationship to the door windows. In some ways I suspect a part of the is that the Italians were trying to interpret American-ness. So they threw some unnecessary trimming at their shape. Jeff
This is a car without any "fat" if you will. -- Andrea Zagato, commenting on the 1957 Alfa Romeo 1900 SSZ. [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=97diAMksR14[/ame]
