Sunday Concours: The GM Heritage Center

by Edward Niedermeyer

November 10th, 2009 11:27 AM

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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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