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Firebird II (1956, left) and III (1959, right) 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 ...
The Pontiac Firebird is an American automobile built and produced by Pontiac from the 1967 to 2002 model years. [1] Designed as a pony car to compete with the Ford Mustang, it was introduced on February 23, 1967, five months after GM's Chevrolet division's platform-sharing Camaro. [2]
In 1977, General Motors began to source a larger selection of V8 engines to supply in the lower model Firebirds, and the Oldsmobile 350/403 V8, as well as the Chevrolet 305/350 V8, became options for the Firebird, Esprit, and Formula after June 1977. [25] Previously, the Chevrolet inline-six was the only outsourced engine in a Firebird.
2 Full-size car Streamliner: 1941 1951 GM B platform: 2 Full-size car Chieftain: 1949 1958 GM A platform: 2 Full-size car Catalina: 1950 1981 GM B platform: 5 Entry-level full-size car Star Chief: 1954 1966 GM A platform GM B platform: 6 Full-size car, upper trim of Chieftain Safari: 1955 1957 GM A platform: 1 Full-size station wagon Bonneville ...
The GM Whirlfire gas turbine engines were developed in the 1950s by the research division of General Motors Corporation and fitted to concept vehicles, including the Firebird concept cars, Turbo-Cruiser buses, and Turbo-Titan trucks through the 1960s.
The biggest stars in movies and TV aren't always the actors. From the General Lee to James Bond's Aston Martins, these cars found in TV shows and movies can be real scene-stealers, too.
Like many people, Adam Bernard shared the shock of suddenly losing his job one Friday morning on social media. His post on LinkedIn simply stated: “Well, in unexpected news, I was let go from GM ...
Van Nuys Assembly was a General Motors automobile factory in Van Nuys, California.The plant opened in 1947 producing Chevrolet Advance Design trucks. Later it would produce several different models including Chevrolet full-size (Caprice, Impala, etc.), Chevrolet Corvair, Chevrolet Greenbrier, Chevrolet Chevelle, Chevrolet Nova / Buick Apollo / Oldsmobile Omega / Pontiac Ventura, and Chevrolet ...