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GM designers’ personal collector cars hint at future classics
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Buy PhotoA little-known Oldsmobile Cutlass F-85 shows off its sharply creased sheet metal at the General Motors Design staff car show during Dream Cruise week.Buy PhotoFullscreenBuy PhotoA little-known Oldsmobile Cutlass F-85 shows off its sharply creased sheet metal at the General Motors Design staff car show during Dream Cruise week.Buy PhotoFullscreenBuy PhotoA little-known Oldsmobile Cutlass F-85 shows off its sharply creased sheet metal at the General Motors Design staff car show during Dream Cruise week.Buy PhotoFullscreenBuy PhotoA little-known Oldsmobile Cutlass F-85 shows off its sharply creased sheet metal at the General Motors Design staff car show during Dream Cruise week.Buy PhotoFullscreenBuy PhotoA little-known Oldsmobile Cutlass F-85 shows off its sharply creased sheet metal at the General Motors Design staff car show during Dream Cruise week.Buy PhotoFullscreenBuy PhotoA little-known Oldsmobile Cutlass F-85 shows off its sharply creased sheet metal at the General Motors Design staff car show during Dream Cruise week.Buy PhotoFullscreenBuy PhotoA rare Oldsmobile 442 at the General Motors Design staff car show during Dream Cruise week.Buy PhotoFullscreenBuy Photo1965 Chevy Impala at the General Motors Design staff car show near Woodward Avenue in Royal Oak.Buy PhotoFullscreenBuy Photo1965 Chevy Impala and a 1970 Ford Mustang Mach One at the General Motors Design staff car show near Woodward Avenue in Royal Oak.Buy PhotoFullscreenBuy Photo1970 Ford Mustang Mach One at the General Motors Design staff car show during Dream Cruise week.Buy PhotoFullscreenBuy PhotoThe profile and high roof of this classic Chevy station wagon hints at how designers can create unique looks and personalities for the next generation of car-SUV crossovers.Buy PhotoFullscreenBuy PhotoThe profile and high roof of this classic Chevy station wagon hints at how designers can create unique looks and personalities for the next generation of car-SUV crossovers.Buy PhotoFullscreenBuy PhotoThe profile and high roof of this classic Chevy station wagon hints at how designers can create unique looks and personalities for the next generation of car-SUV crossovers.Buy PhotoFullscreenBuy PhotoCollectible and customized pickups are a growing trend at the General Motors Design staff car show during Dream Cruise week.Buy PhotoFullscreenBuy PhotoCollectible and customized pickups are a growing trend at the General Motors Design staff car show during Dream Cruise week.Buy PhotoFullscreenBuy PhotoCollectible and customized pickups are a growing trend at the General Motors Design staff car show during Dream Cruise week.Buy PhotoFullscreenBuy PhotoCollectible and customized pickups are a growing trend at the General Motors Design staff car show during Dream Cruise week.Buy PhotoFullscreenBuy PhotoCollectible and customized pickups are a growing trend at the General Motors Design staff car show during Dream Cruise week.Buy PhotoFullscreenBuy PhotoCollectible and customized pickups are a growing trend at the General Motors Design staff car show during Dream Cruise week.Buy PhotoFullscreenBuy PhotoCollectible and customized pickups are a growing trend at the General Motors Design staff car show during Dream Cruise week.Buy PhotoFullscreenBuy PhotoThe Dodge Neon SRT-4: An under-appreciated performance compact gets its due at the General Motors Design staff car show during Dream Cruise week.Buy PhotoFullscreenBuy PhotoThe Dodge Neon SRT-4: An under-appreciated performance compact gets its due at the General Motors Design staff car show during Dream Cruise week.Buy PhotoFullscreenBuy PhotoThe Dodge Neon SRT-4: An under-appreciated performance compact gets its due at the General Motors Design staff car show during Dream Cruise week.Buy PhotoFullscreenBuy PhotoA Cadillac CTS wagon at the General Motors Design staff car show near Woodward Avenue in Royal Oak.Buy PhotoFullscreenBuy PhotoA Cadillac CTS wagon at the General Motors Design staff car show near Woodward Avenue in Royal Oak.Buy PhotoFullscreenBuy PhotoFun and sporty SUVs are nothing new, as evidenced by the lifted open-topped Chevrolet K5 Blazer at the General Motors Design staff car show during Dream Cruise week.Buy PhotoFullscreenBuy PhotoFun and sporty SUVs are nothing new, as evidenced by the lifted open-topped Chevrolet K5 Blazer at the General Motors Design staff car show during Dream Cruise week.Buy PhotoFullscreenBuy PhotoFun and sporty SUVs are nothing new, as evidenced by the lifted open-topped Chevrolet K5 Blazer at the General Motors Design staff car show during Dream Cruise week.Buy PhotoFullscreenBuy PhotoFun and sporty SUVs are nothing new, as evidenced by the lifted open-topped Chevrolet K5 Blazer at the General Motors Design staff car show during Dream Cruise week.Buy PhotoFullscreenReplay1 of 292 of 293 of 294 of 295 of 296 of 297 of 298 of 299 of 2910 of 2911 of 2912 of 2913 of 2914 of 2915 of 2916 of 2917 of 2918 of 2919 of 2920 of 2921 of 2922 of 2923 of 2924 of 2925 of 2926 of 2927 of 2928 of 2929 of 29AutoplayShow ThumbnailsShow CaptionsIf you’d like to know what tomorrow’s classic cars will look like, you could do worse than to see the vehicles that today’s auto designers collect, rebuild and restore.
