Sunday Concours: The GM Heritage Center

by Edward Niedermeyer

Published: November 10th, 2009

As car guy moments go, spending three hours at the GM Heritage Center with Jaguar’s Chief Designer Ian Callum is about as good as it gets. In fact, I thought I had taken twice as many pictures as I had. Check back later for a full write-up of my interview with Ian, in which we learn (among many other things) that the designer of such vehicles as the Aston Martin DB7 is surprisingly obsessed with classic American cars.

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Accs on Nov 10, 2009

Umm.. I know its a stretch... but could ya swing by the Phila / NJ / De state lines every so often, stuff like this doesnt come by often, as we;ve seen before and their liquidation of other museums... Id buy tolls, food AND gas...

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MadHungarian on Nov 10, 2009

Including pre-merger Saabs is rather cheeky, IMO. GM had nothing to do with creating them, so they are not part of GM's "heritage."

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