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Because without social media, you are virtually “dead,” General Motors is always keen on sharing snippets of the behind-the-scenes work taking place in its design studios. Sometimes, they even give us snippets from “outside” their offices, though.
Logically, even GM Design’s recent social media efforts have been centered around the incredible 2023 Chevrolet Corvette Z06. The widebody sports car has everything going for it, from the cool styling to its mid-engine FPC (flat-plane crank) V8 that’s setting a new record for naturally-aspirated production series powertrains.
Now that hype around the neat little bits and pieces – we always love the rear-view mirror POV with the FPC V8 in plain sight and even the crimson/black interior gets a hall pass – has dwindled a little, they’re up to dreamy shenanigans once again. And this time around, they’re not sharing a sketch with a futuristic interior, but seemingly confront us with the digital vision of an equally space-age coupe-SUV... from Buick.
That’s right, from that old division that once had all sorts of wonderful models in its lineup and is now solely focused on (rather bland) crossovers. At least in North America, whereas popular places such as China still get a traditional mix of passenger car and SUV nameplates. Alas, if this sleek luxury crossover were to ever join the automaker’s range all past transgressions might be forgotten.
Right now, the good folks behind the GM Design (aka generalmotorsdesign) official account on social media are not exactly throwing us any information bones to chew upon for this one. As far as we can tell, we are dealing with an ideation sketch made by Detroit, Michigan-based Hakan Demir. The virtual designer goes by the hakandemirdesign alias on social media, but there’s no actual hint towards him being associated with GM Design.
Still, he might be part of their roster as of late, considering the company is always on the lookout for talent and his latest creations on his personal account are more than a year old. Anyway, that’s one mystery that’s probably going to remain unsolved. In the meantime, let’s also check out some of his older projects, as we’ve embedded them in the gallery above.
Now that hype around the neat little bits and pieces – we always love the rear-view mirror POV with the FPC V8 in plain sight and even the crimson/black interior gets a hall pass – has dwindled a little, they’re up to dreamy shenanigans once again. And this time around, they’re not sharing a sketch with a futuristic interior, but seemingly confront us with the digital vision of an equally space-age coupe-SUV... from Buick.
That’s right, from that old division that once had all sorts of wonderful models in its lineup and is now solely focused on (rather bland) crossovers. At least in North America, whereas popular places such as China still get a traditional mix of passenger car and SUV nameplates. Alas, if this sleek luxury crossover were to ever join the automaker’s range all past transgressions might be forgotten.
Right now, the good folks behind the GM Design (aka generalmotorsdesign) official account on social media are not exactly throwing us any information bones to chew upon for this one. As far as we can tell, we are dealing with an ideation sketch made by Detroit, Michigan-based Hakan Demir. The virtual designer goes by the hakandemirdesign alias on social media, but there’s no actual hint towards him being associated with GM Design.
Still, he might be part of their roster as of late, considering the company is always on the lookout for talent and his latest creations on his personal account are more than a year old. Anyway, that’s one mystery that’s probably going to remain unsolved. In the meantime, let’s also check out some of his older projects, as we’ve embedded them in the gallery above.
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