That’s part of the attraction of Design on Woodward, the annual car show featuring classics and performance cars owned by members of General Motors’s design staff.
Designers, model makers, sculptors and more parade their vehicles from Design HQ at the GM tech center in Warren to Memorial Park on the corner of Woodward Avenue and 13 Mile Road during Dream Cruise week each year.
Refreshingly, the show isn’t a GM-only affair. This year’s display included performance cars of all stripes, from a Dodge Neon SRT-4 to a $100,000-plus Audi R8.Anybody who thinks the idea of high-roofed family vehicles like the Chevy Traverse and Ford Explorer are new might change their mind after walking around a spacious and ornate 1950s Chevrolet station wagon. The proportions of ‘50s classics may hold many clues to automakers’ design plans for the next generation of SUV-passenger car crossovers.The best of frenemies, a 1965 Chevrolet Impala with a 283 V8, was parked next to a 1970 Ford Mustang Mach One next to Woodward, where the brands have competed for bragging rights for decades. Pickups are a rising trend in car collecting, performance and customization. A blue-green 1970 Chevy pickup looked prehistoric compared to a modern Silverado. A lifted, chopped-top Blazer SUV proved the idea of fun, sporty SUVs is nothing new.Contact Mark Phelan: mmphelan@freepress.com or 313-222-6731. Follow him on Twitter @mark_phelan.
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McLaren Milestone: 15,000 Cars Built Since 2011
27 May 2018, 9:06 UTC · by Mircea Panait
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In 2011, McLaren started production of the 12C at its facility in Woking, Surrey. Seven years later, the British automaker celebrates 15,000 vehicles manufactured since then, a feat that comes less than 18 months after the 10,000th automobile built.
34 photosFirst things first, the milestone comes after a most successful 2017, with McLaren shipping 3,340 cars in the previous calendar year. And secondly, the F1 from the 1990s came out at a time when McLaren’s automotive division wasn’t even a thing.
“The Sports Series has been pivotal to driving this growth, with the 570S Spider now the most popular of the range,” said Mike Flewitt, chief executive officer at McLaren Automotive. “The fact we are now able to produce 20 cars a day is of course a great testament to the hard work and dedication of every one of our workforce, who should feel justifiably proud and part of this great team effort.”
For the time being, there are three tiers of road-going McLaren models. The range starts with the Sports Series (540 and 570), continues with the Super Series (720), and tops with the Ultimate Series (P1, Senna, BP23 Hyper-GT). Bearing in mind that the Woking-based company came out with the 12C seven years ago, it’s very, very impressive how much things have changed in such a short amount of time.
At the present moment, around two-thirds of global sales come from the Sports Series and one-third from the Super Series. The Ultimate Series, as you can tell from the pricing of the Senna, is in a different league altogether. And speaking of the Senna, the twin-turbo V8-powered blunderbuss has recently entered production.
The place where it’s built, the McLaren Production Center, was designed by Foster + Partners and took just under 14 months from breaking ground to the first-ever 12C approved for shipping. Be that as it may, Lamborghini (3,815) and Ferrari (8,398) sell more vehicles than McLaren. Heck, even Rolls-Royce managed to deliver 3,362 cars to its customers in 2017.
But on the other hand, you could say that McLaren is the most exclusive name of the lot by a long margin. And chances are things won't change, more so if you bear in mind McLaren doesn't plan to add an SUV to its lineup.
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