Who designed the third generation Firebird?
12-09-2019, 08:29 AM
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Who designed the third generation Firebird?
Hi,
As far as I know the first Firebird was designed by John De Lorean (back to the future), but I'm curious about who designed our thirdgen Firebirds.
Anyone knows this history?
Denis V.
As far as I know the first Firebird was designed by John De Lorean (back to the future), but I'm curious about who designed our thirdgen Firebirds.
Anyone knows this history?
Denis V.
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12-10-2019, 11:39 AM
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Re: Who designed the third generation Firebird?
DeLorean is credited as being the father of the muscle-car era of the early '60s, having ram-rodded the 1964 GTO into production over top of the protests of GM higher-ups who were too short-sighted to see the huge potential youth market provided by the coming of the Baby Boomer generation.
The chief designers of the 3rd gen Firebird were Bill Porter and Jerry Palmer.
R.I.P. John Z. You were one of the great visionaries of the automotive industry.
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12-10-2019, 01:14 PM
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Re: Who designed the third generation Firebird?
DeLorean was an engineer, not a designer. The first-gen Firebird was designed---off of the basic f-body being produced by Chevrolet--- by a team led by Pontiac designer Jack Humbert.
DeLorean is credited as being the father of the muscle-car era of the early '60s, having ram-rodded the 1964 GTO into production over top of the protests of GM higher-ups who were too short-sighted to see the huge potential youth market provided by the coming of the Baby Boomer generation.
The chief designers of the 3rd gen Firebird were Bill Porter and Jerry Palmer.
R.I.P. John Z. You were one of the great visionaries of the automotive industry.
DeLorean is credited as being the father of the muscle-car era of the early '60s, having ram-rodded the 1964 GTO into production over top of the protests of GM higher-ups who were too short-sighted to see the huge potential youth market provided by the coming of the Baby Boomer generation.
The chief designers of the 3rd gen Firebird were Bill Porter and Jerry Palmer.
R.I.P. John Z. You were one of the great visionaries of the automotive industry.
I thought Palmer and Porter designed the Camaro. John Schinella the Firebird. Porter was designer of the 2nd gen Firebird but was replaced by Schinella in the early '70s.
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